Cropped Stories: Photography

POSTS

A tutorial for Photo Design - a free photo design app (guest post)

Photography Exposure Tips - Understanding ISO (a contributor post)
Photography Exposure Tips - Understanding Exposure (a contributor post)

Vacationing in Cape Cod, MA

And the blogger award goes to...

Dayz of Summer Photography Checklist (will you take the challenge)?

IMAGE EDITING VIDEO TUTORIALS

Just click on the video thumbnails to take you to YouTube

Recommendations to view videos at maximum quality:

1. Turn volume up (on video and your computer)

2. View at 720p HD (first icon/button on the bottom right side of video)

3. View on the large player (fourth icon/button on the bottom right side of video) instead of full screen

Image Editing Tutorial (from start to finish)
Duration: 30 minutes
Software: Photoshop CS6 / Lightroom 4
Level: Beginner - Intermediate
Want to see the original video tutorial post?

Touches on the following topics:
- eye brightening (dodge tool)
- skin highlighting (dodge tool)
- brightness / contrast fixes (with an adjustment layer)
- color balancing (selective color correcting with an adjustment layer)

- color / clarity boost (action use)

- clone stamp tool

- healing brush tool

- selective sharpening (action use)

- resizing for web (action use)

Image Editing Tutorial 2 (from start to finish)
Duration: 20 minutes

Software: Photoshop CS6 / Lightroom 4

Level: Beginner - Intermediate
Want to see the original video tutorial post?

Touches on the following topics:

- eye brightening (dodge tool)

- skin highlighting (dodge tool)

- brightness / contrast fixes (with an adjustment layer)

- color balancing (selective color correcting with an adjustment layer)

- color cast correction (action use)

- selective sharpening (action use)

- resizing for web (action use)

How to make eyes pop in Photoshop!
Duration: 11 minutes

Software: Photoshop CS6

Level: Beginner - Intermediate
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Touches on the following topics:

- duplicating layers

- dodge/burn tool

- layer opacity changes

- creating layer masks

- inverting masks (to reveal effects)

- brush tool (using a white brush to reveal)

Creating a 3 picture storyboard
Duration: 17 minutes
Software: Photoshop CS6
Level: Beginner - Intermediate
Want to see my original Storyboard post?

Touches on the following topics:
- creating a canvas
- shape tool
- move/selection tool
- resizing shapes (proportionately)

- adding styles to shapes (inner shadow)
- duplicating layers
- selecting multiple layers at once

- shape spacing, aligning, etc.
- creating clipping masks to insert photos

- crop tool