by Leslie Nicole | May 25, 2012 | Before & After
I’ve wanted a magnolia tree for some time, so I finally planted one this spring. This is the one flower I had this year. I’m looking forward to more next year! Here’s the image with only the initial adjustments in Lightroom. Below, I’ve made...
by Leslie Nicole | Mar 9, 2012 | Using Textures
Let’s say you want to apply some texture to an image, but you don’t want to change the colors of your image. Let’s look at a few methods you can use. The Original Image Here’s a photograph I took of some boats on the Vienne river (a tributary...
by Leslie Nicole | Feb 13, 2012 | Using Textures
Back when I taught Hand Coloring, I always emphasized how important highlights are. Cleaning up the highlights in an image can make the difference between an OK image and an image that comes to life. Note: I’ve stopped using mouse hovers for the Before / After...
by Leslie Nicole | Jan 24, 2012 | Before & After
Note: I’m no longer using image mouse-overs for the Before/After as they do not work on touch devices such as iPads. Last week I showed you the pre-processing on the Before image. This week, I’ll show you how I textured the image. First Texture First I...
by Leslie Nicole | Jan 21, 2012 | Before & After, Photoshop
I get a lot of emails asking me how I get my images to look clear and crisp and I’ve had questions asking me about how I use the Topaz Labs filters. This is a good opportunity for me to do a demo of how I capture and process my images. Let’s take a look at...
