Posts by Author: Joseph Parry
Crediting Retouchers: What’s the big deal?
Hey Pixels! Before we begin, I must start this piece off by saying that I’m referring specifically to collaborations on social media/magazines, where the aim…
A quick and easy way to reduce distracting highlights, no matter how complex they are!
This week I’m showing you a super quick and easy to way to reduce the highlights, no matter how complex they are, with a simple…
An extensive checklist (and fixes) for portrait retouching
Happy Easter guys! This week I wanted to give you a handy guide for double-checking that your images (with people in them) are as free…
Want better portraits? Rotate your canvas while retouching.
Once, the idea of rotating my canvas when retouching was jarring to me. I knew it was something my peers were doing but I just…
My dad’s 3MP Fujifilm S1 Pro deals surprisingly well vs my 24MP Sony A7II!
I had the rare pleasure of meeting up with my father this week and on my stop through we came onto the topic of progress….
A guide on how to approach dodge and burn, what are you trying to fix?
Dodging and Burning images is something that I see every day in photography and it seems to have two purposes: Artistic character and removing luminosity…
How to turn off that annoying grid in Photoshop when you zoom in.
Hey, guys! I’ve been working on 4K for the last year, and as such, I have to zoom in quite considerably more than resolutions such…
How you can make a “canvas style” backdrop for £20!
Guys! Check this out! I own a fair few Gravity Backdrops and absolutely love them to pieces, but the problem I have is time. Sometimes…
Should we let our photographic failures rule us?
This week I wanted to touch on the subject of failure. Mistakes and times when everything just seems to go wrong. Is it possible to…
Review: Photography Composition and Design
I recently had the pleasure of reading through Tavis Leaf Glover‘s latest book Photography Composition and Design. A book that aims to take the complex nature of composition…





































