I have spent the last week going through all the images from the wedding I shot back in late September and this is my recipe for nice strong black and white image. Plus, I thought I would do a bit of a BTS and show all the gear-heads my setup for the day.
At the beginning of the month I wrote my first ever article for Photoshop Creative magazine and the other day I submitted it for approval. Fingers crossed it gets in… Anyway, me being me, I recorded the creation of the article as a series of screencasts and saying as it won’t be out for a few months I thought I would share with you the 3rd video in the series.
I got a really pleasant surprise the other day when a customer told me that The Big Picture had been featured in Amateur Photographer for the second time this year. Jeff Meyer has created a round up of gift ideas for Christmas and we topped the Instructional DVD section with 5 stars… I was chuffed to bits when they reviewed it earlier in the year and now they have added it to their gift list and said ” The Big Picture is still the best DVD tutorial we’ve seen all year” Now, I am over the moon.
We have a new actions kit out that allows you to create custom colour recipes and to further support this product I will be writing a new color recipe each week, starting today.
Well here it is… After years of people asking me for a decent water reflection tutorial. I have finally got my finger out and created one for your viewing pleasure. Its pretty in-depth, because I will be showing you how to create the ripples and also how to control the light. So pour a drink or get the popcorn in the microwave because it’s a good one. Enjoy!
Posting will be a little erratic this week, as its a really busy here at the LPS world headquarters 
We are about to launch 4 new “Really Cool” sets of actions for your clicking pleasure and all being well they will be available towards the weekend. Normal screencast and article duties will resume next Monday and I have a couple of really cool techniques lined up to satisfy your craving for knowledge. In the meanwhile Greg and I have created a permanent home for the 35 Free LPS Workflow Essential Actions and I have also recorded a screencast demonstrating some of the many benefits that this kit brings to your digital workflow.
I have relocated the videos from YouTube on to our own video hosting. So If you’ve ever wanted to create rough borders and sloppy edges in Photoshop™ but weren’t sure where to start, look no further. Foto Edge Fx v5 comes with 7 video tutorials for you to learn how to make the most of Rough Borders and Sloppy Edges actions kit.
When I work on my images in Photoshop I want to work with them fast and I don’t want to get slowed down by the same commands that I use day in day out. So about 13 years ago I made a set of actions probably my first set, whereby I could speed up commands like “Image Size” & “Canvas Size”, so that they can be called upon with the least amount of mouse moves or mouse clicks for that matter. So I have designed a new actions kit for everyone to download and use for FREE!
Last week Adobe released a public beta of Lightroom 3 for us all to have a play around with and give feedback on the new features and I have been doing just that. In this screencast I give you my thoughts on some of the new features included in the beta so far… Finally, I can use collections in the develop module 
I thought I would complete our little series on sharpening by taking a look at how best to use Smart Sharpening in combination with a Smart Filter and a Smart Object. Are you feeling smart yet? You will be…
Stuart Little is a Professional Photographer and Photoshop Trainer with over 18 years experience in the field. The Little Photoshop is home to Stuart's articles, screencasts, training dvds, actions and inspiration based around the topics of Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom, Digital Photography and Off Camera Lighting. Learn more...