Nousheen Aquil February 18th, 2011

Useful Photography-Related Tutorials

There are a lot of tutorials out there from which we can learn from. All we need is time and an ounce of inspiration to create our own special artwork. We're glad to present to you another wonderful roundup of Photoshop tutorials that will most probably help you find that inspiration you've been searching for. [fblike] In this post, we've included only photography-related tutorials that will help you learn the skills and techniques of a skilled photographer. Some teach you how to capture better digital photographs while other tutorials guide you all the way through editing photos with the help of Adobe Photoshop. In case this roundup doesn't include the tool you're looking for to adjust your pictures, we've provided a link after the jump. Enjoy! Souping Up a Photo There are times when a regular photo just doesn’t cut it and you need your photo to pack a punch. Here is one technique that you will surefly find useful: Screenshot How to Photograph Wakeboarders & Waterskiing Here are some very useful tips on how to achieve great wakeboarding pictures: Screenshot Infrared Photography: Tips on How to Get Started Read this tutorial on how you can build yourself a digital IR camera for just a few dollars: Screenshot 13 Steps for Shooting the Perfect Water Droplet This tutorial will walk you through thirteen steps to teach you how to shoot unique water images with impact: Screenshot Water Photography: The Easy Way How is it possible to capture water so beautifully? This guide offers you good suggestions and techniques to snap some beautiful pictures: Screenshot How to Create a Serene Panorama from Multiple Photographs In this tutorial, you can find out how you can combine multiple stock photos into a single, coherent scenery in Photoshop: Screenshot Tilt Shifting Miniature Photography with Photoshop This Photoshop tutorial will teach you about simulating the tilt-shift lens effect that is used mostly in photography: Screenshot Add Dynamic Lighting to a Flat Photograph In this tutorial, the artist explains how to spice up a fairly dull and flat photograph; from a fairly flat photo to a uniquely lit style: Screenshot Retouch a Damaged Photograph A very in-depth tutorial on fixing colors, replacing a part of the image, improving global and local contrast and brightness, removing noise and selective sharpening: Screenshot Waterfall Photography Tips and Techniques Waterfalls grab the hearts and minds of people. Read on to find out how to make outstanding waterfall pictures: Screenshot How to Create HDR Photos This is a tutorial on how to make high dynamic range (HDR)-style images using Photomatix, a popular HDR software: Screenshot HDR Explained HDR stands for 'High Dynamic Range' and is a photo technique that is getting popular day by day. If you happen to be interested in this genre, take a look at this useful tutorial: Screenshot How to Create a Radical Photo Sequence In this tutorial you can learn how to create a radical sequence effectively: Screenshot Basic Exposure Blending in Photoshop You can use layer blending and tweaking exposure to get better results. This Photoshop tutorial will teach you a cool process of photo blending: Screenshot How To Capture Stunning Fine Art Landscape Photographs Black and white images in landscape photography. Fine art at its best: Screenshot Photographing Buildings – A Guide For those of you who enjoy taking snapshots of architecture, check out this guide: Screenshot How To Photograph Comets Here are some useful tips on how to photography comets — at the right place at the right time: Screenshot Desaturated Film Style Photos How to give your images a desaturated and trendy appearance? Read here to find out more: Screenshot Capturing the Smoke – Amazing Smoke Photography Tutorial Learn how to make some gorgeous photographs of smoke: Screenshot Camera Toss Photography Technique In this guide we will learn some technique of camera toss photography: Screenshot A Guide To Nightclub Photography Nightclub photography can be very tricky. Here are some tips to assist you to take nice photographs in bars and nightclub scenes: Screenshot Hand Colouring a Black and White Photo in Photoshop This tutorial explains how to hand color a black and white photo in Photoshop effectively: Screenshot Make Your Photo Impressive There are so many methods to change your photo's color. Here are some tips: Screenshot Retouching a Studio Portrait Learn basic techniques to correct your photos through this unique Photoshop tutorial: Screenshot Overprocessing in Photography In this tutorial the artist demonstrates how to get a similar effect to this HDR/XDR/Dave Hill look in a few quick steps:

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Retouch A Girl with Lighting Focus This tutorial will show you how to use lighting effect to emphasize face, skin and hair. Before that, some nice tips for retouching are mentioned: Screenshot Wedding Photography: Two “Camps” Of Style And Vision Here's a nice tutorial on how to enhance wedding photography: Screenshot Street Photography Explained Street photography is one of those techniques that sounds simple, ‘just go out and take some photos of people wondering about’. Not as easy as it sounds: Screenshot Apply a Vintage Effect to Several Images Using Actions Learn how to apply a vintage effect to several images using Photoshop’s batch process function: Screenshot Create an Artistic Portrait From a Photograph Here are some useful advanced techniques on how to create two pixel masks for the same layer to make a non-destructive reflection effect:

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Give a Photo a Complete Glamour Makeover With Stunning Light and 3D Effects Have you ever wanted to see what you would look like after a complete makeover? Read here to find out how you can do just that:

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Photoshop Quick Tips: Light Leaks in Photography (Video) Creating light leaks in Photoshop is really simple. In this video you'll see how to create vintage style light leaks in just a few steps:

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5 Second Eye Enhancement In this tutorial you will learn how to retouch the eyes of your photo’s subject quickly and effortlessly:

