Congratulations to our Spring 2018 Photoshop Scholarship Winner!  During the past 6 months, Pretty Photoshop Actions received many amazing essays written by some very incredibly talented students from around the wor...

How to Create Lightroom Print Templates Lightroom is an amazingly powerful program.  We all love it for the many ways that it saves us time in editing and the simplicity of using it to edit images. Usually, our main ...

Self Portrait Photography Ideas Throughout the years, artists have used self portraits as a form of expressing themselves, and as a way of perfecting their craft.  Vincent van Gogh, Frida Kahlo and even Leonardo da V...

Interior Photography Tips Interior photography is, in my opinion, underrated.  While it may not be the most glamorous or exciting genre, it is one that we all appreciate on a daily basis. When you go to Lowe’s to pic...

Family Photography: 3 Must Have Shots For many photographers, heading into a family storytelling session means that the family is going to heavily control what happens in the photos.  Depending on your philosophy as ...

Macro photography has been such a source of inspiration in my photography over the years.  It is an opportunity to see details and textures most never look for or can even see with the human eye. What is Macro Photog...

What is Chromatic Aberration? Have you ever noticed how, in some of your shots, your subject and or certain elements of the image will have a colored halo around the edges?  This is known as "Chromatic Abberation" or...

Have you been wanting to learn how to create beautiful images with a beautiful blurred background that brings attention to your subject? Understanding Shallow Depth of Field is the key to make that possible! What is ...

How to Use the Lens Blur Filter in Photoshop to Create Shallow Depth of Field Are you looking to achieve that creamy, background blur and shallow depth of field in your image that you were not quite able to achieve i...

Birth Photography (Everything You Want to Know) It's 2:47 am.  You are snuggled so warm in your bed fast asleep, maybe even having an amazing dream.  Until the most annoying, loudest sound from your phone wakes you u...

Golden Hour Photography You have probably heard the term “the Golden Hour” at least once, but chances are if you're a photographer, you’ve heard it a lot, because many photographers, myself included, are obsessed wit...

What is Backlight? In photography terms, backlight is when your subject is illuminated from behind.  This means you will place the light source behind your subject and in front of you (the photographer).  Having the ...

How to Remove Virtual Copies in Lightroom Is Your Lightroom Library View Cluttered with Lots of Virtual Copies? Do you have ten versions of the same image because you couldn't decide which preset or look to use?  Don...

6 Newborn Photography Tips (To Help You Rock Your First Session) Newborns are sweet and squishy and oh so cuddly, who could resist photographing them?  You tell yourself, “It can’t be that hard, they just lay there!...

How to Achieve a Light & Airy Edit in Photoshop Light and airy photos are VERY popular these days.  This type of bright and airy image can be seen all over Facebook and Instagram feeds.  How is this type of edit ...

I've been experimenting the past few months.  Some may say it's a little on the risky side. I have to agree.  Curious?  Well, I've been freelensing. What is Freelensing? Freelensing simply means taking a photo with y...

We thought we'd try something new and do a Quiet Time Photo Challenge! These photos express a peaceful, calm, or tranquil moment in time. We loved seeing your interpretation of "Quiet Time" and seeing your beautiful...

Using Leading Lines to Compose Better Photos When it comes to composition, I’m sure you’ve heard all about the rule of thirds.  Maybe you’ve even gone so far as to learn a bit about the golden ratio.  But one area of...

Understanding ISO in Photoghraphy There are a lot of written tutorials and videos about what ISO is and the various ways it affects your image. So often we are told something is important and that we should understan...