photoshop filter: minimize and maximize by los angeles retoucher taylor yoelin

If you’re not a pathing master, or a lasso tool genius, chances are you’ve come across the bummer of having a little fringe outline around an object or person when creating a composite.  Are you left with a beautiful background, clean layer mask, but your main subject has that weird color halo?  Here is a […]

quick shop tip: load into layers + align

not many ‘shoppers out there know this handy time-saving trick, so I thought I’d share.  a very common technique for getting slick, beautiful photographs is layer comping/compositioning.  especially when shooting hard to light and reflective surfaces, this technique involves shooting “plates”, each image honing in on perfecting a certain look.  for instance, when I shot […]

final cut pro + after effects

it was about a year ago today that i left freelance world behind (for now), and took up a position full-time at jerry garns studio.  we’ve been a part of some cool projects, forged new long term clients, and have improved the work with existing ones.  we also went head first into the world of […]