Written by Stu Davidson @ Stuck in Customs
Luminar AI – Processing Landscapes With People in Them Luminar AI (launched yesterday!) is great for landscapes and portraits… in this quick look vid I process an image that is somewhere in between using templates, sky replacement, adding mist/fog and more. Grab Luminar AI here. Check out Monni’s clothing range at https://monni.co or on Insta […]
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Singing Circle in Papua New Guinea
Written by Stu Davidson @ Stuck in Customs
Passport Sunday Fun Today, I have a new video that shows off the new Luminar AI if you are a Passport Member! You can get it now via that link for a pre-order and it’s released in just a few days. I think you are really going to like it! Sunday: Mountains on top of […]
The Bridge to St. Paul’s Cathedral
Written by Stu Davidson @ Stuck in Customs
Passport Sunday Editing Party! Another Sunday, so time for another section of the blog to unlock for Passport Members. If you’re not a member yet, then, why not? Now you get access to over 200 videos plus a ton of other goodies! The Bridge to St. Paul’s Cathedral – Making Of Here’s a fun quick […]
Flying Home from Antarctica
Written by Stu Davidson @ Stuck in Customs
Antarctica How-to Today for Passport Members! If you are part of my family of Passport Members then I have a fresh one for you this Sunday from Antarctica! Every Sunday, I release something new, and it’s been a while since I processed a new photo from Antarctica, so here ya go! Passport members of course […]
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 […]
Passport Sunday Time!
Written by Stu Davidson @ Stuck in Customs
Today for Passport Members you’ll get part 1 of 3 that show some cool processing tricks. If you’re not a member now, today is a good time to join up! You’ll get over 200 video tutorials plus a ton of other things. Today is the first step on the way to showing how I get […]
Passport Member Update for Sunday!
Written by Stu Davidson @ Stuck in Customs
Today, if you’re a Passport Member, I have a cool new video that shows some of my favorites that I’ve selected so far while working on a new photo project. Actually, I’ll show you some that I really like and others that I don’t like and explain why… a little self-critique time. In fact, one […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The Lonely Road in Montana
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]