Tutorials Archives

How to shoot wet portraits in a home studio using high speed flash

Mar 1, 2017 John Aldred

Water is one of the most versatile subjects one can photograph. The very nature of water, though, means that it’s wet, so it can be…

How to avoid glare when shooting portraits of people wearing glasses

Feb 27, 2017 John Aldred

Whenever I see people posting questions about how to photograph people wearing glasses, they usually receive the same response. “Don’t, have them take their glasses…

How to quickly remove the white outline around your model in Photoshop

Feb 27, 2017 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

If you shoot models on location against a blue sky, you may wish to enhance the sky brightness and tones. If you do it by darkening…

Making the most of an unplanned image in Photoshop

Feb 26, 2017 Clinton lofthouse

At the beginning of the year, me and fellow DIYP writer and photographer John Aldred, and our good friend and model Ambellina decided at the last…

Caffenol – Processing film with coffee and other supermarket ingredients

Feb 23, 2017 Ross den Otter

I’ve processed a lot of film. My first rolls were processed in the bathroom sink when I was a 13 year old kid. Later, I…

How to get the “illustrative” look in your portraits

Feb 22, 2017 Robert Cornelius

I can’t tell you how many times I get comments like “Wow this is so cool; it almost looks like a painting!” Not that I’m…

How to Color grade using Luminosity-Masks

Feb 21, 2017 Stefan Kohler

As you probably know, I am a bit obsessed with colors lately. While I was obsessively looking around and searching and asking people until they didn’t…