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Here’s a subject that I hear asked of me on a somewhat regular basis: How come what I wanted to be in focus is fuzzy while something else is in perfect focus?



The culprit is more than likely, your Auto-focus. It’s trying to think for you, but sometimes it over-thinks - Or, more likely, doesn’t know what you were thinking.



The camera’s default focus point is in the center, and if what you wanted to be in focus is not in the center too, things stop working as planned. Having… Continue

Many of you know, that as co-owner/founder of a digital photolab (That Photo Shoppe, Anacortes, WA - plug, plug) and a photography/Photoshop instructor, I spend a major portion of my days working (playing) in Photoshop, after all, it is my job. Probably about 60% of my time is spent in photo restoration, scanning, repairing and making new prints of old damaged family photos and slides. Another good chunk of time is spent performing fine-art printing & basic photo touch-up work, much… Continue

Our store, "That Photo Shoppe" in Anacortes, WA just completed another Sold Out Photography Workshop a few weeks ago, with noted professional photographer Dick Garvey.



The Theme/Subject was "The Absence of Light" - There are two types of black in an image; The black of a tire or the black of a dark shadow - The students were to concentrate on the shadows, making them ether the main focal point of the image or show how they impacted an image to produce more depth or 3D… Continue

Hello PictureSocial,



It's been awhile since I've had a chance to get in here. Still learning the ropes of this site. In the meantime, here's a start of some of my Photoshop Tips. Some you'll know others may surprise you.



Need to Undo a White Balance in Camera RAW?



If you attempted to set the white balance in your image with the White Balance tool (I) , and you don't like what happened, you can undo your white balance setting (gotta love the ability to… Continue