Free Photo Guides Has Moved
Full credit to Lee Duguid, he did something that I didn’t have the time to do… rescue the photoguides project. I was pissed off when Google announced they were discontinuing their Knols… which was the foundation of the photo guide project. i chose Google Knols not only because of the functionality, but because it was “Google” and I thought …
Read MorePhotoshop Tutorial – Post Processing Cathedral Rock Minimalist B&W Image
Yesterday I talked about the fun I had capturing these long exposure images using my 10 stop ND filter. I put together this photoshop tutorial which explains how I post-processed this image. I hope you enjoy it. In the tutorial I refer to two plug-ins Color Effex Pro from Nik Tony Kuyper’s Luminosity masks In this tutorial I …
Read MorePlaying With My 10 stop ND Filter
After spending four days last week in a federal court (oh what fun)… I decided that I needed a bit of well earned “R&R”. So I packed my swag, camera and laptop into the car and headed down to the South Coast for a few days of photography. I had researched a few specific locations that I wanted to …
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Drenched while shooting – Check This Video Out!
Don’t you just hate it when…. Everything is cool… your out on a beautiful rocky outcrop enjoying a lovely sunrise… framing up a nice composition…. When all of a sudden you notice a dark shadow come over you…. and it turns out to be a big wave! Happened to me the other morning, luckily John Armytage was recording video on …
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New Photoshop Tutorial – Post Processing “Swimmer” using abstraction
This video tutorial will show you a new technique using a cheap ($40) plug-in from Topaz called Topaz Detail. Now while the main point of this plug-in is to give you tremendous control over the detail that you can bring up in your image using the fine, medium or large sliders. It has another use that I have been experimenting …
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New Workshop Dates Announced
Hey folks For those of you that were interested in my next workshops, I have now confirmed the dates. The next Seascape workshop is on Sat 11th Feb 2012 and Sun 12th Feb 2012 in Mona Vale The next Off Camera Flash workshop is on Sun 5th Feb in Alexandria. More information on each workshop can be found in the …
Read MoreOff Camera Flash Workshop For Perth?
Hey there Sand Gropers I’m going to be visiting Perth for a few days of business in early June and was contemplating putting on a 1 day workshop for bringing models into your landscapes and shooting with Off Camera Flash. I’ve been running this workshop over here now for about 8 months and it is very popular. So if you …
Read MoreTutorial: Post Processing “F11 and Be There”
It’s been quite a while since I have posted on the blog, so I thought I’d get back into it with a photoshop post processing tutorial. This morning I went out with a few buddies for a shoot. What a fantastic day…. one of those days where everything comes together… forecast was for scattered showers, so I was hopeful….. on …
Read MoreNew Workshop Dates Announced
Hey Folks Just a quick note for those interested in attending the next workshops I’m running. Here are the dates for the next lot of workshops. Seascape Workshop = 12 & 13 Feb 2011 Off Camera Flash workshop = 6th March 2011. Brent
Read MorePhotoshop Tutorial – My Cousin Scott
This is a photo I took on New Years Eve of my cousin Scott. A cool dude by any measure, and somebody who was keen to see what I get up to when I do my sunrise shoots. So I planned an environmental portrait that I wanted to make for him as a present. This tutorial will show you …
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