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Photoshop offers a number of tools that makes cutting an object out of a photo easy — that is, until you get to the hair. Thousands of strands of hair going in multiple directions is a nightmare for any selection task, whether that’s because you need to apply a selective edit, remove the background or to compost multiple images together.

Acclaimed instructor, Kathy Holcombe is returning to CreativeLive to teach a course on Building Your Photography Business for Under $3,000. To be entered for a chance to win the grand prize listed below, simply RSVP to the course between now and June 30, 2017.

[caption id="attachment_6610" align="alignnone" width="620"] Photo by Joey L. , retouched by Pratik Naik[/caption] Time is invaluable.

I look at images that creaked their way through my first camera, and I am smitten by my lack of photographic ability. That first Polaroid I got for my 16th birthday provided artistic endeavors (such as a very sleepy photo of my parents putting up with having a camera in their face) that I hadn't known existed.

Some people are just naturally, infuriatingly photogenic. Many of us, however, are not.

[caption id="attachment_10270" align="alignnone" width="620"] Photo: Billy Lee[/caption] Last year, commercial photographer Shayne Gray had one very big day — he quit his day job as a director and applied to be in the audience for Joey L's portraiture class. Since then, he's been working full-time for himself, and has collaborated with numerous talented directors, photographers, and models.

[caption id="attachment_7536" align="aligncenter" width="640"] Photo via Daniele Faieta on Flickr.

Learning three manual exposure settings seems simple compared to memorizing the placement of chins, shoulders, hands, elbows, hips, knees and feet required to create a flattering portrait. Posing can be downright scary for new photographers, but without it, a technically perfect photo falls flat in an unflattering rendition.

[gallery size="large" columns="2" ids="34847,34848"] Photoshop and Lightroom are both players on the same team, one with more speed, another with more finesse but both with a similar goal. When it comes to retouching skin, the traditional industry standard, Photoshop, offers a number of advanced editing techniques, while Lightroom offers speed, simplicity — and a few hidden tools.