Posts by Author: Stefan Kohler
Stefan Kohler is a full-time retoucher. He’s from Germany and likes bacon. In the last years, he built up a broad community around his retouching classes at the Infinite tool’s website.
Save Precious Studio Space With This Strip Light Rack
Jul 15, 2015
Stefan Kohler
I recently moved into a new studio. It is bigger than my last one, so I absolutely had to get more gear to match its…
How Good (And Bad) Retouching Impacts Your Objective Age
May 3, 2015
Stefan Kohler
A few days ago it started – suddenly these portraits sprouted everywhere like mushrooms after the rain, with pictures of people and a postit note…
If You Want To Make Things Hard, Combine 4 Mirrors, Ground Fog And A Light Blaster To Create An Image
Apr 20, 2015
Stefan Kohler
There are these moments I have, lying in bed, closing my eyes and there it is: that idea that won’t let me sleep. Most of…
set.a.light 3D Is a Studio simulation for photographers
Jan 22, 2015
Stefan Kohler
Sometimes I wonder why I can’t sleep that good. It happens often is a big shoot is on my plan for the next day, I…
Freebies: Get 866MB Hi-Res Images Of Fire And Sparkles For Hot Editing
Jan 17, 2015
Stefan Kohler
Sometimes, when sorting out old crap on your hard drives, you can find a little treasure. You might remember that fireproof housing for my D800….
Well Of Creation: Inspiration Of 10 Images Explained
Jan 16, 2015
Stefan Kohler
Every once in a while people ask me: “Where do you get these ideas from?”. Usually I say “They just pop up”, but I’ve having…
An Exercise In Dodge & Burn: Turning A Golf Ball Into A Pingpong Ball
Jan 14, 2015
Stefan Kohler
Dodge & Burn (fondly called D&B) are one of the simplest and most powerful techniques that you can use in retouching. One of the interesting…
Turn Any Portrait Into A Snowy-Wintery Photo Using These Free Snowflake Pre-Keyed Images
Dec 30, 2014
Stefan Kohler
Here in Germany, the winter finally arrived and my Facebook timeline has turned white (or sometimes a little bit bluish because “wrong white balance”…). I…
Photostealers, Please Take My Images Or Why It Sucks To Fight Copyright Infringements From Overseas
Dec 16, 2014
Stefan Kohler
This is a sad story about image thievery (again), and why I think it is so common on the internet. It is coming from a…
The Ride of your life – Centrifuge Brain Project
Dec 15, 2014
Stefan Kohler
When I first saw “The Centrifuge Brain Project,” I was kind of confused. Is this real? The next thing was excitement—and I had to watch it…