Hi Folks,
Today I just want to let you know that I’ve now added some new dates for my next 1 day Photography & Photoshop Workshop and the next Online / Webinar…

Photography & Photoshop Workshop
Previously this was a 6 hour workshop but I’ve now added 2 more hours to the day so we can fit in more content.

The date for the next Photography & Photoshop Workshop is Saturday 21st July between 10am and 6pm of course followed by the customary social afterwards

This time around as well as working on character portraits / themed composites we’ll also work on some portrait / beauty retouching.

Tickets are priced at £120 each but if purchased before 11th July tickets are just £95 (Limited to 12 attendees)

Check out this link for more details and to book a place [Link]

Online Training: The Making of “Homeward Bound”
Come join me as I take you through every single step that went into the making of ‘Homeward Bound’

Here’s the kind of stuff we’ll be going through:

• •Lighting, Camera Settings overview (Lighting Diagram)
• The background images
• Your Personal Workspace
• Making Selections
• Adding in the background images
• Blending together the subject and background
• Adding Shadows
• Colour Manipulation
• Using Textures to add interest
• Plug Ins
• Ugly Retouching: Removing Shadows but Keeping Details
• Special Effects and much more…

Suitable for all levels.

This online training will be available to view as often as you like from the date and time shown when you’ll be sent a link and password.

Spaces are limited.

PRICE: £5 (becomes £10 after release date)

Click the link for more details and to book your place [Link]

Ok that’s all for today so have a good one whatever you’re up to and I’ll catch you back here tomorrow,
Enjoy

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Hi Folks,

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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Hi Folks,

Had a superb day up in London yesterday with Dave catching up with Scott Kelby who’s over for the very last of his Light It, Shoot It, Retouch It seminars this coming Saturday; if you’re going I’ll see you there.

Of course because of what has now become a ritual we made our way quick sharp to the Gourmet Burger Kitchen (GBK) in Covent Garden (the melted blue cheese topping is to die for!) which was then followed by another custom…coffee at Pret

In the afternoon Dave and I did the touristy bit walking aimlessly around London, camera around the neck taking pictures, drinking coffee, taking pictures and drinking more coffee…which I guess explains the expression on my face in the picture on the right

Later in the evening we headed over to Shoreditch and to the UK leg of the Cut & Paste Designer Challenge to catch up with and support Richard Curtis (Digital Imaging Architect for Adobe Europe). Richard gave a CS6 overview to a tough crowd of designers but almost brought the roof down because of the shouts of ‘Whoop! Whoop!’ as he demo’d a superb retouch using the new Content Aware Move in Photoshop…Amazing!!!

Video: Quick Tips
I also recorded a couple of tips I recorded whilst up Town that you may find useful when you’re shooting background bits and pieces for use in any compositing you may do.

If ever I’m out and about and have my camera with me I’ll always be taking pictures of buildings, the sky, textures…all kinds of things, and storing them in folders on my computer. You never know when an image will come in handy and of course building up a library of images like this can save you a small fortune instead of having to keep turning to stock images.

Anyway, here’s a couple of tips that we recorded yesterday up in London on what was forecast to be typical UK weather; you know grey skies and rain but actually turned out to be quite the opposite…so glad I was wearing a shirt, jumper and coat

Any questions or comments then please as always feel free to make use of the comments section below but in the mean time,
Enjoy

ps> I’ve a new video camera on order so yesterday ended up borrowing one; sure the results aren’t quite what you’d call High Def’ but hey

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