Written by Stu Davidson @ Stuck in Customs
Part 3 of the Analysis Here’s the last and final part of the analysis being delivered today on Passport Sunday to all you Passport Members. I had never taken the time to do a fully immersive comparison of different ways to use Aurora with JPGs vs. RAWs. Part 3 of the analysis Here is a […]
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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 […]
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 […]
Processing a photo from a Queenstown Helicopter
Written by Stu Davidson @ Stuck in Customs
Passport Sunday Fun! If you’re a Passport Member then you know it’s Sunday, that special day when I release a new how-to video! Now we’re at well over 150 videos, so you also have access to a massive back catalog. Enjoy! Processing a photo from a Queenstown Helicopter This is a fun little lesson and […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Using Adobe Spark to Build a Website
Written by Stu Davidson @ Stuck in Customs
Passport Sunday! If you’re a Passport Member then today you’ll see a little how-to explaining how I built the website for renting out my New Zealand home. It was a really fun project and I figured out a few more things about the process! Using Adobe Spark to Build a Website I think you’re going […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Final edits on a vineyard photo
Written by Stu Davidson @ Stuck in Customs
Join Passport Sunday! Today we have another how-to video for Passport Sunday Members! It joins the hundreds of others that are in there waiting for you to discover them! In today’s video, I work with a panorama of a beautiful vineyard near Picton, New Zealand. Final edits on a vineyard photo As much as I […]
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 […]
New Tutorial on the Way!
Written by Stu Davidson @ Stuck in Customs
I have a huge new tutorial we’re about to release! Make sure you’ve signed up for our newsletter to find out about it immediately. It’s 8 amazing lessons filmed while I spent about a month in Africa. Today, if you’re a Passport Member then you get to see a little sneak preview combined with a […]
The Amazing Organ at Notre-Dame in Montreal
Written by Stu Davidson @ Stuck in Customs
Passport Freebies! I wanted to give you two free videos that we released to Stuck In Customs Passport Members earlier this year! This is obviously an incentive to get you to join. When you do, you’ll get fresh videos every Sunday! Also, I’d appreciate your support… it keeps the website going and we can keep […]
Passport Sunday!
Written by Stu Davidson @ Stuck in Customs
We’re in Africa for Passport Sunday this week and in glorious 360 to boot as I chat with some of the lovely people below. This was taken just as we were heading off to another location on part 1 of my Africa photo adventure/workshop. Delving into the minds of my workshop friends I’m out in […]
Workflow Fun on Passport Sunday!
Written by Stu Davidson @ Stuck in Customs
Well, I try to make workflow as fun as possible today for Passport Members. Today, you see the process I went through before Burning Man to make sure I had a clean library for the event. I did this again before Africa! Speaking of Burning Man… Here are a few of my favorite photos for […]
My Workflow in Toronto!
Written by Stu Davidson @ Stuck in Customs
Speaking of Canada… I thought I would share three fun photos from Canada. They’re all quite different, but I hope you enjoy! And now on with the show… My Workflow in Toronto! At a recent art talk, I got many questions about my workflow. This is a fairly “boring” but important thing, so I decided […]
Montreal from the Hilltop
Written by Stu Davidson @ Stuck in Customs
More Montreal Behind-the-Scenes for Canada Last week, Passport Members got to see the 360 video that I took up here while preparing to take the photo. Today, the actual processing in Aurora HDR has been unlocked! I hope you enjoy! Montreal Downtown Processing Today, you get to see my process one of the final photos […]
Two Photos from Jack’s Point
Written by Stu Davidson @ Stuck in Customs
Here are two photos from pretty much the exact same spot. I did two wildy different edits on them. I’m 100% sure I like the first one in the sequence better. It’s a good reminder of how much variance there can be in post-processing sessions. And here’s another bonus photo from very close by… Such […]