Category Archives: Workshop

Photoshoot and Technique: Male Physique + Posing Tips

One of last weeks photoshoots saw me back working with model Danny Bartlett adding more images to his portfolio. Working with my good friend Neal, this time we found ourselves shooting in a gym as opposed to the studio and concentrating more on capturing Danny’s physique: Lighting Technique: For the first series of shots I used...

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Grunge Effect Part 2: Editing Walk Through

Following on from my ‘Grunge in 8 Simple Steps‘ video and post, I got the feeling from some of the feedback that a ‘walk though’ of the tutorial which would go hand in hand with the video would be useful; so, in this post I’ve done exactly that…a ‘walk through’ of each of the 8...

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Grunge in 8 Simple Steps (Photoshop Tutorial)

Following an earlier post where I mentioned about a recent ‘mini’ Photo Walk down on the coast at Brighton with my buddy Neal Hibbert, I’ve been asked a few times about the photograph of the ‘Bearded Guy’ that I took; in particular regarding what editing was done. So, I thought I’d put together this short...

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Photoshop Technique: Compositing with Blend Modes

I thought I’d start the week off by posting a recent Photoshop tutorial that I put together for TipSquirrel.com last week where I go through a technique for combining images to create ‘composites’. With the enhanced Refine Edge function in the latest release of Adobe Photoshop CS5, making selections has never been easier. However making...

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Photoshop Friday: Adding Contrast using Luminosity Masks (#photoshopfriday)

This week I want to go through a technique that I was shown by Photographer Tim Wallace for adding contrast to your images. Now I’ll admit, this is a technique I was aware of but had never used but when Tim told me he used it, well…you’ve seen his work right? Need I say more...

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