Use Google Image Search to Find Out Who is Using Your Photos Online
Many people use Google Image Search to find photos on the Internet by typing text into the search box. Google Image Search also has an easy to use Search By Image feature that can help you find people who are…
Using AKVIS ArtWork to create Gouache Paintings from your Photos
The Gouache (pronounced “Gwash”) is a heavy, opaque watercolor painting technique. The result is a less wet looking and more colorful painting than an ordinary watercolor painting. The AKVIS ArtWork Photoshop plugin can turn your photos into paintings using a…
3 Techniques to turn your Photos to Paintings
Turning your photos in to paintings give your pictures an interesting, painterly look. Prints of these photos may also sell better as people are looking for paintings to hang on their walls. In this blog post, I’ll cover 3 techniques…
Why is the Filter Gallery Greyed Out in Photoshop and How to Fix it
The Photoshop Filter Gallery provides access to numerous artistic filters to give your photos a creative and artistic look. It can be a lot of fun to create works of art from your images using the Filter Gallery. But, sometimes…
How I use Attributes in Lightroom to Find my Photos
Adobe’s Lightroom has powerful tools to help you tag and find your photos besides just looking for photos in a traditional file structure. However, it can be quite confusing to figure out a system for how to use Lightroom’s attributes…
Painting Flowers using the Oil Style in AKVIS ArtWork
In this blog post, I will give step by step instructions on how to make an Oil Painting from a photograph of flowers using AKVIS Artwork 7.0. I will also provide the final settings that I used to create the…
Bring your Photos Back to Life Using the Oil Painting Technique in AKVIS ArtWork
I took this sunrise photo in Cuyahoga Valley National Park and I just didn’t like it. I must have processed it for 2 hours. It just sat on my hard drive. I didn’t upload it to my website or post…
Using the Oil Paint Filter in Photoshop for your Nature Photography
Photoshop has a built in Oil Paint filter that nature photographers can use to add a painterly feel to their images. The filter is easy to use and gives a lot of flexibility in customizing your painting. In this blog,…
Panorama for iOS 6 and the iPhone 5 vs. the Canon 5D Mark iii
One of the new features for photographers in iOS 6 is a built-in panorama mode in the Apple supplied camera app. The new panorama feature allows iPhone 4s and iPhone 5 owners to take up to 240 degree panoramic photos. …
Visiting and Photographing the National Mall in Washington D.C.
On a recent business trip to Washington DC, I left a day early to do some photography of the landmarks and monuments in the area. There were two main areas that I wanted to photograph on this trip: Arlington National…
