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Behind the Lens Behind the Lens: Kathy Russell and Masked Kitties

Harold Davis - Translucency of Rosa on Black

Behind the Lens Behind the Lens with Harold Davis

Behind the Lens Behind the Lens with Jim Harris

Enhancing Macro Photography with Topaz ReMask

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Software covered: Photoshop, ReMask Difficulty level: Intermediate

Many times in photography, you can end up with a image that features a beautifully detailed subject and a distracting background. Even though your foreground subject is the focus, your background can take away from the focal point of the image. Here are some simple steps using ReMask and Photoshop to easily clean up distracting backgrounds and bring attention back to your subject.

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Textures & Beyond – Creativity with Topaz

(17 votes, average: 4.00 out of 5)

Software covered: Impression, Lens Effects, Simplify, Texture Effects Difficulty level: Advanced

By Hazel Meredith, APSA, MNEC, Meredith Images

This tutorial uses several Topaz products – Impression; Lens Effects; Simplify; and Texture Effects. We will modify two texture images before applying them to our subject image. You can follow along using the same images by downloading them from this link.

You can do this project in Photoshop CS/CC; PS Elements; or any program that allows you to do layers.

An artist streak runs in my family. My father painted and gave me an old Kodak camera when I was young. Painting frustrated me, as I was never able to put on canvas what was in my head. So I was always taking pictures. I loved animals from a very young age, having a “pet” squirrel that would follow me into the house, which would make my mother so mad. We weren’t allowed to have pets, so I made pets of any wild animal that trusted me. They were my subjects and for the most part, still are (like Masked Kitties).

This article is based on the ebook “The Photographic Message“, from Essential Seeing

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Introduction

When we talk about personal photography, we refer to photography being used with the purpose of saying something that reveals the way the photographer connects, understands, and interprets the world. We are all different and unique, and certainly each of us has a very distinct way of relating to the world and its inhabitants, of processing the stimuli we receive, of thinking and feeling, and of making connections and finding conclusions. When we use photography with the intent of showing others (and ourselves) that personal way of connecting with the world, we are not just using photography to show how the world looks to us, but mostly how it feels to us.

6. Getting Our Kicks on Route 66 - Hackberry

My wife and I live near a famous stretch of Rt. 66, Central Avenue in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Starting out from our home city we wanted to visit some of the iconic places left on this road and travel all the way to the California border. Once underway we stopped often to reflect on our national past! So here we are sharing the sights and some of the history on another one of our epic journeys with the help of our good friends at Topaz!

Enhancing Macro Photography with Topaz ReMask

Textures & Beyond – Creativity with Topaz

Behind the Lens: Kathy Russell and Masked Kitties

Part I: The Photographic Message with Rafael Rojas

Getting Our Kicks on Route 66… the Mother Road!