When I create a black-and-white image in Photoshop, a small part of me giggles like a schoolgirl. Something about the mood it radiates can be quite powerful. I’m swept back in time to my days in the darkroom.

Let me begin by saying I’m not a makeup artist (MUA)! But I have studied how artists apply makeup through simple Internet searches.

As artists, we draw inspiration from everything in our lives. I get tons from movies and music videos. Video editors have the ability to add all sorts of color tones to create certain moods.

Rusty metal, cracked paint, and smoke used as texture overlays can add an artistic feel to images. I’ll show you how with a few simple steps in PhotoShop...

In our industry, some degree of retouching is expected. Subtle retouching can have a very pleasing result for the client (key word being subtle). In October I wrote about retouching stray hairs. In this article, I tackle skin and eye retouching. I’m going to show you how to subtly retouch...

Remember that time you worked on that one image in PhotoShop for hours and hours, eventually erased too much, and then went as far back as your history would allow, and you had...

Not all of us have stylists on hand for all our photo shoots. Fixing stray hairs in PhotoShop can be a messy task, but mastering a few techniques can help alleviate some of the mess.

Don’t let the title of the article scare you. It’s not about desaturating an entire image and leaving only one thing (ahem: the bouquet, apple, baby’s hat) in color. Contrary to common belief, that’s not the main use of the Selective Color adjustment tool in Adobe PhotoShop’s CS6.

“Screw it, I’ll fix it in Photoshop later.” Everyone I know (including myself) has been guilty of saying this, and I’m sure you’re probably no stranger to the phrase either.