Watch from the start where the images are pulled off the card or the image is straight from the film scanner to the thought processes, applied techniques, methods and tricks that go into the development and creation of the final print ready image. We pride ourselves that no process or stage goes unexplained making the Masterclass the ultimate learning experience for viewers to see first hand how images come to life.
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In this masterclass edited totally in Photoshop Elements the image was shot as a three image exposure blend. In Elements Camera RAW these files are processed and opened in PSE. Where they are then blended into a final image. In... read more
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A fourteen image panoramic stitch shot on sunset with the the Canon 5D Mark II of this iconic Australian location set in Alpine Victoria. This ultra wide panoramic has been processed through ... read more
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Our first masterclass for 2011 introduces you to the soft glow effect technique that is all the rage with giving your image that little bit of extra pop. The image was shot at Observatory Hill in Sydney on dusk and the RAW file... read more
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A straight forward tutorial where we blend in three images with different exposure values (+ and - 1 stop) using simple masks followed by a workflow of adjusting contrast, tones and colour, removing colour casts in the sky... read more
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Just for fun we take an image that has never been developed before and process it from scratch. The image is a one stop exposure bracket where elements of brightness are blending using masks into to expand the images dynamic... read more
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Shooting at night is an exciting way to spend your evening and to get really creative with what you can do in camera and then bring it all to life back home on screen. In this tutorial we discuss the capture technique used to... read more
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Shooting during the day at the best of times is unflattering but with a few tricks it can yield a nice result. This image looks at the technique of shutter blending where the shutter speed has been artificially slowed down... read more
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Shot from the sunrise observation deck this eight image panoramic is processed in Camera RAW and merged using Photoshops photomerge panoramic stitching facility. Certain elements in this image are worked on including adding... read more
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Waterfalls are fantastic to shoot and they really lend themselves to the creation of the photographer both in capture and development. We first of all processes the image in Camera RAW paying particular attending to colour... read more
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With the camera set on a one stop exposure bracket we capture three images thus expanding our images dynamic range. These images are processed in Camera RAW to set the overall mood of the image, first with a warm white ... read more
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In this single image exposure we start with editing it through Camera RAW 6 and then into Photoshop CS5. The image is then developed to bring out a deeper colour, extract some more shadow detail, colour ... read more
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Shot from the top of Observatory Hill in Sydney this image has been stitched together in Photoshop and then cropped to simulate the kind of composition shot back in the old days. The image has then been stylised by making it... read more
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Watch as we walk through and explain the numerous layers that went into transforming a flat lifeless capture on sunrise using Velvia 50 slide film and make it into a shot full of colour, life and mood. This tutorial shows first... read more
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A simple capture on the Canon 1ds MkII on sunrise is edited and processed through Camera RAW, merged in Photomerge and developed in Photoshop. In this tutorial you will see how we decided on the best format to ... read more
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We have broken this masterclass in two sections. First we discuss the thought processes and technique that goes into creative water movement capture. The use of shutters speeds, iso, aperture for full DOF, focus point ... read more
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A masterclass totally different from the rest as this panoramic stitch is taken at night using only moonlight for illumination. Our RAW files are firstly processed through Lightroom 2 and then sent to Photoshops Photomerge from... read more
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With photography quite often the photographer can see the final image they want to create even before they take the first shot. In this tutorial we discuss the concept of our final shot, how it was achieved and then the... read more
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As a storm rolled in this image was first shot as +1 and -1 bracketed capture. Followed by a series of images shot at the correct exposure for water movement. In this tutorial we go through all the bracketed images and ... read more
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This tutorial has been done to show how simple your editing can be to get your panoramic stitch looking good and ready for printing. From shooting a simple nice sunrise we edit the image mostly in Adobe Camera RAW and then we... read more
A new plug in called LR / Enfuse is available for Lightroom 2 and is used in this tutorial to blend in three images of different exposure values. Once the final composite image is created we move into Photoshop and apply... read more
December 9, 2011
With photography quite often the photographer can see the final image they want to create even before they take the first shot.
In this tutorial we discuss the concept of our final shot, the filters used to slow down the shutter speed, how the images were captured using the Shutter Blending technique and then the Photoshop post […]
December 4, 2011
Quite often you will see images online on websites like flickr etc where the landscape image has a nice softness about it, but at the same time still sharp. Well in this tutorial we show you how we go about applying this technique to a shot for both web presentation and for print.
We explain why this […]
