Category Archives: Digital Techniques

Changing Photoshop’s Background Color

Posted on February 25, 2011 by Craig

I just recorded a new tutorial describing one of my favorite techniques for evaluating my image in Photoshop. I don’t remember where I first ran across the idea, but photos look markedly different on white, gray and black backgrounds. When … Continue reading →

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Can you have too much color?

Posted on February 1, 2011 by Craig

I just posted a new tutorial to explore variations in color saturation using the set of images shown below. How much is too much? Check it out here.

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A New Lightroom Tutorial

Posted on January 4, 2011 by Craig

I just posted a new tutorial about using Lightroom’s Print Identity Plate feature to create a matted print. You can see it here on the Craig Stocks Arts website.

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A New Tutorial about Shooting in Raw Mode

Posted on November 15, 2010 by Craig

I recently posted a new tutorial and a companion video to describe some of the advantages of setting your camera to raw mode rather than its default JPEG mode. If you want more control over your images, more flexibility in … Continue reading →

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Are Your Photos Raw?

Posted on November 8, 2010 by Craig

As I’ve mentioned before, one of the big advantages of digital photography is the ability to go back to old images and reprocess them with new software. Software keeps getting better and better each year, and there’s constantly new software … Continue reading →

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