A Natural Light Tip That Will Have Strobists Selling Their Lights |Fstoppers

One of the most noticeable differences between portraits taken outside using natural light as opposed to artificial light is the background. Images using artificial light tend to have darker backgrounds. This is crucial in catching the eye of the viewer and allows him or her to focus on the subject. This article is a guide in achieving this look using natural light only.

Source: A Natural Light Tip That Will Have Strobists Selling Their Lights | Fstoppers

A Complete Guide to Retouching Portraits in Photoshop for Free |Fstoppers

There is an innumerable amount of articles and tutorials teaching parts and pieces of retouching portraits. However, finding the ones with quality techniques and information can take days. Furthermore, there is no singular tutorial that teaches a complete set of methods to retouch portraits free of charge. Finding the right tutorials for each aspect of editing can become very time consuming. This article contains 5 years of research for achieving the greatest methods to retouch a portrait.

Source: A Complete Guide to Retouching Portraits in Photoshop for Free | Fstoppers

Lake District Landscapes - Sibling Guardians

Sibling Guardians

#BrothersWater in the #LakeDistrict can be so beautiful.

An Honour Guard of trees protects a small islet against all who would invade.

Wet feet weren't strictly necessary here but I had to cut out the shore so in I went. :-)

Dorothy Wordsworth, having left William sitting on Cow Bridge, walked beside the lake on the 16th of April 1802, delighted with ‘...the boughs of the bare old trees, the simplicity of the mountains, and the exquisite beauty of the path...the gentle flowing of the stream, the glittering, lively lake, green fields without a living creature to be seen on them.’

Get out there and Discover the Lake District!

Thanks for looking in, please feel free to like/share, always appreciated.

Keith.

#getoutdoors #loveoutdoors #greatoutdoors #lakedistrict #discoverthelakedistrict

Mountainsmith Blog | How to shoot the Milky Way In 4 steps for DSLR

A few basics to get you started in Astrophotography. Milky Way to begin with ...

Source: Mountainsmith Blog | How to shoot the Milky Way In 4 steps for DSLR

Brenizer Method: how to shoot and stitch a bokeh panorama | DigitalCamera World

Following an earlier article on rocking the Brenizer Method, here's an article on stitching together the results.

What is the Brenizer Method? In this tutorial we show you how to shoot and stitch a bokeh panorama to achieve a shallow depth of field.

Source: Brenizer Method: how to shoot and stitch a bokeh panorama | Digital Camera World

How to retouch photos: pro techniques in 10 easy steps | Digital CameraWorld

More of a basic beginning for newbie retouchers, don't like blurring the skin myself bit it's a place to start ...

(keep a watch for our intermediate/advanced techniques)

Learn how to retouch photos using the Free Transform and Liquify tools in Photoshop, as well as how to clean up skin with the Healing Brush and Clone Stamp.

Source: How to retouch photos: pro techniques in 10 easy steps | Digital Camera World