Mode Studio

I am now offering online training, aka. webinars, using distance learning tools so that you can learn Photoshop from me wherever you are located. Take my highly successful complete two day Photoshop class even if you are not located within driving distance to my classroom training sessions. All online training is one-on-one. All you need […]

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Adobe today announced Photoshop Express (Public Beta), an online photo editing tool that may well revolutionize photo editing for hobbyists, amateurs, and anyone looking for a simple, intuitive, and free application to edit their photos with. You can upload, edit, and then download or share photos with - I have to say - incredible ease. […]

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Thanks for visiting Mode Studio, and especially thanks to any visitors that have put up with slow loading times of late. Turns out all web hosts are not equal and I have moved Mode Studio to a new web host that is serving the blog smoothly. If you ever tried to browse around before and […]

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My latest tutorial at the Photoshop User web site is a tribute to the art of paper negatives, known as Calotypes. I originally wrote the tutorial to celebrate an exhibition of British Calotypes at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC. That show has ended but there is an excellent web site where you can […]

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This month is kind of a two-fer: bits of tape, and a film can to hold them. Sometimes a scrap of tape can save your life; or at least the success of a photo shoot. Good quality gaffers tape comes in large rolls and is a staple in the gaffer cases. But what about when […]

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