Q & A – About Us

Judy Hardiman Interview, Photography Leave a Comment

Question 5 What goal are you working towards with your photography; and, when will you know if you have reached it? JUDY:  “My goal is to be a great photographer and to produce a large body of quality work that people will enjoy. I don’t know if I will ever feel that I have reached my goal.  I am more …

Using Photoshop® to Edit Rim-Lit Subjects Using Luminance Selections

Jim Hardiman Learning, Photography, Training, Video 2 Comments

This Quicktip video demonstrates how to set up for a Rim-Lit subject and then how to use Luminance Selections in Photoshop to make editing easy and quick. I learned how to set-up the photograph from Wallace Weeks at the Orlando Camera Club.  Luminance selections are very useful when trying to select transparent objects.  This video is best watched in full-screen. …

Glass Rim Lighting/Luminance Masking

Jim Hardiman Image, Learning, Photography, Training 2 Comments

Last night we got together with a couple of friends to do some learning about “radical rim light”.  Our friends made some wonderful images and I thought that I would post one of my own.  I have taken several photos of this glass, however, in this one, I added a little different lighting to achieve the colour that you see …