I have been using Lightroom since the first beta launch way back in the day… I didn’t like it much when it first came out for various reasons. But needless to say those reasons dissolved away when Lightroom 2 came out in the summer of 2008, but I did not go back to Lightroom until late 2008 when I started on the Big Picture project.
I thought saying as we are heading towards the holiday season I thought it was time to do some techniques that you can have a play with whilst enjoying the Christmas break. Today I am going to show you how to create a floating border effect that is both non-destructive and very flexible to use with your photos.
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.
I felt that the Black & White Infrared Effect achieved with Lightroom 2 needed a helping hand with a little film grain. So, with this in mind I am going to teach you a new way to add noise to a Black & White image using Adobe Photoshop CS4, that is first of all non-destructive and secondly emulates actual film grain really well. Enjoy!
In this screencast I will show you how to do a non-destructive Black & White infrared technique in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2. The secret to this techniques is to choose an image that has a lot of foliage and grass etc in the shot. So this is one for landscape photographer inside you! Nothing can ever replace an actual infrared image shot with either a DSLR converted for the purpose or infrared film, but this technique comes pretty close. Enjoy!
I constantly get asked which is the best way to convert an image to Black & White? The answer is the one that suits your images the best! In this screencast I will show you 6 ways to make your image Black & White. There are actually 9 different techniques available, but I thought I would stick to the ones that focus on Photoshop directly, rather than dipping into Adobe Camera RAW or converting to Greyscale. Enjoy!
The first video tutorial I ever uploaded to the web demonstrated the “Old School” way of creating a popping colour effect in Photoshop 7. So I thought it fitting that the first of our new screencasts should feature the same technique but with a twist. You can now create the same effect non-destructively in Adobe Bridge or Lightroom using Adobe Camera RAW. Enjoy!
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...