How to Apply Leaf Overlays in Photoshop In this tutorial, I will show you how to easily add beautiful Autumn leaves to your images in Photoshop using Pretty Action's Falling Leaves Overlays & Action Collection to...

SEO for Photographers We all want to see our own website at the top of Google searches for photographers in our area, am I right? With your site ranking at the top of local Google searches you’re guaranteed to have y...

Understanding the Histogram in Photoshop Have you ever wondered how to read the histogram in Photoshop, and how you can use the information it is providing you? In this tutorial, we will give you the basics of the hi...

How to Use the Patch Tool & Smart Blur Filter to Retouch Skin There are many tools you can use to retouch skin in Photoshop. Two of my favorites are the Patch Tool and the Smart Blur Filter that will not only spe...

How to Use Selective Color in Photoshop When you hear the words "selective" and "color" side by side, you may get a little bit nervous, but I promise you I am not talking about the 1990's selective color photography ...

How to Whiten Teeth in Photoshop This tutorial will show you how to whiten teeth in Photoshop. There are several ways to do this, but my preferred way to whiten teeth uses a combination of three adjustment layers in ...

How to Create a Rainbow Light Filter A while back, a photographer friend of mine made a really neat DIY rainbow light filter using diffraction glasses, and I wanted to give it a try myself so that I could show you ho...

How to Increase Contrast in Photoshop If you want to add contrast to an image in Photoshop, there are several ways you can do so, and in this tutorial we will walk you through four of them. Let's start with the quick...

How to Replace Color in Photoshop October and November are my favorite months of the year here in the Southeastern U.S.! The heat and humidity have finally vanished, and I can get outdoors with my camera, without fee...

sRGB vs Adobe RGB When browsing the settings on your DSLR, you may have come across the color profile settings in your camera's menu. You will find 2 different setting choices: sRGB and Adobe RGB. In this post, we wi...

How to Create a Photography Website Customers Will LOVE As photographers, we spend a lot of time marketing on social media. After all, it seems that the entire population is addicted to their social sites!  While it'...

What are Photoshop Actions? Photoshop Actions are a series of steps recorded by a creator which can then be replayed and applied to images over and over, without having to repeat every step - They are a huge time sav...

Creating Your Own Bokeh Bokeh refers to the aesthetic quality of any lights in the out of focus area of your images. This is to NOT be confused with a blurred shallow depth of field. Bokeh is all about the shape of a...

How to Create a Photo Grid in Photoshop Do you want to create a simple Photoshop grid to use as a collage template, blog board, Pinterest graphic, magazine layout, or newsletter?  In this quick tutorial, I will show...

How to Photograph Lightning I love taking photos of lightning - it is just so powerful and amazing to see! You may think capturing it in camera can be difficult, but I'm here to show you that photographing lightning ...

How to Edit An Image in Photoshop Photography has been around since the 1800's. It was a way for people to capture moments within history and has evolved from only black and white photos all the way to our newest dig...

Congratulations to our Spring 2019 Photoshop Scholarship Winner! During the past 6 months, Pretty Photoshop Actions received so many incredible essays written by some very talented students from around the world.  ...

If you are a JPEG or TIFF shooter, but would like to have access to all the features of Adobe Camera RAW (ACR) you can do so by opening your JPEG or TIFF images through Adobe Bridge and then in Adobe Camera RAW. This...

What Do the Numbers, Letter, & Symbols on a Camera Lens Mean? If you are new to photography, you might find yourself wondering what all of the different numbers, letters and symbols on your camera lens mean. They...

 Editing Newborn Photos in Photoshop Come learn how to edit newborns in Photoshop and how to use some incredible newborn actions to make your job easier!  We're so excited to share these helpful tips to edit newborn ...

Do you believe in unicorns? Those who don’t believe will never find one! How to Plan a Unicorn Photoshoot Offering unicorn photography sessions can be a wonderful way to create some magic and excitement with your cli...