I got around to taking the light magic of photoshop and integrating the inpiration into a video tutorial on during some urban drytooling photography, from the drawing and concept stage to the final image.

peace,

Mark

I wouldn’t say I was disappointed with the JoeyL DVD, if I were to quote myself, I’d mentioned my second review of the DVD:

http://blog.americanpeyote.com/2008/03/12/joey-l-photoshop-tutorial-after-the-honeymoon/

“Here’s the thing, with Photoshop I was looking for a spark, something to open the flood gates and broaden my horizons on this subject of digital post-processing. The Joey L Tutorial DVD did that – exactly that – I see images in layers and masks and color shifts and shadowed hues now. When I look at setting up a shot, I think about the post-processing, the way the lighting will define how the image can be manipulated later. This isn’t a certain style, it’s an addition to my digital visualization abilities – the same as visualizing a wide angle effect before taking a picture. The horizons for communicating a certain message have now been expanded.”

Sunsets are magical, and there are various ones from different mountain ridges which hopefully will always stick in my mind. The sunset might inspire, but the tutorial DVDs are sometimes quite useful in enabling the communication of an idea from the mind to the body and onto other people via visual means.

I look forward to viewing your DVD, and am confident that you could produce a very inspiring one.

Kind regards,

Mark