Category Archives: Photoshop & Elements

Book Printing: Blurb vs Apple vs Photobox

Before Christmas, I promised that I was working on a book printing comparison. Now that the book I had printed has been gifted for Christmas, I can show it to the world! So I’m going to cover all things about the three books like the from the building to the paper to the spine and...

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Choosing a look for editing your photos {video}

Oh my goodness. Most amazing.session.EVER last week. I restrained myself from looking at a set of the photos until I could do it while filming my process for you to show you how I go about filtering through my millions of actions in Photoshop and settling on a direction to take a session in in...

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Reader Photo Friday {B&A}

Another Reader Photo edited with RadLab. I’m loving it! This is a video of me using it on last week’s photo. EVERYONE KEEP THOSE SHOTS COMIN. SEND YOUR {SHARP & WELL EXPOSED} PHOTOS TO EH@ELIZABETHHALFORD.COM If your photo has been featured on Reader Photo Friday and you would like to purchase digital copies for printing yourself,...

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Superman Super Edit in Photoshop {beefing up muscles}

I’ve been having a blast with the kids this week. And it was fun to edit this with Elijah by my side reminding me about things like the color of  Superman’s eyes. I started by using the patch tool to clean up under his eyes (they’re always so distractingly dark and puffy). Again, used the...

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Reader Photo Friday {B&A with Video}

Thank you SO MUCH to Debbie for this totally wonderful specimen of a shot for Reader Photo Friday. This shot was edited using the completely new, hot off the press Photoshop plugin, RadLab from Totally Rad. RadLab is going to completely change the way I do Photoshop. This was the first shot I’ve ever tried editing...

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Exposure vs. Brightness vs. Fill Light

Click here to read my recent post on dPS about the difference between exposure, brightness and fill light. Pin It

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Photoshop Edit Start to Finish {Video Tutorial}

This photo was sent to me back in December and it’s been in my inbox staring me in the face ever since. I had fun playing with it so keep ‘em coming! One of the service I offer to my readers is to take images they send me and, via Skype, talk to them about...

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ACR {Adobe Camera Raw} – What is it?

You may see the initials ACR thrown around but not know exactly what that means or what it does. ACR is the mechanism by which you open raw files in Photoshop or Elements. When you want to open a raw file, ACR pops up first with a load of options for editing and adjusting your...

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