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Advanced Photoshop Sharpening Techniques In this tutorial you can learn how to sharpen an image in Photoshop:

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Using The Red Eye Tool Non-Destructively This tutorial will show you a unique technique that explains how to use Photoshop's red eye tool in a non-destructive way: Screenshot Edgy Style Photo Treatment In this detailed Photoshop tutorial, you will learn how to give your photos a dark and mysterious appearance: Screenshot Selecting & Extracting Hair - Masking Tutorial The most difficult part in post production editing is hair lift. This really challenging masking job is very much easy now with unique extraction tips:

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Self Portrait Photography Guide Photography is not assigned only for professionals. But to snap pictures of yourself professionally, guidelines are required all the time. Here are some very useful tips for taking self-photos:

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Create a Colorful Portrait with Easy Lighting Effects In this tutorial you can learn how to spice up your ordinary photos by infusing interesting light effects into them:

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Color Blending Collection This is a specific post-processing technique to blend colors into photos to change them into an interesting look:

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Create Beautiful Indoor Portraits Without Flash (NSFW) Ed Verosky is a professional photographer and author based in New York. In this article, Verosky explains how to create portraits using natural and ambient light only:

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MakeUp a Girl It's difficult to give a subject’s face an appearance with make-up. But not impossible:

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Smooth Skin A technique to make skin look smooth but still quite natural:

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How to Change Skin Tone in Photoshop To change skin tone in Photoshop is sometimes hard by maintaining all levels of work. This tutorial will show you some useful tricks:

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Face Makeover Here's a tutorial on how to make a beauty makeover with cool retouching effects:

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Photo Retouching – Change Hair Color Photoshop Tutorial In this part of the photo retouching series we'll be changing the hair color of a blonde model into red: Screenshot Changing Hair Color In this tutorial we will learn how to change a person’s hair color using Photoshop’s brush tool and the soft light blend: Screenshot New Manga Effect In this photoshop tutorial the artist shows you how to create this unbelievaible photo effect in Photoshop: Remove Spots and Freckles Learn how to professionally retouch photos in Photoshop. This tutorial will show you how to create a beautiful model face from an ordinary girl photo. You will also learn how to add makeup:

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How to Smooth Skin Without Losing Texture in Photoshop There are several ways to smooth skin in Photoshop. All to often, however, skin can appear too smooth, fake, and synthetic. Here is a straightforward technique to help you smooth skin fairly quickly while preserving the texture of the pores: Screenshot Three Short Tutorials for Photographers and Photography Lovers Here are some short tutorials that are a must-see: Screenshot Whiten Teeth to Improve a Smile in Photoshop CS4 Ever wondered how to whiten your teeth with the help of Photoshop? Read here to find out more:

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Color Correction in Photoshop with the Curves Adjustment Tool This tutorial will teach you how to use this tool to color correct photos efficiently: Screenshot How to Make Your Twins | Multiply Yourself Imagine one day you announce to all your friends that you have a twin, by showing them a very realistic photo: Screenshot How to Turn Humdrum Photos into Cinematic Portraits Check out this tutorial on how to turn your photos into cinematic portraits:

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Reducing Wrinkles With the Healing Brush in Photoshop In this tutorial, we'll look at the so-called 'healing brush'— by far the best photo retouching tool in Photoshop, and how we can use it to easily reduce distracting wrinkles:

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Repairing Old Photos If you have old photographs which you would like to restore then this useful tutorial will surely assist you to make your work easiest:

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Professional Photograph Restoration Workflow In this tutorial, we’ll take an in-depth look at restoring an old torn photograph: Screenshot Portrait Lighting Tutorial: Character Study Every individual has an incomparable personality and story to tell. To make a portrait more honorable and admirable this tutorial will guide you well:

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How to Create an Atmospheric Car Portrait Taking a photo of a car is easy, point and shoot; the problem is that this will result in just a photo of a car. Read here to find out more: Screenshot Action Photography – The Tips You Should Use This unique photography guide consist of tips, techniques and tricks to capture dynamic subjects within the range of your camera: Screenshot Macro Photography Tips Taking a snapshot at an insect is very hard and post production editing with this sort of macro photography is really difficult as well. Following these wonderful tips will allow you to work effectively: Screenshot

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Nousheen Aquil

Nousheen Aquil is a web graphic designer. She loves photography, drawing and painting. She also is a contributing member of WebdesignCore , a platform that focuses on free web resources and inspiration for designers and developers.

17 comments

  1. I think They Forgot the most important one Merge HDR Photos with Black&White this looks unreal! Click on My Name (HDRi) for the link!!

  2. Wonderful tutorials here, As we are in the field of image editing and clipping path, we found it useful and may will find this useful too..thanks for sharing.

  3. Thank you very much for posting this list of excellent various tutorials. It will be my “bookshelf” for reference.

  4. “Comments are moderated – and rel=”nofollow” is in use. Please no link dropping, no keywords or domains as names; do not spam, and do not advertise!”

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  5. There are a lot of tutorials out there from which we can learn from. All we need is time and an ounce of inspiration to create our own special artwork. Were glad to present to you another wonderful roundup of Photoshop tutorials that will most probably help you find that inspiration youve been searching for.

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