Next Seascape Workshop – Feb 6th & 7th 2010

Hey Folks

I’ve just locked in the dates for my next seascape workshop. I’ve decided to wait until just after the school holidays are over.  I’ve got quite a few people on my wait list, so if you are interested in doing this workshop, please let me know ASAP.

I will be running the optional “Photography 101″ session for 1 hour before the main workshop starts, so if you consider yourself a beginner or would like to brush up on the theory, this is a great opportunity to ground yourself in some solid foundations for photography before we get into the Seascape content.

More information on the workshop can be found here.

Brent

Cool Shit Masking Tutorial Part 3 of 3 – Playing with the sky

Thanks for the feedback on the first two tutorials.  This third tutorial in the series will show you a couple of techniques that you can use this type of precise masking for.  It will also demonstrate using a real case how to get rid of the fringing that sometimes occurs when trying to make accurate masks.

If you haven’t watched the first two parts to this series, I would recommend you look at the prior postings first.

Click here to view the 3rd part of the advanced masking tutorial.

I’m off to go camping up in Munmorah National Park.

Have a good weekend

Brent

Cool Shit Masking Tutorial Part 2 of 3 – Tuning Your Mask

I hope you guys enjoyed the first tutorial.  The feedback seemed to be pretty positive.

Here’s the second tutorial in the trilogy.  This will show you three techniques for “tuning” or adjusting your mask.  Don’t you hate it when you get fringing or haloing on your mask…. well this tutorial will show you how to get rid of it.

Click here to view tutorial number 2

If you haven’t viewed the first tutorial, I suggest you scroll down to my previous post and view that tutorial first.

Enjoy

Brent

A Cool Shit Tutorial For Advanced Landscapers (part 1 of 3)

Hello there photogs

Sorry for the slack work in updating my blog…. work has been very busy lately… most inconvenient getting in the way of my photography.

Anyway, I thought I would make up for it by doing a series of 3 photoshop tutorials on advanced masking techniques.   OK, All you beginners out there,  don’t bother watching these tutorials,  seriously I think you’ll find them pretty difficult to follow.  However for you guys that are competent in Photoshop,  hopefully I’ll be able to show you some cool techniques that you may not know about.

So here’s what the series is all about.

• Tutorial 1 (this one) is going to show you how to make contrast masks.  If you haven’t done this before, it is a way cool technique for making razor-accurate masks for things like sky or land etc.
• Tutorial 2 (coming soon) will show you how to fine tune your masks to get rid of halos and fringing
• Tutorial 3 (coming soon as well) will show you some of the cool things you can do once you make these razor-sharp masks.

So forget your “Magic wand”…..   Grab a beer or glass of wine and enjoy the first of these tutorials….

Warning: This tutorial is targeted at Intermediate-Advanced Photoshop Users! Beginners beware!

I’d love to hear your feedback on whether you found this technique useful.  Also I’m trying out some new screencam authoring software, so let me know if you prefer this style of tutorial?

Brent