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Martin Belan

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  • Flower Before and After Texture
    Photo Processing,  Software

    Improve the Backgrounds of Your Nature Photographs by Adding Textures in Topaz Studio 2

    Topaz Studio 2 is a terrific plug-in for Photoshop and Lightroom Classic to add creative looks to your nature photographs.  One of my favorite filters in Topaz Studio is the Texture Filter.  Adding textures can give an artistic look to…

    By Martin Belan
  • Import Your Own Textures Into Topaz Studio 2
    Photo Processing,  Software

    How to Add Your Own Textures to Topaz Studio 2

    Topaz Studio 2 gives you a lot of power and flexibility in customizing textures for your photographs.  Topaz Studio 2 comes with dozens of textures that are accessed through the Texture filter. But, you can also add your own textures…

    By Martin Belan
  • Renaming Multiple Photos in Lightroom
    Photo Processing,  Software

    How Do You Rename a Bunch of Photos in Adobe Lightroom?

    When importing your files into Adobe Lightroom, you have the ability to specify a file name text and format for files that you are moving from your card to the Lightroom library. But sometimes you want to rename files that are…

    By Martin Belan
  • Snowman eCard with Holiday Bokeh
    Photo Processing,  Photography,  Photography Projects

    How to Create a Holiday eCard with a Christmas Light Bokeh for Your Friends and Family

    Why not use your photography and holiday decorations to wish your friends and family a Happy Holiday Season.  In this blog, I’ll show you how to create a festive holiday eCard using your Christmas tree lights and ornaments on the…

    By Martin Belan
  • Screw City Skyline Reflection
    Macro,  Photo Processing,  Photography Projects

    Stay at Home Photography Project – Create a Screw City Skyline

    Sometimes we are forced to stay in the house to pursue our photography hobby.  It’s a good idea to have a list of photography projects we can work on while staying at home.  Building and photographing a Screw City Skyline…

    By Martin Belan
  • Flamingo Art created with Topaz Studio AI
    Nature,  Photo Processing,  Software

    Use Topaz Studio 2 to Add an Artistic Look to your Nature Photographs

    Topaz Labs has combined several of their legacy photography processing plugins (Impression, Texture Effects, and Clarity) into one plugin for Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom – Topaz Studio 2.  Topaz has also added some new, powerful editing filters in Topaz Studio…

    By Martin Belan
  • Wood Stork Blurred Background Before & After
    Bird Photography,  Photo Processing

    How to Blur the Background of your Bird Photographs using Photoshop

    Sometimes you get really sharp photograph of a bird but the background is distracting because it’s not blurred enough.  A blurred background (also called Bokeh) can bring more attention to your subject (the bird) and really make your bird photographs…

    By Martin Belan
  • Mourning Dove in the Fall Color - Before & After
    Photo Processing

    Add the Photoshop Select Subject tool to Your Nature Photography Workflow to Make Your Images Stand Out

    Adobe added a “Select Subject” tool to Photoshop in Photoshop CC 2018 and has continued to improve the tool in future versions of Photoshop. The Select Subject tool in Photoshop isn’t only for Portrait and Model photographs?  Turns out that…

    By Martin Belan
  • Yellow Flower with Texture
    Nature,  Photo Processing

    How to Easily Add Textures to your Nature Photographs using Photoshop

    Adding texture to your nature photographs can make your images more interesting and give them an artistic look.  This works well on flowers, macro photographs, even landscapes. I know there are plug-ins you can buy that can add textures to…

    By Martin Belan
  • Canada Geese In the Sunrise
    Bird Photography,  Photo Processing,  Software

    Does the Sky Replacement Feature in Photoshop Work for Bird Photographs?

    There are plenty of blogs written on using the Adobe Photoshop Sky Replacement feature on landscapes.  But does Photoshop’s Sky Replacement feature work on bird photographs? A lot of times in bird photography, you get a really good, sharp image…

    By Martin Belan
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