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 »

Whether you like it or not textures have become a frequently utilized tool with photography and post-processing.  Everyone and their mother is selling them, too.  From the horribly outrageously priced packages upwards of $200 to the more reasonably priced packs (like…ahem…mine) they are everywhere.  Most recently I purchased my first set. Read more »

One thing I have always enjoyed was seeing what people do with the resources that I put out there for them to use.  Be it textures, actions, frames, brushes, etc., it is inspiring to see how they get used.  To give everyone a more central place to share their creations, I created a group on Flickr: Dubtastic’s Textures & Frames. If have used any of my resources, and have not already done so, go drop them into the group pool.  I would love to see what you have come up with.  Also, to celebrate the group, I am releasing 5 new hi-res grunge textures for free. Download them after the jump. 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 you can see, I have been slowly releasing some of the grunge and texture packs that I have been working on.  This pack contains 10 hi-res grunge wallpaper patterned texture files. Each image is 4256px wide x 2832px high and 300DPI. 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 »

This is a set of h-res grunge/textured border files for you to use. Each image is 4256px wide x 2832px high and 300DPI. They were created using a variety of tools and items, such as photos of concrete and rust, scans of tape and scribbles, grunge brushes, and script fonts. These are great for your graphic design projects, photography work, photomanipulation, presentations, and album layouts. Read more »