Note: This post is for Macbook Pros without the new Retina display. When I post-process my photos I normally use an external monitor instead of the display on my Macbook Pro. I’ve always heard from people that laptop displays aren’t good at accurately reproducing colors since they are optimized for portability. The explanation made sense, [...]
Over Thanksgiving break I was pretty much alone at my dorm, so I was experimenting with some post-processing recipes for my photos. I really wanted to figure out how to get a really nice film-like look. I literally spent days on Photoshop, messing around with curves, layer blending options, hue/saturation, RGB values, channel mixer, etc and [...]
Warning: This is a post meant for techie people who like to know their gear in and out. I actually did this for a physics class, and thought I’d share it to others if they were interested. If you’re not one of those people, just skip the post, because you can definitely take amazing photos [...]
Recently, several of my friends from school have been asking me “What camera should I buy?” Most of them are people who want to upgrade their current point-and-shoot (p&s) camera and buy a dslr in hope of improving their casual photos of friends, family, scenery, and of course, their cat. I pretty much give everyone [...]
I’m usually not a fan of using presets and actions in my post-production to edit my photos. Each photo is different, and therefore they all deserve different types of treatments. You can’t apply the same preset to different photos and expect it to work well. Also, I don’t want people (myself included) to use pre-made [...]
I was going through my friend’s photos online the other day, and I realized that they were all over-saturated and too contrasty. But then went to his place and saw the original photos on his computer and they looked just fine – huh, what happened? Monitor Calibration His monitor was uncalibrated. Not only was it [...]
