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Rethinking destructive and nondestructive editing in Photoshop. An article on destructive and nondestructive editing in Photoshop to broaden your horizon and to also consider so-called 'destructive editing'. I'm positing that destructive editing very rarely happens, even if you don't use the traditional method of adjustment layers. In fact, it might inspire you to think differently and enable more creative and subtle images: Rethinking destructive and nondestructive editing in Photoshop. An article on destructive and nondestructive editing in Photoshop to broaden your horizon and to also consider so-called 'destructive editing'. I'm positing that destructive editing very rarely happens, even if you don't use the traditional method of adjustment layers. In fact, it might inspire you to think differently and enable more creative and subtle images:

Street photography can get really confusing as far as ethics and legalities are concerned. There are a lot of questions that can come up. Is it right to take photos of anyone in a public space? Do you need release papers to publish photos? How right or wrong is it to post photos that have [...]

I spent 48 hours in New York City and took a bit of time to reflect on what makes for the perfect street photography camera.

Some of the most heartwarming stories we get to hear in the photo scanning business come from customers who have recently had their photographic slides digitized.

I'm excited to bring you the first in a new series of blog posts from the ACR team! "Adobe Camera Raw" refers to both the ACR plug-in and the imaging engine that drive

Most of us assume that our old photographs are safe if they are boxed up and stored somewhere in the house. But that's not always true. Read More..

I’ve just returned the 100mm Trioplan to Meyer Optik Görlitz having borrowed it for review for quite a long time. I’ve been so busy with reviews lately, that I didn’t spend as much actually shooting it as I’d have liked. Whilst I had it though, it did give me a chance to reflect on my relationship with bokeh, and moreover the comfort I now have with it as part of my photography.

Most days I look at dozens, maybe hundreds of photographs, but I often look so quickly and superficially that it's like I'm not really looking at all. The problem is especially acute when viewing photographs onscreen or online. Websites like Flickr and Instagram give us instant, easy access to billions of photographs, but also play havoc with our attention span.

The street is common ground for the society writ large, perhaps the most free and open space in the world. It offers both a world of anonymity and community, for…

Barbara Probst interrogates the very idea of a single defining picture of reality by using multiple cameras to register the same moment from many different points of view simultaneously

There are not a lot of people who are photographing landscapes in black and white. Most of us prefer a nice color presentation of a landscape. Nevertheless, black and white conversion can help a lot when processing a color photo.

Sigma sd Quattro, ISO 100, f 2.8 Handheld I’ve been engaged in an ongoing documentary project, photographing the grounds and buildings of the Dorothea Dix State Mental Hospital in Raleigh, No…