I have been photographing dancers for several years now as part of my affiliation with the local arts council. The results were catch-as-catch-can, mostly because of the limitations of flash recycle time, timing, and my not really knowing what to expect from them nor when to expect it.
But a little trick I tried last week changed everything.... more
Corey has a tutorial about a cool, 3D texture trick. Pete addresses the Adobe Creative Cloud Market and shows how to download and use brushes from there.
Corey starts out the show by showing a cool lighting effect for your portraits or wedding photography. Pete has a tip on cleaning up the frame of your image in Photoshop.
Corey has a nifty trick on how to make a 3d globe. Later in the show, Pete has a very informative block of instruction on the blend if sliders in Photoshop.
Pete starts out the show with a tip on the new layout guides for making templates in Photoshop. Later on, Corey has a cool trick on making a 3D plate graphic.
Pete starts out the show with some little gotcha fixes in Photoshop, ie. flow vs. opacity, number of undos, lock up fix, and thumbnail preview. He also has a quick tip adding on from last weeks episode, on creating backgrounds. Corey demonstrates how you can give your 3d graphics a light effect.
For much of 2014, I have been on the road for Lynda.com, producing the series, The Traveling Photographer. The latest episode, on London, has just posted. London is an amazing city, and I think this episode is our best to date. ... more
Of all of the wonderful things that have happened since I began writing Strobist eight years ago, certainly the best is the steady parade of creative people I have met as a result. And few are more talented (or insan motivated) than London-based photographer Drew Gardner.
We grew up in the same era, both working for newspapers in our respective cities... more
