Todays tutorial will show you how to fake Infrared photography. For this you will need: A landscape picture. Photoshop CS5 or higher 1. Firstly open the landscape photo. 2. Create a duplicate layer (CTRL+D) then ...
Today's tutorial will show you how I get my pictures of splashing paint. First you’ll need the following equipment: A tripod A camera A remote shutter release Water Paint (Water based) A flash gun A pipette Set up your ...
A few weeks ago I told you about how to create a Bokeh effect using Christmas lights or the lights of a cityscape. Today I will tell you how to add ...
In this tutorial I will show you how to create a Bokeh style picture. Bokeh pictures are when a subject is in focus but the background is completely blurred out. You ...
Todays tutorial will show you how to fake Infrared photography. For this you will need: A landscape picture. Photoshop CS5 or higher 1. Firstly open the landscape photo. 2. Create a duplicate layer (CTRL+D) then invert the duplicate layer (CTRL+I) 3. Set the layer type on the inverted layer to Colour. 4. Create a new colour mixer adjustment layer and set the blue layer to “100 red, 0 green, 0 blue” and the red layer to “0 red, 0 green, [ Read More ]
Today’s tutorial will show you how I get my pictures of splashing paint. First you’ll need the following equipment: A tripod A camera A remote shutter release Water Paint (Water based) A flash gun A pipette Set up your area ready to work. Remember your area is going to be getting messy with thinned down paint. If you want a reflective easy to clean surface I recommend using glossy tiles from your hardware store. Mix your paint with some water [ Read More ]
A few weeks ago I told you about how to create a Bokeh effect using Christmas lights or the lights of a cityscape. Today I will tell you how to add another layer into the world of Bokeh photography. First you will need to download this template Click here Print it out on card (sized to A4) and carefully cut out the large three legged item and, using a scalpel or similar item, cut out the centre hole and the two semi circles [ Read More ]
In this tutorial I will show you how to create a Bokeh style picture. Bokeh pictures are when a subject is in focus but the background is completely blurred out. You often see this in films when the lights of the background look like large orbs. Bokeh can be done in-house or whilst out and about if you have the skyline of a large city behind your subject. Here’s what you’ll need: A Camera A Lens Capable of a Small [ Read More ]
In this tutorial I will show you how to create a selective colour picture or a cut-out colour picture. Selective colourisation can be a great technique for highlighting an element of your picture as it eliminates all other distractions in the picture. I find this can be especially useful in wedding photography when you want to isolate the bride and groom from the crowd or a picture of a person when you want to highlight the colour of their eyes. This [ Read More ]
Today’s tutorial will show you how to create a cross polarised picture. Cross polarisation is a simple but effective style of photography that can produce some amazing results due to how stress’ in plastic changes how light passes through it. First you’ll need the following equipment: A Tripod A Camera A Circular Polarisation Filter A Clear Plastic Item A LCD Monitor or A Light Box Polarising Sheet Film Set your camera up on the tripod looking onto your LCD monitor [ Read More ]
Todays tutorial will show you how to create a picture featuring multiples of the same person or item. For this you will need: A Camera A Tripod A Remote Shutter Release (If doing self subject pictures) Photoshop CS5 or higher 1. Firstly set your camera in a static position and set your subject in its first position and take your first picture. Then get your subject to move around the shot making sure that it doesn’t overlap any previous positions. [ Read More ]
In this tutorial I’m going to help you with getting the picture you want when the sun has gone down. Here are some handy tips and suggestions for you: 1. Don’t set your ISO too high or too low Depending on what your subject is depends on your ISO figure. If you’re doing light painting and your tools are LED lights, burning wire wool or something with a strong light source, experiment with ISO’s between 100-400. By going higher you’re risking [ Read More ]
Todays tutorial will show you how I put my face on pictures of fruit. For this you will need: A picture of your face (the higher the quality/clarity the better) A picture of the fruit/veg your going onto (preferably with the same lighting as your face) Photoshop CS5 or higher 1. Firstly open both the photo’s in Photoshop. Cut around your eyes with the “Rectangular Marquee Tool” and copy them onto a new layer in the fruit/veg photo. 2. Scale [ Read More ]
Sometimes you take a picture and when you look at it again on the computer it just doesn’t stand out. Depending on the picture sometimes converting the image to black and white can improve it. Here are some tips. 1. Look at the contrast of the picture. I find that some of the nicest black and white photo’s will have a portion of pure white and a portion of deep black. So have a look at the picture your taking [ Read More ]
