I have three upcoming live, online workshops coming up this month, Beginners tomorrow, September 15, Skintones on September 18th and Clean Edit Workflow on September 22nd. These are the last live, online workshops I will be doing for a while because I am going to take a month or two off from them so I […]
White Balance Camera Settings
September 8, 2011 by 12 Comments
Ever take a picture and it comes out looking orange, gray or blue? Well, the problem was with the white balance you used when taking the picture. White balance is often something people either don’t know to think about or forget to think about. Why is WB something you need to pay attention to when […]
Eating Drinking Breathing Photoshop
September 6, 2011 by 8 Comments
Later this morning I am boarding a plane to fly to Las Vegas, Nevada to attend Photoshop World, a three day conference devoted only to photography and Adobe products such as Photoshop, Lightroom and Illustrator. How am I feeling about it? I am nervous, excited, apprehensive and giddy. The decision to attend came from a […]
Sharpening Images in Photoshop Elements {Part 2}
September 5, 2011 by 5 Comments
Recently I did a quick tutorial showing you my favorite way to sharpen, the High Pass filter technique, but promised to bring you another post showing you an alternate way to sharpen. This time I am going to talk about the Unsharp Mask filter technique. Steps to take when sharpening with Unsharp Mask: Finish ALL […]
Moving Forward with Homeschooling
August 30, 2011 by 12 Comments
Well, it’s that time of year – back to school or homeschool, whichever the case may be for your family. For mine, it is actually both. My youngest started kindergarten at the local public school (GREAT little rural school, LOVE them!) and my older three started their new homeschool curricula. I will be very honest […]
Stability
August 25, 2011 by 2 Comments
I am sure you have noticed that Everyday Elements has been up and down a lot this week and I sincerely apologize for that. It was something totally out of my control and was one of those times that what could go wrong, would go wrong, with the server my blog was hosted at. After […]
Quick Tip for Selecting Layers and Images in PS/PSE/LR
August 23, 2011 by 1 Comment
This may seem like a pitifully short and simple tutorial on selecting, but it is one that I think will be extremely helpful to you whether you use Photoshop, Photoshop Elements or Lightroom. It is actually a tip I have mentioned a few times in various video tutorials, but because it is always said in […]
Lightroom Beginners Online Workshop {and a giveaway}
August 22, 2011 by 69 Comments
Over the past few months many people asked if I would be doing workshops for Lightroom and after talking with Laura from Pretty Presets, I decided to do one for beginners and it has been such a rewarding class to teach! As I did with my PSE workshops, I tried to develop a workshop that […]
Sharpening Pictures in PSE 101
August 18, 2011 by 19 Comments
Pin It Sharpening your pictures is an important step, whether for print or for web. It is also a pretty simple thing to do, but confusing for those just getting started. So, I am going to tackle this in a series, much like my clipping masks series, starting basic and progressively getting more complicated. For […]
Basics of Clipping Masks Part 2
August 15, 2011 by 6 Comments
Remember last week’s tutorial on the basics of clipping masks? Today I am taking that concept a step farther and showing the different ways you can create clipping masks and utilize them. There will be no screen prints with this tutorial because our homeschool is back in full swing. Due to a much tighter schedule […]
