Introducing “Blog Template set 2”

written by Beckie of beckiegkengle.com Hey everyone! It’s been a while since I’ve posted anything, but I’ve been working on a new template set for blogging! I am really excited about this set! There are so many photographers that also use Instagram to reach their clients. I wanted to design a template set that can […]

Troubles with your auto White Balance?

written by Beckie of beckiegkengle.com I’m going to confess something…I shoot in auto WB! <gasp> Yes, I admit that while I shoot everything else in manual, often times I am too lazy to set a custom WB for every shot or series of shots. So, I flip that WB setting to “auto” and I don’t […]

PRIME focus on you 2013

written by Beckie of beckiegkengle.com Last month was the Prime: Focus on You photography/business workshop. If you weren’t there, let me just say that I think you missed out on an amazing weekend of learning and networking! We had four leaders this year; Amanda of Everyday Elements, Jill of Jill Jarvis Photography, Kelly of kellynewbury.com, […]

Action Edit using Carson City B&W

written by Beckie of beckiegkengle.com It’s been a little while since I’ve done an action edit. And I haven’t had a chance to try out the updated “City Lights” B&W set from Amanda! There were a few new actions added into that set. For this edit I chose ‘Carson City’.     The first thing […]

Using the gradient tool to lighten up your image

written by Beckie of beckiegkengle.com Today I want to show you how to lighten up an image using the gradient tool (I will be using CS5, but I do believe you would use the same steps in PSE#). (the image below is not mine, but I was given permission to use it without credit by […]

Action edit using “Virginia” and “Make Matte”

written by Beckie of beckiegkengle.com It’s been a little while since I’ve done a post with an action edit. Today I chose to use “Virginia” and Amanda’s new “Make Matte”. In this post, I’ll tell you how I got from my SOOC image to my final edit! I first ran Deep Clean 1 & 2, […]

It’s been a whole year already!

written by Beckie of beckiegkengle.com I was just looking at the calendar this morning, and realized I have been writing for Everyday Elements for an entire year already (March 14, 2012 was my first post)! Wow how quickly the time has flown by! Through Everyday Elements, I have learned new things, traveled new places, and […]

To Do or Not to Do? {Composition Part 2}

written by Beckie of beckiegkengle.com As a follow-up to last week’s “rule of thirds” post, today I want to talk about a few DOs & DON’Ts when composing an image. Again, there are no real rules, but there are certain things that should be avoided. DO Straighten your horizon! This first one is a big […]

Even and Smooth Skin in Photoshop and PSE

Welcome to part 3 of my portrait touch-up series, where I use one picture and edit it from start to finish. The last two tutorials were done in Photoshop CS6, but today we are using Photoshop Elements (10). As we did with the Eye Enhance tutorial, we are building on past edit steps using a […]

Copying Layer Masks in Photoshop Elements

Pin It I have done many beginner level tutorials lately, but today I am going to tackle a topic that is more intermediate level, but so very easy to do. What makes is intermediate is the concept of layer masks and that those who will are able to utilize this will have to have a […]