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This is the blog for More Than A Snapshot's Online Photography Classes.  In these blog posts I will give photography tips, tutorials, and show images.

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How to Install the Google Nik Collection in Lightroom

Gary Detonnancourt

Click here to download the free Google Nik Collection.  Stay tuned for more videos on how to use the collection and for a future class on the whole collection.

If you like this video and you're interested in learning more about the Nik Collection, click here to join my free course.  It's still under development and won't be free forever, so get in while you can.  Your input could even help make this my greatest course.

 
 

How to Hide Tabs to Save Space in Lightroom

Gary Detonnancourt

How to Hide Tabs to Save Space in Lightroom

Webinar Replay: Landscape Photography with Marion Faria

Gary Detonnancourt

If you missed Monday night's webinar on Landscape photography you really should watch the re-play.  Marion gave us tons of great photography and Photoshop tips.  You can find it at the link below.

http://www.morethanasnapshot.com/marion-faria

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You're Bad at this and You Don't Even Know it!

Gary Detonnancourt

Well, those sound like fightin words.  Ahh, but I'm talking about myself.  I've found that when it comes to my own photography, I'm blind, I can't see those small mistakes until someone points them out to me.  I know the "Rules", I know how an image should look and I can point out flaws on everyone else's images quite easily, but I can't always see them on mine.  

This was one of the first HDR images I made, years ago.  It was a hit with all my friends on social media and nobody ever told me the horizon wasn't straight, the rocks are a little red etc...  These are all things that I didn't see or didn't want to see.  Check out what my friend Marion did to this image in about 3 minutes in the next image below.

You may experience this too, if you only show your images to your social media friends, you'll never know it.  Your friends and family will tell you everything you do is just wonderful and they will Like it up and comment on how great it is, but do they know good photography, and even if they do will they tell you the truth?

Marion is a master Landscape photographer and she used Photoshop to straighten the horizon, enhance the sky, remove some red from the rocks, and added a vignette to darken the edges.

Marion is a master Landscape photographer and she used Photoshop to straighten the horizon, enhance the sky, remove some red from the rocks, and added a vignette to darken the edges.

If you have a blind spot when it comes to your own images and your friends can't help you, then you can alway join one of my classes and I will critique your images and show you how you can fix them.  Plus I plan to have plenty of experienced guest teachers to weight in on your images.  Try it out by signing up for tonight's free live webinar with Marion Faria.

What is Chromatic Aberration and How do you Remove it.

Gary Detonnancourt

Chromatic Aberration and Defringe Photoshop can be hard to learn and there are a ton of tutorials out there that are just too difficult for beginners. I wanted to make a series that would help anyone having trouble getting started. Don't give up, you can learn this!

How to Open an Image in Photoshop CC 2015

Gary Detonnancourt

This video will show you how to open an image in Photoshop. Photoshop can be hard to learn and there are a ton of tutorials out there that are just too difficult for beginners. I wanted to make a series that would help anyone having trouble getting started.

If you found this video helpful, you may want to check out the whole course, newly refreshed with Photoshop CC 2021. Click on the image below for more information.

Search Collections in Lightroom 6 or CC

Gary Detonnancourt

One of the new and minor updates to Adobe Lightroom 6 or CC, is the ability to filter or search through your collections.  If you have a ton of collections this could be a really useful feature.

This video will show you how to use the filtering options and actually search through your collections and smart collections in Lightroom 6 or CC. 

How to Start A New Project in Photoshop

Gary Detonnancourt

Start with File - New Photoshop can be hard to learn and there are a ton of tutorials out there that are just too difficult for beginners. I wanted to make a series that would help anyone having trouble getting started. Don't give up, you can learn this!

If you found this video helpful, you may want to check out the whole course, newly refreshed with Photoshop CC 2021. Click on the image below for more information.