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Glyn Dewis Workshop

Glyn Dewis photoshop training course Dave Clayton

Well the other week i attended my first studio workshop ran by a Glyn Dewis. (UK's version of the photoshop guys) and i was highly impressed.

It was a half day workshop titled

"a workshop full of character"

and the aim is to give you the tools needed to try and create a fun image like the one above. Glyn sets up the lighting but gives you pretty much a free Raine to move the model where you want to in the light, and to pose him on how you see fit.

Once you are happy and have the image that you are after, you all then go through some photoshop techniques on how to create something different. Glyn shows you how to improve an image up to a nice respectable standard... and then the fun starts and you are taught how to push things and come up with great concepts and the fun really begins...

The day is broken up as follows-

  • RAW Conversions

  • Cleaning up your images (Dust spots etc…)

  • Removing Blemishes

  • Eyes (Brightening, add contrast, colour and sharpening)

  • Creating Texture/Adding Details

  • Dodging and Burning

  • Cut Outs (Getting the most out of Photoshop CS5 Refine Edge Command + Extracting using Channels for those using earlier versions of Photoshop)

  • Adding in the Background

  • Creating ‘The Look’

  • Special Effects and lots more

Glyn Dewis photoshop composite training photo of Dave Clayton NAPP
Glyn Dewis training KelbyOne Media
Glyn Dewis training Dave Clayton Office background NAPP

My finished image, I can not take the credit for the lighting on Dave Clayton, who was a fantastic model. Or the style he was dressed. But i did really enjoy finding the stock images and coming up with a theme to produce the finished result.

Glyn Dewis Group course attendees photoshop composite course

The Art of Photography Podcast meet up

The Art of photography Ted forbes london meet Group

As a regular viewer of Ted Forbes "

the art of photography

" podcast and a fan, i was excited to see that Ted and his good lady were coming over to London for a meet up/ photo walk.

We met up some great photographers, some of who had travelled a great distance to partake. 

Here are some of my favourite images that i took from the day. 

The art of photography London meet up
The art of photography Ted forbes www.theartofphotography.tv
The art of photography london meet more London the shard building
The art of photography London tate gallery reflection
The art of photography london bourgh market
The art of photography Ernie hat
The art of photography men walking down the stairs

Camera's and beer... A quality afternoon if you ask me :0) 

The art of photography london meet up more london river Thames
The art of photography london meet tower bridge

Night Photography.

Friday evening, myself and Phil Richardson of

YellowMelen Studio

 headed out upto Dunstable Downs for a play with some night photography.

What good fun. Setting up a camera for 2 minute + exposures and running around with torches and setting off speed lights and awaiting to see the result was something very new and interesting. 

Dunstable downs long exposure night photography national trust shop

This image is hard to believe that it was taken in total darkness. 

Dunstable downs national trust shop at night long exposure
Dunstable downs long exposure night photography

4 minute Exposure. 

Dunstable downs long exposure night photography clouds
Dunstable downs national trust building at night with name written with a torch
Dunstable downs long exposure night photo car head lights

Attend 1st Photography course on outdoor flash lighting.

I have recently been hooking up with Phil over at

Melen Studios

Phil was running an outdoor flash lighting course and so had to attend.

I have been a fan of flash photography, but just lack the knowledge how to use it properly. So a course was right up my street to push and progress my photography.

I would strongly recommend

courses

ran by these guys-

a day outside with a load of cool down to earth people being creative sounds more like fun to me rather then a course.

Here are a few images from the day..

Phil Richardson Yellowmelen photography training a proffesional creative
Phil Richardson Yellowmelen photography training happy guy
Phil Richardson Yellowmelen photography training male model
Phil Richardson Yellowmelen photography training teaching flash lighting