By Dave Cross  ·  January 7th, 2013

When you take portraits, sometimes a person’s face will catch a bit of shine from the reflection of a light. Dave will show you how to remove that shine in just a few steps!

By Elizabeth LePage  ·  July 20th, 2011

The Diffuse Glow filter (found under Filter > Distort) can add a soft, dreamy quality to family photos, portraits, or even landscapes.

By Matt Kloskowski  ·  March 11th, 2011

Harsh lights and aggressive sharpening can make any of us look a little worse for wear. But with the new Layer Mask feature in Elements 9, it’s easy to undo the damage and create soft, beautiful skin.

By Matt Kloskowski  ·  January 21st, 2011

Matt shows you an advanced technique for realistically softening skin in portraits.

By Dave Cross  ·  October 22nd, 2010

Use Camera Raw and layer blend modes to create a cool grungy portrait effect.

By Matt Kloskowski  ·  February 2nd, 2010

Retouching is often overdone, but when performed well, it can truly open up a portrait. Here, we look at subtly enhancing a subject’s nose.

By Dave Cross  ·  March 3rd, 2009

Dave walks you through a fun exercise for making a stylized portrait out of letters.

By Matt Kloskowski  ·  March 1st, 2009

Sometimes all it takes to add some zing to a portrait is a touch of extra highlights added to your subject’s hair.

By Wendy Williams  ·  May 9th, 2008

Turning an ordinary photograph into a black & white portrait is something I really enjoy doing.

By Matt Kloskowski  ·  August 27th, 2007

Here are 10 tips for you to get the best pictures for that first day of school (or back to school).

By Pauline Washburn  ·  July 5th, 2007

Virtual painting is a fantastic (and surprisingly easy) way to take a photograph and make it look like a painting.

By Matt Kloskowski  ·  December 15th, 2006

Get a behind the scenes look at what Matt does to enhance his portrait images. You’d be surprised at the results!

By Dave Cross  ·  October 6th, 2006

Here’s a fun tutorial on how to cast a bit of a shadowed light across a portrait.

By Dave Cross  ·  May 26th, 2006

Dave shows you how to shine a spotlight on a portrait.

By Wendy Williams  ·  May 21st, 2006

We all have those photographs where the person looks fine but the background isn’t great; here’s a way to add a simple, textured background to a portrait.

By Wendy Williams  ·  May 18th, 2006

Some fun things you can do with the Distort filter to play around with faces.

By Wendy Williams  ·  May 10th, 2006

Making someone bald is just a fun way to play around with image.

By Dave Huss  ·  March 12th, 2006

Here is a quick way to soften a close-up photo using layer masks and the Reduce Noise filter.