If you are not a frequent reader of DIY Photography, then you are really missing out.  I love how the site offers some really fun things to try out for next to little money.  With as expensive as some of the photography gear is out there, sites like DIYP are gems!  I caught a recent post of theirs about creating custom bokeh and just had to give it a shot. Read more »

If you are like me, there are times when an exotic location or even professional studio is a luxury rather than something you have regular access to.  Thankfully, you don’t always need an exotic location to get the type of shot you want.  Sometimes a driveway is really all that you need. Read more »

This tutorial covers something that at first, seemed quite simple to me.  When I was given the original photo to work with, I figured it was just a matter of correcting a minor blemish and then moving on.  But I actually got a little frustrated here because I could not fix it right off the bat.  In fact, I had closed Photoshop and planned to come up with some excuse about not being able to fix it.  Rather than admit defeat, my pride and ego took over, combined with stubbornness, and the result was a corrected photo. Read more »

Here is another post-processing series which shows some quick and simple steps you can take to tweak a photo and not spend a ton of time on it.  I believe I spent about 10 – 15 minutes processing this photo. Read more »

As part of this post-processing series, readers are encouraged to send in their files for me to work with and write something up on after processing it.  This was one of the first images sent to me and I really had a tough time with it.  After looking at it, I really did not want to do anything at all with it. Read more »

As I have found with a lot of the images I post that contain any type of explanation, many ask for detailed step by step instructions.  So with this post-processing series I will be doing my best to include the play by play on how I achieved the final effect. This image, used with permission, was taken of a local Special Response Team (SRT) and I processed it to give it a more dramatic effect.  This tutorial is a bit lengthy so hang in there. Read more »

You hear it time and time again from photographer after photographer: get it right in the camera.  Many times, Photoshop and post-processing is viewed negatively, almost as if your inability to get the shot 100% perfect right off the bat means you are a horrible photographer.  Well, what happens when there is no way possible to get the shot exactly the way that you want it in camera? Read more »

At work I found myself in what I initially thought to be another monitor calibration issue.  I had pulled some images off of the internet and noticed a really horrible yellowish tone to them.  Not what I wanted to see. Read more »

To get this post-processing example series kicked off, I wanted to start with an image I took recently. This series of processing shows some simple and quick steps used to give an image a little more pop. Read more »