Advanced Photography Techniques

Photo pros rely on our magazine to cover the most advanced digital photography techniques in-depth.  From color calibration to file formats and everything in between, you can count on the technique advice from our digital photo experts.

Tuesday, February 14, 2012 Going Viral August Bradley’s personal project “99 Faces of Occupy Wall St.” was simple to execute and brought immediate media attention as it caught fire online August Bradley is known for photography that's incredibly detailed and highly stylized, with deep literary references and complex, psychological motifs.  Read More...

Tuesday, January 3, 2012 The Art & Craft Of Modern Storytelling How to make a compelling photo essay in the Internet age The photo essay came of age in the heyday of the large-circulation, general-interest print magazines.  Read More...

Tuesday, January 3, 2012 Shooting For Post How to be an efficient photographer by shooting with the Photoshop work in mind Usually, blowing off details when you shoot because you know you can fix them in Photoshop isn't a good idea, and often it's not as possible or as easy as you think. However, making images around a concept that uses Photoshop to pull it off is a great way to work.   Read More...

Tuesday, January 3, 2012 High Pass Sharpening Try this advanced technique for creative sharpening effects There are three methods of sharpening in Photoshop that we should all be aware of: Luminance, Edge and High Pass sharpening.   Read More...

Tuesday, November 29, 2011 The Right Resolution The conventional wisdom says set 300 dpi and forget it, but it turns out that there’s more to optimizing image resolution for fine-art printing There seems to be some confusion in the industry about how to prepare and optimize image resolution for fine-art printing from modern high-end inkjet printers.  Read More...

Tuesday, October 18, 2011 The Biggest Shoot Of Your Life For a young professional, building your book is a daunting task. Here’s how Rachel Whaley, a 21-year-old, California-based professional, planned and executed a high-concept, multiday spec shoot. There are many differences between the way a professional photographer works and the way an amateur works, but the biggest of them can be callously summed up by money because quality costs money.  Read More...

Tuesday, October 18, 2011 Photo Books 101 The revolution in self-publishing has opened the door for professionals to create commercial-quality photo books for portfolios, promo pieces and leave-behinds So much photography is created for digital delivery that holding one's printed work—especially in photo book form—is a more pleasurable, tactile experience than ever.  Read More...

Tuesday, October 4, 2011 Layers & Creative Sharpening Gain more control with sharpening layers In this issue, we're going to examine how to use layers to gain finer control over the USM when you're using it creatively. There are many ways to modify sharpening effects using layers.  Read More...

Tuesday, August 30, 2011 The RAW File Shuffle How to keep organized and sane when you’re working and reworking your RAW files Adobe Photoshop has been around for 21 years now. Given that, I think it's safe to say that we're finally dealing with an adult. For the better part of that 21 years, Photoshop was the place where you went to work on, to crop, to color-correct or to manipulate, more or less, one image at a time.  Read More...

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