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Catching the color blue, photoshop tutorial
Neil May 16th, 2008
I realized again how much I love the color blue when VFXY had a blue theme week.
Ever wonder why blue is such a wonderful color?
Blue is the hardest color for camera sensors to capture, and the hardest color for CMYK printers to print.
So how we deal with it in Photoshop is of utmost importance.
We’re sitting here on this beautiful blue jewel hanging in the galaxy, wouldn’t it be great if you captured some of that uniqueness in your images?
If you’d like to continue learning about the possibilities to accentuate and control the blue channel, purchase the Beautiful Blues Screen cast Training video.
Mind like water: Practice the art of Meditation
Neil April 27th, 2008
Mind like water is a visual metaphor for a state of being. A nugget I hope you gain from watching this video is quoted “choice is a function of awareness, awareness comes as a function of meditation.”
So if no-one has ever taught you the goal of meditation let me help you “observe things from a place of non-reaction, which does not mean detachment, but means not attached to an outcome.” And this is my personal favorite photographic mode, allowing my own choices to be fully aware and scooping creative power from the natural surroundings….I hope you begin a practice of meditation into your life to help you create with a watchful eye and this article blesses you with the inertia to start that practice.
YouTube – Michael Beckwith – The power of Meditation
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Adding a realistic handmade border with PhotoShop tutorial
Neil February 19th, 2008
Final image result:
Download the fiberglass insulation texture used in this tutorial. Visit Texture King.com
This photoshop tutorial attempts to mimic the traditional printing processes such as Daguerreotype, wet plate collodion, hand painted emulsion and filing the negative carrier for full frame prints. These traditional photographic processes created printing effect that were generated as light passed through the negative, or print material leaving artifacts of hand made imperfection. Modern printing papers such as Innova, Hahnemuhle Paper, and Moab offer the digital artist a fast and tactile solution for creating wonderfully warm pieces in Photoshop.
So the object in Photoshop is to use layers and blending modes to create the effect of light passing through an imperfect emulsion. To do this you will need at least two layers, one in a darkening type mode such as Darken, Multiply, Hard light, or normal mode with light pixels erased. To finish the effect realistically, a second border must be applied over the darkening border so that the two borders interact three dimensionally.
Other shot’s I’ve created borders for:
You can download some border and edge effects from several Flickr Groups….
UPDATE: 10/31/08 – custom borders can now be achieved with some control from within Lightrom using OnOne’s PhotoFrame 4
Photoshop Document tutorials included in the Light Touch Texture Package
One Action Preview screencast
Neil February 15th, 2008
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If you have any trouble viewing this video you may try the alternate video on YouTube at this link.
OK, OK – so no complaining – it’s my first screen cast. I’m getting the hang of it.
So here’s the finished image from the intro video run through the ONE Action.
Neil opens his camera bag for you to see
Neil January 21st, 2008
Here’s a video of me emptying my camera bag of it’s contents, just for you to see what I take with me everywhere. The real fun one is the lighting case, but that’s part of the workshop – so I’ll save it for when you attend.
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Gear List:
- Canon 1D MarkII
- Canon 1Ds MarkII
- Canon 50mm f1.4
- Sigma 24mm f1.8
- Canon 90mm TSE f2.8
- Canon 135mm f2.8
- Sigma 70mm f2.8 Macro
- Sigma 15mm f2.8 Fisheye
- Mamiya 55mm f2.8 (grown up lensbaby)
- Canon 550EX Shoe Flash
- Canon 550EX Shoe Flash
Lighting / Accessories
- Digital Camera Battery High Voltage Pack
- Canon CP-E2
- Canon ST-E2
- Manfrotto 3350 Baby kit stand
- Photoflex XTS Softbox
- Photoflex 18″ umbrella
- Photoflex Shoe Mount Multi Clamp
- Pocketwizard (2)
- Sunpack Readylight
- LumiQuest Snoot
Mine to define
Neil December 19th, 2007
Performance by Xero, lame video shooting by me.
“who needs a permit when you have poetic license, to kill”
“But my pieces are intentionally placed at eye level, although a high level might be my level most people wouldn’t be able to see it, so then it might as well be below sea level.”
What’s your favorite quote?
Marc Hauser interview and video
Neil November 1st, 2007
I also found this little DVD by Marc titled “Bold and Simple: The Light of Marc Hauser” might be interesting, might be fluff – anyone who’s seen it can leave their comments or review in the comments.
Grey Scott: artist from last, to first
Neil September 10th, 2007
I enjoyed the interview of Grey Scott.
“I made the mistake of starting down the wrong path, I started as a photographer to earn money…..doing something I loved…..and was excellent at……but I didn’t find a vision, or a voice on that path. “Take a couple days off and sit down and re-focus with my art books.” is what Gray states in his interview….and it’s taken me a couple years to slow down enough to focus.Respected as an artist, went from last to first in his list of priorities from when he first arrived in New York to this interview.
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