Learn Adobe Photoshop with Total Training

Are you ready to take your digital art to the next level? With Total Training online courses, you will learn how to use Adobe Photoshop to enhance and restore photos, create custom graphic designs, and so much more. Get started today! Browse Photoshop Online Courses Adobe Photoshop is one of the leading image editing tools [...]

2021-08-24T09:40:17-04:00

How to Overcome Photographer’s Block

How To Come Up with an Idea For a Photo Project, by Nicole D.Garrison Introduction When you start out as a photographer, inspiration is hardly lacking: you immediately figure out that beautiful sights from your travels and everyday life can make for a great photo project. As time goes on, it gets harder to find [...]

2020-03-13T12:04:55-04:00

New Digital Photography Courses Available from Total Training!

Total Training is happy to announce these new course additions to our training library! Focused on digital photography, these courses are for beginner to intermediate level photographers who want to take their skills to the next level! Read on to find out more about each course... Understand your camera so you can achieve more creative, [...]

2019-11-19T14:20:05-05:00

Sparking Creativity and Jumpstarting Your Career with Total Training

We're delighted to learn how one portrait photographer, Jason Buff, credits Total Training for igniting his passion for photography and image editing. His story shows how it's never too late to build your way to a successful career by following your dreams. Photo by: Jason Buff His life changed after he bought Deke McClelland’s Total Training for [...]

2019-08-06T11:17:19-04:00

New Courses for Design & Creativity

The fundamentals of good design rarely change, but the software to translate your vision into reality change all the time. Stay ahead of the curve with our latest titles designed specifically for creative professionals and those who want to increase their skills and competency in today's top software titles. [products ids="56026, [...]

2018-09-14T11:20:56-04:00

New Product Announcement! ‘Mastering Adobe Bridge CC’

Total Training is excited to announce the release of our latest training course, Mastering Adobe Bridge CC, presented by Adobe Certified Expert Martin Perhiniak. Mastering Adobe Bridge CC starts with the basics of interface navigation and then moves on to topics such as Filtering and making Collections. Then delve into more complex techniques such as utilizing Keywords and [...]

2016-11-09T17:14:43-05:00

“Face Mask” – Free Halloween Photoshop Tutorial

Words and pixels by Brian Maffitt Social-media followers know that every year I create a creepy Halloween self-portrait, combining original photography and heavy Photoshop work. Last year's example was so popular worldwide that when I was planning this year's efforts, I decided to make a demo to accompany the image. I didn't even try to provide a [...]

2016-11-09T17:14:52-05:00

NY Comic Con 2014: A Newbie’s Photo Safari

Words and photos by Brian Maffitt I have a well-cultivated reputation as a Prince among Nerds, yet in my half-century on this planet I had never attended a Comic Con, the annual pilgrimage to Nerd-vana. My only excuse has been that by the time I noticed it was coming up, it was always sold out, so when this year [...]

2016-11-09T17:14:53-05:00

Pixelstick Review – Verdict: Awesome!

In 2010 a Brooklyn company called Bitbanger launched a successful Kickstarter campaign for a new light-painting gizmo called the "Pixelstick". Well, it's shipping now, and it's revolutionary. Check out this video: https://vimeo.com/107313503 Check back for more tutorials and product demos! Meanwhile, order your own Pixelstick here. Brian

2016-11-09T17:14:53-05:00

CANON EOS 5D Mk III – Superb Light Sensitivity for Macro Photography

by Brian Maffitt I have many professional photographer friends. Most of them work very hard and have studied their craft for a long time, and nothing gets their collective noses out of joint like a "civilian", presented with a lovely photograph, asking innocently “what camera did you use?” A clever, indignant retort usually follows, along [...]

2016-11-09T17:14:59-05:00