From the monthly archives:

November 2007

Inspiration: “Any Which Way You Look At It”

Written by: Corey from Living and Loving Ever find yourself in that “Same Old Pictures” rut? When you feel like all your photos are starting to look alike, and your creativity is lacking. You go to the SAME places, and see all the SAME ol’ stuff day in and day out. This happens to me [...]

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Back To Basics – Lighting Tutorial

Written by: Brad Barton from TX Headshots As someone who makes their living doing primarily headshots, I instantly fell in love with the I Heart Faces website. After some discussion with Angie, she talked me into writing some quick tutorials on how to use lighting with your subjects. I’m going to start with some basic [...]

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“Converting to B&W” – Photoshop Elements Tutorial by Andrea

Exploring B&W Conversions in Photoshop Elements (Original Photo) This is my darling son who has recently adopted the fake smile. Good thing the 50 cent vending machine mustache helps mask that! As good as Photoshop is, I haven’t figured out how to fix the “mommy get this over with” smiles. You may be thinking, “Um…isn’t [...]

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Photoshop Elements B&W – “Remove Color”

Tutorial written by: Andrea Riley from Happy Chaos Removing ColorAlthough this method will make a black and white photo, it really isn’t the best method. By removing all the color in your photo, you take away some options in manipulating the color layer. Regardless, it is one way to get a B&W photo. (Enhance – [...]

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Photoshop Elements B&W – “Convert to B&W”

Tutorial written by: Andrea from Happy Chaos Convert to Black and White This option gives the user much more control over the look of the photo. (Enhance – Convert to Black and White) When you choose this option, you get a window like this: There are several presets to choose from: newspaper, infrared, portrait, urban, [...]

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Photoshop Elements B&W – “Desaturation”

Tutorial Written by: Andrea Riley from Happy Chaos Hue/Saturation Adjustment Layer Another way that gets similar results to the B&W conversion in the effects menu is a hue adjustment layer. Click on the circle next to the layers button. Choose hue/saturation. We’ll actually be dealing with saturation only. Slide the saturation bar all the way [...]

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Photoshop Elements B&W – “Effects”

Tutorial Written by: Andrea Riley from Happy Chaos Photoshop Elements Effects Menu A quick and simple way to convert to black and white is in the effects menu. There are even other adjustments with slight color tints. Just double-click on the appropriate apple, and voila! Even though this adjustment is really easy, it can sometimes [...]

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Photoshop Elements B&W – “Gradient Map Layer”

Tutorial Written by: Andrea Riley from Happy Chaos Gradient Map Adjustment LayerThis was my big discovery in my google search. Instead of choosing a hue/saturation adjustment layer, choose a gradient map adjustment layer. Click on the little arrow indicated below. Choose the black and white button. Hit “okay”. If you decide you want to adjust [...]

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