If you know the basics of photoshop, this walks you through the steps I took to go from a blah photo to an excellent reference photo to paint from.
Disclaimer: This is not a step-by-step technical photoshop tutorial, but I go through what I normally do to make a photo better.
You can get the full Pears Watercolor Tutorial Here:
#83- Two Pears Full Watercolor Tutorial
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