Busy backgrounds can completely distract from an otherwise strong portrait, and most photographers either over-edit or give up too soon. In this Photoshop tutorial for beginner and intermediate photographers, I’ll show you a fast, repeatable way to clean up messy backgrounds using simple tools like Select Subject, Modify, Expand, Delete
In this Photoshop editing tutorial, I take you behind the scenes of an Ophelia-inspired portrait edit featuring model Skye Medusa, showing exactly how I rebuilt atmosphere when real-world conditions did not cooperate. You will see how to clean up small distractions, remove specular highlights, and realistically add smoke back into
In this Photoshop tutorial for photographers, I’m going to show you how to add subtle but powerful dodge and burn to black and white images to bring back depth, contrast, and drama after conversion. If you’ve ever turned a colour photo into black and white and felt disappointed by how
Struggling to get accurate skin tones and rich colours in your photos, especially when you’re shooting bold setups like red on red? In this beginner-friendly photography tutorial, I’ll walk you through how white balance works, when to use Auto White Balance, and how to choose presets like Daylight, Cloudy, Shade,
In this video, I’m going to show beginner photographers how to use LUTs, also known as Lookup Tables, to create cinematic photo edits with confidence, restraint, and intention. Instead of piling on effects or endlessly adjusting sliders, you’ll learn how LUTs work as precise colour grading tools that remap colour
If you’ve ever wondered how photographers add depth, shape, and intention to their edits without overdoing contrast or exposure, this beginner-friendly tutorial on dodge and burn in Luminar Neo is for you. In this video, I’ll show you exactly what dodge and burn is, why it’s such a powerful editing
In this Photoshop tutorial for photographers, I show you how to add textures to portraits using blend modes like Multiply, Screen, and Overlay, along with the powerful Blend If sliders for natural, believable results. This step-by-step editing workflow is perfect for fine art portraits, cinematic photography, and moody conceptual edits,
Clarity, Dehaze and Grain effects in Lightroom and Camera Raw are my go-to tools. Now they are available as adjustment layers in Photoshop. New adjustment layers Clarity and Dehaze, and Grain bring powerful non-destructive, maskable, layer-based adjustments directly into Photoshop, making it easier to precisely refine texture, depth, and detail. Let’s
Explore creative colour shifts in still life photography using Nik Collection’s Color Efex Pro. In this video, I show how to use colour grading, film-inspired filters, and local contrast tools to create dramatic, moody still life images with intention and control. Model – David Kennedy Grab your 15% Discount on
In this beginner-friendly editing comparison, I walk photographers through one of the most common frustrations: removing unwanted people and distractions from photos, without needing to touch Photoshop. Using a real-world example from a busy cherry-picking shoot with Nicola Paige, I compare how the latest Adobe Lightroom Classic handles object and
High ISO noise can creep into even the best portrait sessions, especially when you’re shooting in dark interiors, low light locations, or pushing your camera beyond its comfort zone, and in this video I break down exactly how to deal with it. Using a real portrait shot at ISO 6400,
In this video, I’m taking you through a full Lightroom Classic editing workflow using the new Remove tool, restorative masking and colour grading to clean up and enhance a portrait from our Lavender Dreams workshop. I’ll show you how to remove distracting elements like plant covers, signs and stray colour
