Here’s a cool plugin from Red Paw Media called Bleach Bypass. In the past with film processing, bleach bypassing involved the partial or complete skipping of the bleaching stage during the processing of a colour film, resulting in a contrasty image with muted colours. This is a great little plugin which mimics the effect of bleach bypassing, and will give your images a  …

Sometimes it’s nice to go out with some friends and just have some fun shooting photos. On this day, I set out to mindfully shoot photos which I planned to post-process using an extreme vignetting effect. Vignetting is a natural effect which can occur when shooting with certain lenses at wide apertures. Sometimes, rather than trying to “fix” vignetting effects in post processing, we can …

Here’s a really cool free plugin from Auto FX Software called “Dreamy Photo”, which does just what it says; it turns your image into a “dreamy” looking photo! Since it’s coming from the fine folks at Auto FX Software, you can be assured of a high quality free plugin, with lots of sliders to play with, giving you virtually unlimited possibilities with this dreamy effect. …

Due to an overwhelming amount of requests on recommendations for books on HDR Photography and techniques, I have put together the following list of available books on HDR. The following books are all available on sale through our affiliate arrangement with Amazon, at prices below retail! If you are interested in learning more about HDR (High Dynamic Range) photography and/or techniques, give the following books …