There are lots of tutorials that teach you how to touch up an old photograph to make it look new again. However, this tutorial will teach you the opposite of this effect and show you how to make a modern-looking photo appear old and tattered in Photoshop.

This tutorial will also give you the basics on how to apply a texture layer to a photo. Once you’ve mastered this simple technique, the creative possibilities are endless.

Continue reading: Photoshop Tutorial: Vintage Crumpled Photo Effect

In the first part of this exploration on ghost towns, I want to introduce where I decided to shoot and what aspects of ghost town locations are important to understand when taking on this type of photography.

I am from Minneapolis Minnesota but have always wanted to photograph a part of the northern iron range of my state called North Hibbing. You can see the location here.

I have a personal interest because my mother grew up in a town nearby and my grandfather was once a miner in the iron ore mines. It was also a location I could drive to in a day and was not overly dangerous to shoot and did not require additional lighting. I had also learned much of the history while growing up and so had a good understanding of the overall space and what details would be interesting to add. I happened to luck out on the day that I took the photographs that a rain storm was moving in. The darkness and clouds added to the overall spookiness of the location.

Continue reading: Photographing a Ghost Town Part 1: Researching and Understanding Your Location

Remember our first collection of amazing pictures taken with iPhone? We decided to do a little roundup again because this type of photography is geting more and more popular. All these beautiful pictures are taken and edited with iPhone only.

If you also want to get such amazing images check out some helpful iphone apps and lenses.

Continue reading: 15 Beautiful iPhoneography Examples

Once digital photographs have been taken off the camera and placed on the computer, many programs, like Adobe Photoshop, can be used to manipulate them. This is especially true for turning a color photograph into monochrome and then changing the contrast and relative lightness or darkness. I decided to use my Nikon D90 to show, in the manual setting, the difference the color filters can make when used in the camera in the monochrome setting. What is gained and lost with each approach? When is it appropriate to use?

Continue reading: Black-and-White Photography: Using Color Filters in the Camera

Selective color is a cool post-processing technique that can really make your subject and photo stand out. You might have seen a photo where one thing might be in color and the rest of the photo is all in monotone (black and white or sepia). Today, I’m going to show you how to achieve this effect in Photoshop by using a quick and easy technique.

Continue reading: Selective Color Photoshop Tutorial: The Quick & Easy Way

At Photoble, we try to showcase a variety of interesting and unique photos from various photographers. When it comes to selecting which photos to feature, it’s a hard job. Trust me, if I had the time and resources to feature 100 great photos, I would.

This post would hopefully help the photographers out there who want their photos to standout from the crowd and gain some public exposure. Here are 10 tips to help get your photos get featured in blogs, magazines or simply receive more views. I’d be mainly focusing on getting noticed on Flickr. However, most of these tips can be applied to your online portfolio or any other photo platforms.

Continue reading: 10 Tips To Get Your Photos Noticed on Flickr

We’ve all taken a blurry photo before and have quickly deleted it before anyone can criticize it. However, sometimes a bit of motion blur can be a good thing as it adds character to the photo and tells a story. There are different ways to create a photo showing motion blur. Slower shutter speeds, panning, zooming or simply by just having an unsteady hand.

Here are 25 excellent motion blur photos to get you inspired. Hopefully this collection of photos would get you to think outside the box when it comes to taking a blurry photo.

Continue reading: 25 Motion Blur Photos to Get Your Head Spinning

Last week, we ran a feature on mini panorama planets. This week, we’re going to show you how to create your own using any landscape photo and a little help from Photoshop. It’s easy, fun and addictive! The hard part is actually picking out a photo that would be appropriate for this fun photo project.

Continue reading: 5 Easy Steps to Create a Mini Panorama Planet in Photoshop