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Creating a crazy colorful composite with smoke and all out of a simple self-portrait shot.

How I Created This Composite Retouch in Adobe Photoshop

See how I used Adobe Photoshop to retouch this vintage looking photo taken in the corridors of the mythical Roosevelt hotel in Hollywood.

Adding Great Color Toning & Contrast to This vintage Shot

I took this shot of my Jeep and made it look awesome with the help of Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom.

How I Retouched this Car Shot Taken at Sunset

How to recreate the Amaro filter from Instagram with 5 simple adjustment layers in Photoshop.

Recreating Instagram's Amaro Filter in Adobe Photoshop

Blend modes are one of the most powerful tools available for photo retouching. See what each one of them does.

An Overview of Adobe Photoshop Blend Modes

Quickly visualize the difference between hue, saturation and lightness to better understand colors in Adobe Photoshop.

Hue, Saturation & Lightness (HSL)

Taken in the streets of Los Angeles at sunset, see how I retouched this shot for a vintage effect.

How I Retouched This Vintage Street Shot in Adobe Photoshop

How I retouched this picture of a Jeep interior to give it extra grit and style.

Black & White Effect on this Car Interior Shot

See how I retouched this shot of an old building in Adobe Photoshop and played with colors, levels, noise and lens flares.

Retouching this shot of a DTLA Building for a Vintage Effect

It's easy in Lightroom to make skin completely white and create a surreal effect. See how it's done.

How to Achieve a White Skin Effect in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom

See the few tweaks and adjustments I used in Adobe Photoshop to retouch this sexy and fun female portrait.

Retouching this Bright Candy-Themed Portrait in Adobe Photoshop

Double color exposure effects are all the rage right now. See how to create them in Adobe Photoshop with the blending options.

Creating a Double Color Exposure in Adobe Photoshop

See how I retouched this self-portrait by adding a dark red tint to the whole image with just one adjustment layer.

Adding a Red Tint in Adobe Photoshop to Create a Dark Self-portrait

See how I used just a few Curves adjustment layers to give this shot a true personality.

Adding Style & Texture to These Leather Shoes Using Adobe Photoshop

See how I tweaked a few values in Lightroom to arrive at this beautiful sky. Also, how to add text that seems to be behind the clouds.

Creating this Surreal Teal Sky in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom

At its core, photography is about just 3 things: shutter speed, aperture and ISO. See this quick drawing to learn about it.

The Exposure Triangle

I took this shot and it was almost a disaster, but I saved it with some clever use of a black and white adjustment layer in Adobe Photoshop. The result is a nice vintage self-portrait.

Retouching this Out of Focus Shot to Create a Black and White Vintage Look

See all the steps I used to take this self-portrait taken in a shower and turn it into a futuristic looking image. Hint: I'm using the LAB color mode.

Retouching this Futuristic Self-Portrait in Adobe Photoshop

Use a channel mixer adjutment layer to easily simulate infrared-film on your photos.

Create an Infrared Effect in Adobe Photoshop

See how I retouched this dark self-portrait in just 2 steps in Adobe Photoshop.

How I Retouched this Dark Self-Portrait in 2 Simple Steps

Learn how I retouched this self-portrait with hue/saturation, levels and selective color adjustments.

How I Retouched this Self-Portrait in Adobe Photoshop Using 3 Adjustment Layers

Wondering what's the difference between Opacity and Flow? Wonder no more!

Opacity VS Flow in Adobe Photoshop

Wondering what's the difference between Opacity and Fill in Photoshop? Here's your answer!

Opacity VS Fill in Adobe Photoshop

Easily make beautiful teal-colored skies in Adobe Photoshop.

Teal Sky Coloring in Adobe Photoshop

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