Whether you’re shooting a Fortune 500 CEO for the cover of Forbes magazine or yearbook pictures for the graduating class, eyeglass glare is one of the more common problems plaguing portrait photography. In this first article in our Photoshop Guru series, Photoshop guru Jane Conner-ziser takes you through the steps necessary to clean up eyeglass glare.

Most Windows users are familiar with the Windows XP Explorer, the file navigator that forms the basis of the Windows desktop interface. If you’re a photographer who likes to take pictures in the RAW, you also know that the Windows Explorer thumbnail view can’t render RAW images. Fortunately, there’s a new little "PowerToy" that will update your Windows Explorer and make those thumbnails visible. It’s free and this helpful article tells you how to get it.

Can you use Microsoft Paint to create great digital art? We didn’t think so either. But, apparently, you can. In this Site of the Month, we show you what one artist was capable of producing with this most-primitive of paint programs.

This week, we look at how to use Photoshop to create an interesting blend effect to merge two pictures together, creating a special mood.

We continue our survey of the twisted effects possible in the free Twisting Pixels Sampler product. This week, we talk about a few interesting effects and our impressions, overall, of the package.

Whenever I talk about digital photography to "regular" people, I’m always asked if there’s any way to do digital image effects without buying expensive software. That, of course, is what our Budget Photo Secrets series is all about. This week, we’ve got a very nice photo effects tool that’s available for download from TwistingPixels, the TwistingPixels Sampler. Read this article to learn about all the cool effects it’ll do.

One of our favorite tricks for turning what might be a ho-hum picture into a high impact picture is filling the frame. If you just move in close to your subject, your image will appear more compelling. This article shows you how you can create maximum impact by filling the frame.

There are many great tricks for composing better pictures. In this article, we’ll talk briefly about one of my favorite: diagonal composition. How the eye tracks an image often helps determine how the image feels. Remember, all photos are static, but not all photos need to feel static.

It’s a holiday weekend here in the U.S. We all know what that means: extra work doing family tech support. Mom and Dad, Grandma and Aunt Lucy have all saved up their dumbest and most annoying tech support problems, just waiting for you to arrive and fix them. But, in the spirit of the Memorial Day, we’ll take pity on all our readers who are in the trenches of the tech support war. For a short time, we’ll waive our usual site-license fee and sign up your company, group, school, or organization en mass to Connected Photographer at no charge.

Have you ever wanted some chocolate? Do you like to take digital photos? How about combining the two, putting your digital photos on chocolate? Now, you can. Read this fascinating article by author Marcelle Costanza to learn how.