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Jul 14, 20162 min read

A newborn photo shoot with a difference

Recently the opportunity to do a newborn photo shoot literally fell into my lap – when my neighbour handed me this doll and suggested I...

Nov 30, 20152 min read

Wallflower

‘Wallflower’ came into existence because I found this tutorial by Andrei Oprinca, which is a technique I’ve always wanted to try (mainly...

Nov 23, 20155 min read

How to ‘break the fourth wall’ using Photoshop compositing.

‘Breaking the fourth wall’ is a more a concept than a technique and explains situations when a fictional character acknowledges that they...

Nov 9, 20152 min read

Jacaranda season in Brisbane

Every September my city (Brisbane, Australia) turns purple when the Jacaranda trees begin to bloom. The purple flowers are feared by...

Aug 31, 20151 min read

The Blue Girl

Although this isn’t a tutorial week I got a bit carried away with the underwater theme after last week’s tutorial and wanted to try...

Aug 24, 20157 min read

How to fake an underwater photo with Photoshop

How long I’ve wanted to shoot underwater! When girls in pretty dresses are combined with the weightlessness of water the results are...

Aug 10, 20155 min read

How to create snow in Photoshop.

While it’s currently the height of summer in the only hemisphere that (supposedly) matters, where I live in Australia it’s so cold that...

Jul 13, 20154 min read

How to create the dispersion / scatter effect with Photoshop.

Photoshop brushes are a brilliant way to add interest to your photos but did you know you can use brushes on layer masks? Say, for...

Jun 29, 20156 min read

How to use and create Photoshop brushes.

One of Photoshop’s coolest features is the ability to customise and import different brushes. Until now you might only have used...

Apr 20, 20156 min read

How to lengthen a dress and hair in Photoshop.

A few week’s ago armed with my camera, my mother (who was convinced I was going to get murdered) and a $20 piece of fabric I disappeared...

Apr 13, 20156 min read

How to photograph floating objects.

Telekenesis seems to me to be the lazy person’s superpower of choice—which is probably why it’s my favourite. Inspired by Roald Dahl’s...

Apr 6, 20156 min read

How to do levitation photography

I was up in the air about how to start this blog post but then I realised that’s a terrible joke and decided to get on with it. The...

Mar 9, 20157 min read

How to shoot and edit the Brenizer Method (aka bokehrama, frame expansion, panorama)

The majority of people with a functioning camera will at some point have snapped a panoramic photo—a process that involves swivelling the...

Feb 2, 20154 min read

Welcome to Exposing Illusions

How often have you looked at a photo and thought, ‘how did they do that?’ Among a sea of selfies and food shots some photographs are so...