PhotoWalkthrough

PW100 - Tutorial 17, Chapter 1 - Removing coloured light wih Lightroom

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 23:36:37 -0700

In our 100th show today we start a brand new tutorial where we look at how to remove nasty reflected coloured light from a photo. We also have our usual assignment and the entries to the last assignment set to music.

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PW99 - Photoshop CS4 Quicktip 4 - Targeted Adjustments

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:43:15 -0700

On today/'s show we/'ve got exciting news about a special Photo Day on TWiT Live, hosted by our good friend Chris Marquardt. I/'ll be joining Chris on air at 4pm pacific (midnight UK time). We/'ve also got another quick tip showing some of the new targeted adjustment features in Photoshop CS4. These features have been ported over from Lightroom and make editing your images much more natural. And of course we have a new assignment ready for our next show - the big Episode 100!

PW98 - Decorating a Netbook

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:04:32 -0700

In this stand-alone tutorial we have a little fun decorating a netbook using our own photograph printed on moo stickers. We cover how to create the stickers in Photoshop using guides and slices then we have a quick timelapse of sticking them on the netbook.

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PW97 - Photoshop CS4 Quicktip 3

Sat, 06 Jun 2009 07:17:07 -0700

Today we introduce the new CS4 tabbed windows interface and show you how to wrestle under control the tool palettes. We've also got a brand new composition segment showing you how to shoot panning shots with all the basics plus some advanced tips. There's a new assignment and we review the entries to our last assignment, Pencil, to the music of Matthew Ebel.

PW96 - ColorMunki Video Review

Tue, 12 May 2009 08:16:46 -0700

Lately I've been playing with the ColorMunki, a new colour calibration tool that lets you profile not just your monitor but also your printer for a completely colour managed workflow. Find out how I got on with it in today's show.

PW7 - Tutorial 1 Chapter 7 - Weston at Low Tide

Tue, 14 Apr 2009 02:31:51 -0700

In this final chapter of Tutorial 1 we finish off our image of Weston-super-mare with a vignette, some extra steps to even up the light in the sky and add some final brightness and contrast adjustments.

PW6 - Tutorial 1 Chapter 6 - Weston at Low Tide

Fri, 10 Apr 2009 04:32:25 -0700

In today's episode we get down to the fun part of dodging and burning our image to add shape and direct the eye of the viewer. So far we've been giving ourselves the solid foundation we need to bring the image together. Now we add expression by painting with light.

PW5 - Tutorial 1 Chapter 5 - Weston at Low Tide

Thu, 09 Apr 2009 15:37:33 -0700

This time on Tutorial 1 we take the same approach we did to the ground portion and apply it to the sky. Once again we're bringing the levels closer together by using lightening and darkening layers with layer masks.

PW4 - Tutorial 1 Chapter 4 - Weston at Low Tide

Mon, 06 Apr 2009 14:45:51 -0700

In chapter 4 of Tutorial 1 we take a look at how the ground portion of the image was edited to bring the tones together with the sky and add focus and detail using darkening and lightening layers with layer masks.

PW3 - Tutorial 1 Chapter 3 - Weston at Low Tide

Fri, 03 Apr 2009 04:55:04 -0700

Chapter 3 of our re-encoded and re-released Tutorial 1. This episode covers black and white conversion with a number of techniques for bringing out the details in your picture.

PW2 - Tutorial 1 Chapter 2 - Weston at Low Tide

Thu, 02 Apr 2009 16:10:04 -0700

Chapter 2 of the re-encoding and re-release of Tutorial 1. In today's show we look at darkening layers and lightening layers. We use them to bring the sky and ground levels closer together.

PW1 - Tutorial 1 Chapter 1 - