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Here’s a tip for editing your selections in Quick Mask Mode. Separating elements can allow you flexibility to choose what to alter.

Ben Von Wong has released yet another pyrotechnic photography tutorial complete with behind the scenes footage and insights directly from Von Wong himself. As you may remember, Von Wong first captured our attention with his steel wool light painting tutorial and has since been supplying the internet with a steady stream of this highly specialized style of photography.

Sometimes, to get the lighting right in-camera, we’ve got to sacrifice some spots to darkness. High-dynamic range photography, known as HDR, composites multiple exposures to draw out hyper-realistic details and evens out the lighting range. That kind of effect is possible to achieve in Photoshop, too—and with more subtlety than most HDR.

Depth of field (DOF) is one of the most important factors in determining the look and feel of a photograph. It’s also the most overlooked for photographers moving from a point-and-shoot camera to a DSLR camera. In this tutorial, you will learn how to control depth of field when using your DSLR.

Create a vintage colorful sparkling prismatic/holographic sticker inspired text effect.

When it comes to shooting stunning portraits, lighting can be the X factor in making your pictures pop. This new eBook is designed to help you better harness the potential of light in your photos, communicate emotion more powerfully through every portrait, learn the techniques pros use to capture stunning portrait photography, and understand the right gear you’ll need to light up your shots.

Learn how to create a simple but artistic blog layout, using some great watercolor background designs and creative typography.

Traveling can be a great time to take photos, and photographer Greg Snell nailed it when he captured this western grey kangaroo lounging in the vineyards of the Adelaide Hills in South Australia.

At the most general level, photographing light trails means locating a place where you can capture some type of light that will be seen over time. Some examples of light trails are the beams of light created by moving cars or those created by stars in the night sky. In general, capturing light trails entails securing your digital camera, setting a long exposure time, and shooting when the light source will be moving in order to create the trail of light.

In this tutorial you'll learn how to use AS3's DisplacementMapFilter class to create a reusable static distortion effect for button rollovers.