How was your weekend?

So who of you managed to get your self along to Scott Kelby’s final Light It, Shoot It, Retouch It Seminar in London?

It was great to be asked to join Scott on stage as a Guest and go through some retouching techniques on one of the images he’d shot earlier of model Shaun Stafford. Talking of Shaun, without doubt one of the funniest moments of the day was Scott’s response of ‘Holy crap dude…are we even the same species?” when Shaun, who was in incredible condition, walked onto stage…classic

Anyway following on from Saturday’s Guest Retouching spot and indeed teaching a class at Photoshop World last month yesterday I recorded a video going through a series of Photoshop Retouching Tips & Techniques.

The video link and password has been sent out to all who initially signed up for the webinar and subscribed to my newsletter and sees me going through a number of techniques including:

• #1 Creating Realistic Lights
• #2 The Cartoon Effect
• #3 Compositing Tips / Techniques
• #4 Ugly Retouching
• #5 Using the Fill Slider
• #6 History, Thingys and Contrast

The video is just over 40 minutes long and in it I couldn’t resist adding in a few bonus tips and techniques that I’ve never shown before.

How do I get to see the video?
Easy. All you need to do is to subscribe to my newsletter which I have now set up to automatically reply once you do so with the necessary link and password…it’s as easy as that

Subscribe to my newsletter here [Link]

Or…click on the Newsletter Sign Up graphic in the side bar on the right of your screen.

After watching, if you have any questions or comments then please as always feel free to make use of the comments section below; that way anybody else who has the same question will get to see the answer too.

Right that’s all for now so have a great start to the week and I’ll catch you back here tomorrow,
Enjoy

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I’ve so much to share about what went on but to be honest my body clock is all over the place today so I’ll put something together asap. For now though check out the Recap videos compiled by the video crew giving you a taster of some of the highlights:

Day 1:

Day 2:

Day 3:

Right, I’m off to spend time with nearest and dearest so I’ll catch you later,

Enjoy

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Any of you had your new New iPad delivered a day early?

Anyway just a quick post today taking a look back at a video tutorial I recorded some time ago…

Taking a step away from compositing (for today anyway) this video which is actually the last in a series of 5 covers the final stages of a beauty retouch that I went through from start to finish, and shows how to enhance make up and lengthen your subjects neck. You can check out the other videos over on my YouTube page here [Link]

As this retouch series of videos were recorded some time ago some of the techniques I use have since been enhanced a little now so I’ll be recording some new tutorials real soon.

Hey have a great Thursday and I’ll catch you tomorrow which is Friday which means it’ll be just one week togo until Photoshop World!!!
Enjoy

>Did I really say Oppaayyyyycity?

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Photoshop World is fast and I’m busy practicing, practicing and more practicing but when I’m back I’ll be hosting some webinars working through a series of retouches and in addition I’ll also show some of the techniques I go through in Washington. I’ll keep you posted as and when for the dates but will also be finally launching my newsletter next week which will contain that kind of information plus much more; I’ll let you know how you can sign up for that too

Right I’ll leave you to it but will catch up with you tomorrow for a Friday wrap up,
Enjoy

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Anyway the result of this ‘play time” was this Soldier picture that I’ve now posted online into my 500px portfolio and here too is a speed retouch video where you can see (albeit quickly) the editing steps involved (in real time the edit took around 10 minutes)

As always if you have any questions or comments then please feel free to use the comments section below,
Enjoy

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Now I did eventually manage to get the video recorded so as there’s still a week to go until the draw to win Alan Hess’ SUPERB new book you can take a look here [Link] and if you’ve not entered yet…you know that they say…”You’ve go to be in it, to win it”

Bye for now,
Glyn

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As always any questions or comments you may have, please feel free to make use of the comments section below,
Enjoy

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Behind the Scenes Video: A Sneak Peek:

And there’s more:
Text added thanks to my Designer Buddy Dave Clayton; I don’t feel so bad making him dress up like that now

That’s all for now so have a great day and I’ll catch you later,
Enjoy

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Character Portrait Retouch
Last year I was asked to speak at a few camera clubs around the country giving an insight into what I do and how I started plus I would talk through the story behind a few of my pictures…most of which when I was talking about shooting on location ended up in me saying “…and then it started raining” or more of than not “…and I rolled right over it”…if you know what I mean.

Plus I’d also give a quick photography and retouch demonstration to give folks a look into how I go about putting some of my images together. I’m really excited that already this year I’ve been booked to talk at several more clubs and so because of that I thought I’d put together a few videos to add in; I got the idea from having read a great book recently recommended by my buddy Calvin Hollywood (more of that in another post)

Anyway here’s one of the videos I’ve put together to use at a talk later this week; a speed retouch showing what I do in Photoshop to make a Character Portrait; originally about a 15 minute edit but in the video down to 1 minute and 40 seconds…

Focus on Imaging – NEC
The yearly Focus on Imaging Expo at Birmingham’s NEC this year runs from Sunday 4th through to Wednesday 7th of March and it looks like there’s some fantastic exhibitors set to be there. It’s always great to take a look around and to get a ‘hands on’ with some of the latest and greatest kit to hit the market. Word of warning thought The Force is strong so coming out at the end of the day without having purchased atleast one item you never knew you needed is quite a challenge .

Focus is also a great social event and a great place to catch up with folks you maybe haven’t seen for a while. I’ll be heading there on the Tuesday 6th and I know that my Buddy Dave Clayton (N.A.P.P. UK Evangelist) is heading along that day too, so if you’re going to be there let’s meet up for a coffee.

Audible.com
Finally I just want to quickly mention about Audible. NowI love to read but I think I’d stand a pretty good chance of winning the ‘Worlds Slowest Reader’ Competition so I’ve started now listening to audiobooks when I’m on the move.

There’s lots of places to get audiobooks but I was put onto Audible the other day and I have to say not only do they have an incredible amount of audio books available but their pricing is superb at £3.99 ($7.49) each month which includes a book download of your choice and a discount on another.

You can check them out here [Link]

Ok that’s all for now so as always if you have any questions or comments please feel free to make use of the comments section below but in the mean time,
Enjoy

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Grunge in 8 Simple Steps
Just incase you’re new to the blog and hadn’t seen this post, back in 2010 I did a speed retouch and walk-through of a portrait I shot whilst down in Brighton and here it is.

You can catch the walk through which covers all the steps you see in the video here [Link]

Social Event in Brighton
Talking of Brighton I’m looking at planning a photo walk type of event down there in the next few weeks; maybe second week in February or around then. Anyway it’ll be open to anyone and everyone with a camera to come along have some fun and take some photos. Hey we may even have some competitions and prizes on the day so if at this stage this is something that might interest you then just leave a message in the comments section below or send me a message via email, Facebook, Twitter etc…

Right that’s all from me so have a great weekend and I’ll catch you back here in a couple of days,
Enjoy

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