The Ginzen Onsen at Dusk

Written by Stu Davidson @ Stuck in Customs

Passport Sunday Fun In today’s photo, you’ll see I used the technique I mention in last week’s exclusive Passport Sunday how-to video. I love how it turned out on this one, which I feel is sort of a combination of landscape and architecture. The Processing of the Onsen I think you’ll really enjoy today’s how-to […]

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Along the Lagoon

Written by Stu Davidson @ Stuck in Customs

Passport Sunday How-To Video We must be up to about 200 great how-to and behind-the-scenes videos now for Passport Members. It’s another Sunday, and here’s one I recorded just recently for you. Working on the Lagoon Photo I took about 300-400 photos of this lagoon at various times of the morning, day, evening, and night. […]

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Another Rainy Day in London

Written by Stu Davidson @ Stuck in Customs

Passport Sunday goes to London Join Passport Sunday today as you can see this cool technique for blurring out people that live in London. There’s nothing wrong with them of course, other than they are all drained by living in such a dreary city! London Blur Here’s the cool technique for blurring out pedestrians I […]

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The Rugged Coast of Iceland

Written by Stu Davidson @ Stuck in Customs

Passport Iceland Sunday! Today if you’re a Passport Member, we take another trip back to Iceland! Enjoy! https://stuckincustoms.smugmug.com/Portfolio/i-972pr5q/A Iceland Edit This was a very fun one to work on and I hope you enjoy it! Exclusive content for Passport members Unlock Now Daily Photo – The Rugged Coast of Iceland Here is another recent Iceland […]

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Oscars Party!

Written by Stu Davidson @ Stuck in Customs

Vanity Fair Special for Passport Members Today, for you cool Passport Members, you can see how I put together the proposal for this Vanity Fair / Ritz-Carlton / Conde Nast show during Oscars week. It was a lot of hard work, but I think you’ll be happy just seeing the process. I’ll make a follow-up […]

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Glacial Lake in Montana

Written by Stu Davidson @ Stuck in Customs

Part 2 for Passport Members Hey if you’re an awesome Passport Member then today you get to see part 2 of the analysis comparing RAWs to JPGs when it comes to using various combinations in Aurora. Enjoy! You’ll also get to see how I edited today’s photo! Part 2 of the Analysis Series! You can […]

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The Edge of Iceland

Written by Stu Davidson @ Stuck in Customs

Today, if you’re a Passport Member, then you’ll get to see the full edit of this photo. It was a particularly fun one because of the extreme contrast in colors. Enjoy! Editing a Photo from Iceland In today’s video, you’ll get to see a quick edit of how the photo above was achieved. Keep on […]

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Standing Guard in Rabat

Written by Stu Davidson @ Stuck in Customs

Passport Sunday How-ToM If you’re a Passport Member, then today is the day for a new how-to video! In today’s tutorial, you’ll see how I created this photo below. Passport Members have an extra little section that opens up so they can see behind-the-scenes and how-to videos. Enjoy! New Presets Added to Passport! For all […]

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Queenstown Gardens Edit

Written by Stu Davidson @ Stuck in Customs

Upcoming Queenstown Photo Workshop! The image from today’s video was taken during our Queenstown, New Zealand Photo Workshop which is coming in soon in just a few weeks! It’s going to be a great time and this is one of the many locations we visit together. If you’re a Passport Member then you get to […]

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Home Photo Edit

Written by Stu Davidson @ Stuck in Customs

Passport Present for the new Year Thanks again to all the subscribers to Passport! Since it’s Passport Sunday, it’s time for another how-to video to add to the 150+ that are already there! Home Photo Edit I’ve been working on taking photos of my own home a lot lately because of the AirBnB thing. In […]

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Using Textures in Luminar

Written by Stu Davidson @ Stuck in Customs

Passport Sunday Texture Party! If you’re a Passport Member then today you get to see a new tutorial video I made about using textures with the new version of Luminar! I’ve been playing with it quite a bit, so you’ll get to see all my new tricks. I had a lot of fun making this […]

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Teahouse HDR

Written by Stu Davidson @ Stuck in Customs

More from Chengdu Today’s Passport Sunday how-to-video is from Chengdu, China. I do a rather aggressive edit today, as you’ll see! Either way, here are some of my other favorite photos from Chengdu. Teahouse HDR Here’s a RATHER extreme HDR treatment! I don’t usually go this whole hog, but this place had such a Communist […]

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High Above Laucala Island

Written by Stu Davidson @ Stuck in Customs

I have an all-new photography tutorial! I recently returned from spending about a month in Africa (Botswana, Zimbabwe, and Madagascar) and each country had completely different photography situations. So it’s not just about travel photography, but it touches on pretty much everything in the seven lessons that include packing and equipment, landscape photography, HDR, People […]

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Passport Sunday Fun!

Written by Stu Davidson @ Stuck in Customs

Today’s video for Passport Members is a quick and dirty edit from a single RAW file that I think you’ll really like. I was pretty sure that this overexposed photo was a goner, but I was shocked at what Aurora HDR did to it! The Overexposed Pirate Ship I use Aurora HDR so much and […]

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