Camera RAW for Beginners

I found this series of tutorials on Camera Raw at Phototuts+ which I am very excited about. Camera Raw comes with Photoshop but also with Photoshop Elements. Although the Photoshop Elements version does not have all the features of the Photoshop one. If you have the pared down version of ACR like I do, then not all of these tutorials will apply. However, I found them all to be very helpful.

Their description of this series is:

"The Phototuts+ Camera RAW Session focuses exclusively on teaching you how to become a complete Adobe Camera RAW ninja. We’re bringing together a series of video and written tutorials that will teach you everything you need to know about this fantastic piece of software!"

 So far they have 8 separate tutorials with the following topic:

• Histogram & White Balance
• Basic Adjustments
• Clarity, Vibrance, & Saturation
• Basic Adjustments in Action
• Tone Curve
• The Detail Tool
• Adjustments Brush - Part 1
• Adjustments Brush - Part 2

http://photo.tutsplus.com/sessions/camera-raw-for-beginners/

Deconstructing a Photograph Video by Mitchell Kanashkevich

This video was created by Prolific travel photographer Mitchell Kanashkevich. In this video he chose a photograph of his and talked about the background of the photo and the process of taking the photo in the first place. He describes how he chose his subject and waited for the proper lighting and most pleasing composition. After he explains how he took the photo, he goes over the post-processing steps he undertook. In this case, he used Lightroom for post-processing and this is where the video turns into a true tutorial. He shows you all the exact steps he took to take this photo from good to outstanding. I highly recommend it even if you don’t have Lightroom. Here is a link to his his blog where this tutorial exists but I have also embedded the video into this page for your convenience.

I would also recommend you take a look around his whole website. He has many beautiful, inspiring photos and an excellent and entertaining blog.