Adobe Photoshop
A lesson in color grading
If Shakespeare were a photographer today, he’d have lost so many jobs to his “To tone or not to tone” predicament that in comparison you’d…
ON1 Photo RAW, the first new RAW processor in a decade
ON1 is a name that seems to be practically a household name these days, and ON1 Photo has become an essential tool in the post processing…
This photographer turns his imagination into amazing surreal digital manipulations
The world can be a pretty strange and surreal place as it is, but for those times when it’s not quite weird enough, we can always…
What you need to know about realistic photo compositing and image manipulation – a primer
Creating realistic photo composites or photo manipulation isn’t as hard as it looks. The steps you have to take to create a good composite are…
Editing a Cartoon Portrait in Photoshop (and a little Affinity Photo)
Following you will find a detailed guide on how to make these cartoonish portraits, but first I must share how they came to be. If…
Use this time stacking technique to create surreal landscapes
Stacking photographs made from a locked off tripod over a given duration is not a new technique, and has been commonly used for creating star trail…
How to add light rays through the clouds in Photoshop
Cloudy days are great for shooting wide open shots with a naturally soft light. But, sometimes the scene can appear a bit dull due to…
This photographer needed 17 square meters of mirror to create this image
When photographer and retoucher Erik Johansson decides to create an image, he certainly makes an effort to push the boat out, quite literally in this case. In…
Creating a new breed of super hero, one sad and lonely photo at a time
When I first came across the work of Russian photographer, Ilya Nodia, I knew I was going to like what I saw as I headed…
Before & After – A post processing comparison with Peter Stewart
I like to approach my digital photography with a certain sense of the fantastical and the surreal. Many of my architectural and cityscape images feature…







































