For the final part of this series on shooting ghost towns, I will discuss how to take raw shots and manipulate them to create more pop and feeling for the content of the images. This can mean changing some from color to black and white, increasing the saturation level, color […]
In the second part of this series on photographing ghost towns, I am going to continue discussing my trip to Northern Minnesota and North Hibbing (First part you can find here). One of the most interesting aspects of shooting this kind of environment is knowing that at one time, the […]
When it comes to taking a great photo, it all comes down to the lighting and composition, rather than how expensive the camera equipment is. Today, we’re going to highlight a composition technique called Rule of Thirds. It’s a very simple rule to grasp and can instantly turn some of those boring photos into something much more interesting and visually pleasant.
Last time we ran a Photoshop tutorial on how to apply a selective color effect to a photo. This time, we want to showcase some great photos that have actually applied the selective color technique. Hopefully this photos will will give you some fun, unique and refreshing ideas for your next photo project.
There are lots of tutorials that teach you how to touch up an old photograph to make it look new again. However, this tutorial will teach you the opposite of this effect and show you how to make a modern-looking photo appear old and tattered in Photoshop.
In the first part of this exploration on ghost towns, I want to introduce where I decided to shoot and what aspects of ghost town locations are important to understand when taking on this type of photography. I am from Minneapolis Minnesota but have always wanted to photograph a part […]