The complete LOMO look in 5 easy steps

Lomography is all about what photography is not. So called lomographers enjoy blurry dreamy images, vignettes, over saturated photos, high contrast,  distortions and unpredictable outputs of expired films. The motto that shouts "just shoot, don't think"

The complete LOMO look in 5 easy steps

The amazing Photoshop CS5

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I have been using Photoshop for 7 years now but CS5 is by far the best tool for digital photographers. It comes with different new tools that will

The amazing Photoshop CS5

HDR for beginners

HDR photo

 High Dynamic range or HDR may sound complicated but the operation is very simple to do. In this tutorial I will teach you 2 different but easy ways of doing HDR.

HDR for beginners

6 ways of converting your photos to black and white using Photoshop

In Photoshop there are different ways of doing one thing but the results are not the same. One good example of this is converting a photo to Black and white, and in Photoshop there are 6 ways of doing it.

1. Use grayscale (image > mode > grayscale)

2. Use black and white (image >adjustments > black and white)

3. Use hue and saturation (image >adjustments >hue and saturation> slide saturation towards left)

4. Use channel mixer (image >adjustments >channel mixer)

5. Use desaturate (image >adjustments > desaturate)

6. Use gradient map (image >adjustments >gradient map)>>>>

Comparing all 6 ways I prefer using channel mixer because of the nice contrast and details in the highlights are maintained

6 ways of converting your photos to black and white using Photoshop

Photoshop's unsharp mask secret formula

Add sharpness and contrast to your photo by doing this simple trick to your photo. I learned this trick from Rey Ortiz the 3 time Master Photographer of the Camera Club of the Philippines.

1. Open a file

2. Go to filter - sharpen - unsharp mask (USM)

3. Follow the values



























See the difference? =)

Photoshop's unsharp mask secret formula