That time of the month again to round up some uber cool photography tutorials from around the web. It’s always a fun experience for me to write this post for you since I learn so much every day from talented photographers like you. It’s one of the reasons I love my job so much!

Photo Tidbits has a very detailed tutorial on the depth of field (DOF).

For the more advanced Photoshop users out there Continue Reading »

I’m on my way to Los Angeles California for a quick holiday and I just bought my ticket for the L.A. Zoo. I have to admit that I haven’t been to many zoos. I’m always conflicted when I go there. Seeing animals in small enclosures like slaves breaks my heart but at the same time, I can’t deny the education those zoos give us, especially children. They create an awareness of how precious, diversified and beautiful life is. That we need to take care of it or else…

It’s also a great opportunity to photograph animals that we would probably never see otherwise.  Zoo photography can be a Continue Reading »

Are you a Lightroom 2 Addict like me? Do you find yourself going less and less in Photoshop? If you answered YES then you’ll appreciate this Lightroom video tutorial.

Quite a few of you have written in to ask me about specific Lightroom keyboard shortcuts so I thought I would put together my shortcut keys and show them to you in one simple video.  Once you start using them more and more, you’ll see how drastically your workflow Continue Reading »

In this Photoshop video tutorial, I’ll be showing you how to make a sunbeam, or sun rays, passing through a window. No Lightroom today my fellow YPSers. Can’t do that there… just yet.

The technique consists of creating your lightbeam with the polygonal lasso tool, bluring it, making it transluscent and then fading it. It’s an easy 4-step process that will make your photo look heavenly. Continue Reading »

It’s time for the August off campus learning links ad there are quite a few this week! So lets get right to them, shall we?

D-Town TV

D-Town TV did a 5 part series on lenses which a re just superb, especially if you’re just getting into photography with a DSLR. Of course, it’s Nikon oriented but even if you don’t use the Nikon system, you’ll learn some very useful stuff. Continue Reading »

Time for another Lightroom video tutorial! I’ll be showing you how I post processed a landscape photo to make it look like it was taken decades ago… with a little modern twist.

All of  the post processing was done in Lightroom except for the last effect. The grain was added in Photoshop.

The photo I chose to use is a landscape shot of Continue Reading »