The Joy of Flower Photography

There are new and easy ways to make selections in Photoshop, but it is always wise to understand how to make finite selections when the "automatic" selections don't do the best job. In this lesson, you will learn great techniques for using the Lasso Tools to make perfect flower cutouts.

In this lesson, you will learn to use the Hue and Saturation Adjustment Layer, the Levels Adjustment Layer, and Blend Modes

There are three different Lasso Tools and each has a purpose. Learn those purposes along with selection techniques to perfect your floral images.

Photographing in the sun, with flash, and under certain ambient light can create harsh shadows in the deeper portions of our flowers. This can become very unsightly and learning how to lessen or even remove these shadows in Photoshop can completely redefine the look of your flower and the story i...

This is a great lesson on taking two or more images into Photoshop to obtain better focus. It also includes information on replacing/adding a stem or leaf to your image. This requires you to create and maintain a Parts Department folder. This lesson will give you thorough information along with s...

Blend Modes in Photoshop are another powerful set of tools that can help you create fantastic edits to your image. Watch and learn as Rosie demonstrates this powerful tool.

In this Lesson, you will learn the advanced, fine details of creating perfect selections and cutouts.

As a flower photographer, you will appreciate the ability to make quick and easy selections of your flowers. This lesson will show you how.

As you perfect your images in Lightroom or Adobe Camera Raw, you may want to remove, heal, or clone unsightly distractions in your photograph. This lesson will walk you through how to do exactly that!

There are a variety of changes you can make to your image, including color. You may also want to try creating black-and-white images. This lesson will walk you through how to do just that.

Global exposure adjustment is needed in almost every image. More often than you would think, adjustments to global color are also required. Learn how to see the difference that these global enhancements can make.

This lesson continues your education for flower-specific techniques in post-processing your floral portraits. In this Lesson I will explore Photoshop's Brushes (what they do and how they do it), taking control of those brushes and layers, and how to use them. I will also demonstrate the Clone Sta...

Lesson #7 begins where the Perfection - Level 1 education left off. We turn our attention away from LR/ACR to Photoshop. In the Perfection - Level 2 education you will learn flower-specific techniques for post processing your floral portraits.

In this Lesson, you will learn the appropriate way t...

Global exposure adjustment is needed in almost every image. More often than you would think, adjustments to global color are also required. Learn how to see the difference that these global enhancements can make.

There are many times as we are editing that we should create "snapshots" of our editing techniques. That way, if you decide you don't like what you've done you can go back to a previous version of your edit. This is a very powerful tool that will come in handy for a variety of reason.

While you can create and use masks in Lightroom and Adobe Camera Raw, the masks found in Photoshop are infinitely more power. Learn how to take advantage of masks as you are editing.

Whether you are affecting exposure or color, there is almost always a need to make local adjustments to your image. This is very helpful when your image has dark or light areas that need to be adjusted, or when colors do not match.