In this video we go over the AI based tools for portrait retouching using Skylum’s Luminar 4.2. A few things go really well and a few things not so much. In the end, we are left with a really good product for retouching images. Download the free Twirl effect here: How To Create The Twirl Effect In Photoshop
Over the past few weeks I’ve seen a huge increase of people applying a twirling effect to their images. While the method isn’t new, it seems to have taken on a new life while people quarantine inside their homes. I think another part of the appeal is that every image will create something unique. The process is fairly straight forward… Continue readingHow To Create The Twirl Effect In Photoshop
AI Augmented Sky is one of the most fun new tools in Luminar 4.2. AI Augmented Sky allows you to easily add an object into the sky with little or no masking knowledge and without having to use Photoshop. It is easy to add a single object but if you want to add more than one object there are a… Continue readingAdd Multiple Objects with Luminar AI Augmented Sky
Color Style LUTs or Look Up Tables are series of color combinations that you can apply to your images to give them various looks and feels. LUTs are applied to every Hollywood movie that you see and the LUT is what gives a movie a consistent feel to the tones and colors throughout the film. In Luminar and Photoshop LUTs… Continue readingHow to use Color Style LUTs in Luminar 4 (and why you should)
In this video, I show you how to use AI Sky Replacement to replace a dull sky and then create a reflection of that sky in the water. We do this with a stock sky that comes with Luminar 4 or you can use your own. This tip only works with the Windows version of Luminar but if you have… Continue readingHow to Add a Sky Reflection in Water with a Built in Sky in Luminar 4
Ever take a photo that I you great hopes for but didn’t come out the way you hoped? I took a photo of a bunch of hot air balloons at an air show. Unfortunately, my lens wasn’t long enough, the sky was boring, and the photo turned out not as good as I had hoped. But what if we could… Continue readingHow to Re-Invent a Photo Using Sky Replacement in Luminar 4
A review of some of the features of the new 4.2 version of Luminar by Skylum. Features include AI Augmented Ski, AI Sky Replacement, AI Skin Enhancer, and AI Portrait Enhancer. DOWNLOAD LINK — Download a free trial of Luminar at https://macphun.evyy.net/kdWZ3
World War II Project for L.I. Press This May is the 75th anniversary of the surrender of Germany in World War II. I was tasked with interviewing and photographing World War II veterans who live here on Long Island, N.Y. In all I interviewed thirteen veterans before the corona virus pandemic forced us into isolation. Hopefully, when the isolation period… Continue readingWorld War II Veteran’s Project for L.I. Press
Since the release of the Nikon Z6 I have seen questions on blogs and social media asking whether the Nikon Z6 is good enough to be a pro sports shooter. Recently, I had the opportunity to put the Z6 though its paces shooting an NHL game and the results were surprising.
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One of the most unique ways of seeing New York City is by air. If you are a photo enthusiast there is no better way of seeing New York than a doors off helicopter flight. FlyNYON offers flights around New York’s most unique icons. On a recent 30 minute flight we flew passed the Empire State Building, the Freedom Tower,… Continue readingFlyNYON flies high over New York City
