Post-Processing Resources

All about pet photography post-processing

Post-processing

Photoshop and Lightroom tips and tricks for editing and retouching pet photos.

Pet Photography Hack: Backplate Technique for Effortless Background Editing in Photoshop

Learn how to seamlessly edit your pet portraits by using a backplate for distraction removal and transforming your background in mere seconds!

Using an Expo Disc To Custom Set The White Balance

Are you tired of trying to find the perfect white balance? Nicole Begley, from Hair of the Dog, shares her favorite tool for dialing in perfect white balance in any situation. This video walks you through how to use the ExpoDisc, as well as how to...

How To Easily Remove Color Cast In Photoshop

Photographing pets in grass, or near leafy trees, can result in a funky green color cast on your otherwise adorable subjects. Take your pet photography to the next level by learning how to remove color cast with this quick Adobe Photoshop tutorial....

How to Calibrate Your Monitor Using the SpyderX Elite

It's not just the changing seasons that cause temperature shifts! Yep, the color temperature of your computer monitor can "drift" over time, rendering your image colors either too warm or too cool. If you're a professional pet photographer, you...

Using the Lightroom Adjustment Tools

I don’t know about you, but I love watching other people edit photos! As I was working on my final edits for our models from Barkzealand, I thought you all might enjoy watching this one. In this video, you will see how I use Lightroom to harness...

Editing a White Dog in Green Grass

Taking a sneak peek behind the magic of post-processing is something that we all love to do. In this video, I’m sharing with you a full client edit - from RAW file to fully edited and ready to print for a wall piece….in only about 10 minutes. In...

Photographing Dogs in the Snow

Shooting in a winter wonderland is usually high on the pet photography bucket list - and for many of us in the northern hemisphere - the chances to do so are just getting started. Shooting in the snow is an entirely different animal than...

Editing Bright Green Grass

Do you find it frustrating when taking outdoor photos in the spring that the leaves and grass appear fluorescent green? Here is a brief video from Heather Lahtinen of Flourish Academy and Hair of the Dog's resident editing ninja to show you a quick...