I’m not a fan of the standard camera bags you can buy everywhere these days. They are either cheap and ugly or trendy and expensive and they all scream “Camera gear – Steal me!” I thought I’d make a DIY padded camera insert for my gear so it could go in any bag I happened to be using at the time. Continue reading
Category Archives: Tutorials
5 minute photoshop tutorial : Blending using Luminosity Masks – YouTube
Dylan Toh introduces us to working with Luminosity Masks to make your landscape photos really pop.
This is the Tony Kuyper page Dylan refers to.
Skin Retouching Photoshop Tutorial – YouTube
Skin Retouching Photoshop Tutorial – YouTube.
Learn how to edit skin the right way without using plugins
Youtube – How To: Photograph a Stranger, by Jimmy Hickey
Jimmy walks us through his approach of photographing strangers. There are some great tips on how he goes about it.
Everlook Photography is awesome and generous.
I’m linking a couple of ‘workflow’ posts here from one of my current favourite photographers – Everlook Photography. He has very generously laid out his process of editing images. A lot of photographers would never give away their secrets like this, there’s a specific photographer I asked recently about his editing and he was quite evasive. So all the more thankful for someone as skilled as Mr Everlook to let us look under his hood.
Check them out:
http://everlookphotography.wordpress.com/2010/11/27/how-to-carry-a-refrigerator-in-kathmandu/
http://everlookphotography.wordpress.com/2012/01/08/highlights-a-quick-fix/
Fantastic Wedding Photography Tips For All Shooters | Fstoppers
This video is super informative and the creator is very generous with their tips. No BS or stupid advice in this one, just straight up helpful info.
Behind The Scenes – mpkelley.com architectural photoshoot – YouTube
This is a great BTS video on architecture photography. A rather simple execution with great results.
Using the puppet-warp and content-aware tools in photoshop – YouTube
High Pass Skin Softening Tutorial – YouTube
Another great tutorial on fashion model editing.
Photoshop Tutorials: Landscape Editing – YouTube
Photoshop Tutorial: Landscape Editing – YouTube.
I’ve been using some techniques from these two video’s for my last few landscape pictures with great results. They are quite simple but very effective.
