Once in a while we need to draw a line or have an edge that we draw with a brush. For example, we need a smooth border in a layer mask. Not that ago (before learning this technique) I used my hand movement to do such thing, and most of the time I missed
Though there is an easy way. Simply click with brush where the start of the line shoud be and while holding Shift click on the other end of the line. Yes, it is that simple, but how convenient!

Have you ever wondered how it feels to be in a photograph? I mean beside the photographer when he or she takes the photograph. To be able look around and feel it. With the latest advance of technology, we it becomes almost possible. There is "Virtual Reality thing".
Rob Galbraith has posted a link to a website with such 360 degree panoramas enabled by VR to look around.
I followed one of the links and found a blog called Refocus, which has underwater panoramas. Take a look - it's a breathtaking view.

For the portfolio, which I was doing for ELSE Galley (a store in Georgetown), I need a few images of the tailor and the services the store offers to its customers. One day I visited the store and while the tailor was working I took a few images. Not all of them are here, but some nice ones and edited for a somewhat "fine art" finish are presented here.

During my latest hike in Shenandoah mountains I took this photograph (above). By looking at the image you may think that I had to do a lot of manipulations in post-processing. Strangely, not at all. The main effect (bluish background with the fall) is achieved in Camera Raw. I simply played with the image in the Camera Raw tool before actually opening it in Photoshop. You want to find out how?

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