If you have been on the KIKI website, you would have noticed the “coming soon” ribbon over the partly hidden “KIKI School” button. We have long had the dream of teaching photography online and have dabbled with the idea in various ways (eg KIKI TV, the KIKI Blog etc) We are happy to announce that [...]

Today, we’re getting to know Lunette Opperman a little bit better! This is part of a series of  interviews we will be having with KIKI members. If you would like to be interviewed go to our interview page and answer a few questions! Website/ Blog: lunetteopperman.com/ Facebook Page: facebook.com/Lunette.Photography Twitter: @lunette_o 1. When and how did the photography bug bite [...]

It was a great day for the KIKI Outreach exhibition, not only in terms of the weather, but also in terms of the awesome photography on display. This is obviously more than just an exhibition, it’s a time where we could see young photographers empowered and an opportunity to look at the world through their [...]

In this video tutorial, I will show you a technique to clean up your infinity wall on your studio images. We will start of with a new retouching layer and keep it as a smart object. This step is very important, as we will go back later and tweak our filter again. After we have [...]

The time has come to announce the winner of our “Win a Beauty Retouching Training DVD” competition! If you are not the winner, don’t forget to still grab a copy of this wonderful resource from ManniPhotography. You might not be able to change the world with Photoshop, but these DVD’s will help change the way [...]

Today, we’re getting to know Luca Barausse a little bit better! This is part of a series of  interviews we will be having with KIKI members. If you would like to be interviewed go to our interview page and answer a few questions! Website/ Blog: www.lucaphotography.co.za 1. When and how did the photography bug bite you? 2. Your [...]

In this video tutorial, I will show you techniques for correcting perspective distortion. We will start with a new retouch layer. We will then activate our guide line option and start creating help lines. After that, we will make a selection around the area that we want to correct and start with our Warping technique. Once we [...]

Today, we’re getting to know Sonya Olivier a little bit better! This is part of a series of  interviews we will be having with KIKI members. If you would like to be interviewed go to our interview page and answer a few questions! Facebook Page: justloveitphotography 1. When and how did the photography bug bite you? 2. Your house [...]

In this video tutorial, I will show you how to combine two images. Firstly, we will work with our reference image and create a selection around the area we need. We will then copy and paste that selection. After that, we will take our selection to our final image and start merging it. While we are busy merging [...]

Today, we’re getting to know Ilze Fourie a little bit better! This is part of a series of  interviews we will be having with KIKI members. If you would like to be interviewed go to our interview page and answer a few questions! 1. When and how did the photography bug bite you? 2. Your house is on [...]

In this video tutorial, I will show you techniques on how to create a vignette effect. We will start creating a selection with the Elliptical marquee tool. We will then feather our selection with about 250px, after which we will repeat the feathering process once more to have an even more feathered selection. Now we [...]

Today, we’re getting to know Melanie Dressel a little bit better! This is part of a series of  interviews we will be having with KIKI members. If you would like to be interviewed go to our interview page and answer a few questions! Website/ Blog: www.melanie-dressel.com Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/MelanieDressel 1. When and how did the photography bug bite you? [...]