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 where the shutter speed was manipulated to target vehicle car light movement.
The RAW file production is explained moving into CS5 where masks are applied to add contrast and then to selectively target colour in various areas.
Then to finish off the image we apply the "Soft Glow" effect to the shot explaining the process and its application.
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 […]
