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3 Tips for More Exciting Portraits

Lee Varis examines three broad concepts for improving your portrait photography and shows how to app…[more]

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False Color Technique

Lee Varis describes a unique photo lighting effect using the RGB channels of a digital photograph…[more]

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Color to B&W and Beyond

Lee Varis shows how to achieve more advanced B&W conversion effects using a multi-channel "Layers" t…[more]

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Professional Photo Workflow

Lee Varis shares his introductory lecture for his workshop "Basic Photo 2" …[more]

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Evolution of a Glamour Photo

A recent workshop image is the starting point for an exploration of B&W luminosity applied to a colo…[more]

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The Technopod Grows Up

Lee Varis shares his new technopod—a tricked out old RV…[more]

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New Online Photoshop Course is Live

Lee Varis shares details about his new online Photoshop Course…[more]

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Music Video shot with the Canon 5D mk II

Lee Varis presents the video for the new jazz album from Joseph Tawadros - Chameleons of the White S…[more]

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21st Century Lighting Techniques +

Lee Varis shares two recordings of live sessions he did at the PMA show in January on lighting techn…[more]

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Digital Projector as Glamour Spotlight

Lee Varis describes how to use a digital projector to simulate a focussing fresnel spotlight…[more]

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Advanced Hair Masking Technique in Photoshop

Lee Varis shows an advanced hair masking technique that DOES NOT rely on the Refine Edge dialog in P…[more]

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Creative Depth of Field with Bokeh and Content Aware Fill

Lee Varis looks at creating the traditional photo effect of limited depth of field using new digital…[more]

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Banish that Pesky Sun!

Lee Varis shows how to deal with lens flare when the sun is in the frame…[more]

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Classic Hollywood B&W Glamour

Lee Varis shows how to convert a color photo into the kind of classic B&W of the Hollywood glamour p…[more]

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Neon PhotoWalk – Color & Tone

Lee Varis examines the the concept of tone shaping to control how the eye moves in a photographic co…[more]

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How To Create a Cross-Process Look in Photoshop

Lee Varis shows how to create a "cross process" kind of look in Photoshop. This effect simulates a t…[more]

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Disney Concert Hall – Aerial Perspective Technique

Lee Varis examines some applications of the aerial perspective technique in some images of the Disne…[more]

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Old-School Posterize Effect in Photoshop

Lee Varis examines a technique for simulating a traditional posterize effect in Photoshop in a step-…[more]

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Lighting in Layers Technique

Lee Varis demonstrates the construction of a studio still life image, in Photoshop, by blending mult…[more]

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Aerial Perspective in Photoshop

Lee Varis shares a video tutorial that examines a technique for introducing an atmospheric effect in…[more]