Hot spots refer to shinny areas on the faces of the portraits that are caused by strong light reflections from oily or sweating skins. They are typically on the nose or forehead but they can [...]
The Orton effect is named after photographer Michael Orton. It is a unique expressive photo technique that creates a dreamy artistic feel in the photos with the combination of sharp and blur elements. The original [...]
A vignette is a picture without defined borders. Typically the photo gradually fades into a white or black background, usually in an oval shape. In the old film days, it was created during printing exposure [...]
DSC_0113-02 by hawkjh
Photos of smokes are intriguing and beautiful. I found this nice short tutorial on Flickr describing how this is done. With some photoshop job, they can be so colorful.
Another good [...]
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