Author › Chris Orwig

Learn to leverage the photographer's toolset in Photoshop and enhance your images while retaining their natural character.

Take a look at the updates to Photoshop CC from a photographer's perspective.

Get a sneak peek at the new features in Lightroom 5, including automatic perspective correction, advanced healing and retouching, and Smart Previews.

Photographer, author, and teacher Chris Orwig shares his creative insights for creating natural-light bridal portraits.

Photographer, author, and teacher Chris Orwig details the technical and creative decisions involved in shooting thoughtful, story-filled wedding photographs.

Addresses the newest version of Photoshop from a photographer's perspective—helping users of previous versions of Photoshop make upgrade decisions and get up to speed with CS6.

Photographer, author, and teacher Chris Orwig details a variety of Photoshop postprocessing techniques that enhance the authenticity and mood of an environmental portrait.

Essential techniques to create composites from multiple photos using Adobe Photoshop—from working around tricky exposure challenges to creating stronger group photos and crafting creative photo illustrations.

Provides a practical guide to enhancing photos with the most popular creative effects in Photoshop, from motion blur to HDR toning and digital infrared techniques.

Shares the keyboard shortcuts that make working with the different modules in Lightroom more intuitive and efficient.

Details the tools every photographer needs to retouch portraits to make them look their best while remaining authentic.

Provides in-depth training on Camera Raw 7, the Photoshop CS6 component that enables photographers to open and manipulate raw format images.

Explores Photoshop CS6 from the perspective of the photographer, including creative tips and project ideas.

Investigates the Lightroom properties as a digital asset management (DAM) system—specifically, its catalogs, which track the location, metadata, and keyword tags associated with your images.

Navigates through several real-world photography assignment scenarios (such as wedding/event photography or travel shoots) and introduces workflow recommendations in Photoshop Lightroom for each one.

Focuses on the Lightroom 4 slideshow and web gallery features, which provide a straightforward way to display images on the web, on the desktop, or projected onto a screen.

Focuses on the Print module in Lightroom 4, which can be used to create high-quality prints and proofs and design custom layouts for books and other print projects.

Covers the newest features and enhancements in Photoshop Lightroom 4, the popular photo-asset management, enhancement, and publishing program.

Explores the Library module in Lightroom and shows how to use the popular image-management program's tools to organize and manage a photo library.

Author and teacher Chris Orwig guides photographers through the process of editing and enhancing images with creative color, sharpening, and other effects in the Develop module in Lightroom 4, the popular asset management program.

Chris travels to Texas to visit two artists and sculptors, David Cargill and Charles Stagg, taking their pictures and discussing the results.

Chris Orwig travels to Texas to meet with and photograph Keith Carter, a fine art photographer and teacher.

Chris Orwig travels to New York to visit with photographer Rodney Smith, sharing insights into portraiture and the importance of creating photos that both tell stories and ask questions.

Photographer and teacher Chris Orwig explores how to create images that tell stories about their subjects and produce a strong emotional connection.

Photographer and teacher Chris Orwig shows how incorporate aspects of a location, such as architecture, natural light, and even passersby, to create authentic, story-filled portraits.

Master the subtleties of Lightroom 3 with advanced image editing and workflow techniques.

Add energy, motion, and strength to portraits and shots of athletes in action, using Photoshop CS5.

Demonstrates enhancing and correcting photographs for the fashion industry.

Take photographs to the next creative level by compositing images in Photoshop.

Create unique and eye-catching photographic effects with Photoshop CS5.

Focuses on the specific tools every photographer needs to retouch images and keep them looking genuine.

A comprehensive look at Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3, the popular photo-asset management, enhancement, and publishing program.

Explores the enhancements that Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 brings to each phase of the photographic workflow.

Provides in-depth training on Camera Raw 6, the CS5 component that enables photographers to open and manipulate images more flexibly and efficiently.

Provides comprehensive Photoshop CS5 training targeting photographers' needs.

Explores enhancements in Photoshop CS5 and Bridge CS5 from a photographer's perspective.

Professional photographer Chris Orwig demonstrates specific techniques for bringing out the best in beauty and fashion images.

Teaches techniques and workflows for crafting powerful and enduring images that bring the photographer's vision to life

Explores Photoshop CS4's deep resources and inspires photographers to do their creative best.

Goes beyond the basics by showing how color can have a profound effect on a photograph's impact.

Demonstrates how to enhance images through adding light, adding drop and directional shadows, and using motion blur and film grain.

Chris Orwig enthusiastically explores a Photoshop plug-in that is a must-have for any serious photographer.

Demonstrates how the power of Photoshop can make photographers more passionate about their work.

Explores Lightroom 2, Adobe's professional toolbox for image organization, processing, and output.

How to take advantage of Lightroom's features and become a more effective and creative photographer.

Shows the entire process of retouching a portrait, from start to finish.

A hands-on tour of the retouching secrets used by pros to make people look their best in photos.

Pro photographer Chris Orwig cover the latest additions to Lightroom 1.1 and 1.2.

A professional photographer explores how to use Photoshop to create beautiful and inspiring images.

All the essential techniques digital photographers need to use Photoshop CS3 to its full potential.

Photographers can expand their creative potential using all the tools and features of Photoshop Lightroom.

For professional photographers and enthusiasts who want to get professional results with Photoshop CS2.

Increases digital imaging skills and creativity for professional photographers, imaging professionals, and enthusiasts.