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How to fix underexposed areas of your wildflower photos (using Photoshop)

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Photo by Steve Berardi
Photo by Steve Berardi
In our free eBook on wildflower photography, we mentioned how a perfect exposure is critical to getting good flower photos.

There are times, however, when that perfect exposure doesn’t exist. We’ve already explained how to fix blown-out highlights, but what if your flower photo suffers from shadows or underexposed areas?

You may think of taking two exposures in this case, but flowers bounce so much through the air that aligning these two exposures later will not be fun.

Fortunately, there’s a simple way to fix these underexposed areas of your photos, using Photoshop. Here’s how: [Read more…] about How to fix underexposed areas of your wildflower photos (using Photoshop)

How to fix blown-out highlights in your wildflower photos (using Photoshop)

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Photo by Steve Berardi
Photo by Steve Berardi
In our free eBook on wildflower photography, we explained how important it is to get a perfect exposure when photographing wildflowers. Otherwise, you’ll get blown-out highlights.

Well, sometimes there just isn’t a perfect exposure, and no matter what shutter speed you choose, you’ll either get a wildflower that is way too underexposed, or you’ll get tiny overexposed “patches” on your wildflower.

Fortunately, if these “patches” are small enough, there’s an easy way to fix them in Photoshop. Here’s how: [Read more…] about How to fix blown-out highlights in your wildflower photos (using Photoshop)

How metadata can help you identify and organize your photos

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metadataPhoto metadata, simply put, is a set of data that describes various aspects of your photo (i.e. where it was taken, settings used, etc).

Photos without metadata are like the thousands of items at an antique market, whose origin and history you can only guess at. Using metadata is like adding a card next to each item in the antique market with details such as its origin, maker, purpose, how it was made, etc.

There are two types of metadata: technical and informational. [Read more…] about How metadata can help you identify and organize your photos

How to fix the “gray snow problem” with Photoshop

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Photo by kelpenhagen (used under the CC-Attr-NC 2.0 license)
Photo by kelpenhagen (used under the CC-Attr-NC 2.0 license)

Yesterday, I wrote a few tips for getting a perfect exposure of a snow covered landscape (or, how to avoid the “gray snow problem”).

But, what do you do with all those gray snow photos you already took? Throw them away?

Nope! Fortunately, there’s an easy way to fix the gray snow problem in Photoshop. With just a few clicks, you’ll transform that dull grayness into a beautiful bed of white textured snow.

Here’s how to do it: [Read more…] about How to fix the “gray snow problem” with Photoshop