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Using herbs in food photography is one of the easiest and most inexpensive ways to help an image come alive. A delicious (but plain looking) bowl of soup becomes a work of art when a few herbs are either sprinkled on top or placed in an artful composition such as the garnish on my Vichyssoise….
I regularly use the HSL Color Panel to fine tune an image and today I want to share how I use it to reduce unwanted colours that may occur due to reflections or lighting issues when shooting. The HSL Panel—Lightroom With the HSL sliders, you can adjust the hue, saturation, and luminance of eight different…
Today I thought I’d share a few tips on how to use the Crop Tool in Lightroom. The Crop Tool is a powerful tool when used to crop and straighten an image while maintaining a specific aspect ratio. But have you tried using the Crop Guide Overlay? In an earlier post I wrote about how…
Hello friends! Today I want to demonstrate how to use the “golden triangle” to help line up elements in an image to obtain a pleasing and flowing composition. I love order in an image, and I love white space. I strive to keep my images simple and uncluttered. I don’t always succeed and sometimes I…
Cooking creatively for two can be a challenge at times, but when I serve this Maple Pecan Spinach salad my meal comes alive! It’s also beyond easy and takes just a few minutes to whip up. The maple and olive oil dressing is sweet, yet tart, and goes beautifully with a plate of fresh baby spinach or…
A while ago I ran across this quote by Zig Ziglar and oh my goodness, did it ever speak to me! “If you aim at nothing, you will hit it every time.” Zig Ziglar That’s me in a nutshell these days. I haven’t set a goal in ages. I seem to work on just whatever…
The other day I read an interesting caption on Instagram. This person wrote about how they had nothing new to share. Even though their brain was full of ideas, they didn’t know whether to capture an image or a video (exclusively for Instagram, please note), and that the whole situation led them to creating nothing….
Why use a printed background? Well, in a nutshell, a printed background is one of the easiest and most convenient ways to add personality and style to your photography. If you’re not into hauling around heavy boards or tables every time you want to set up a shoot, a printed background is the perfect solution….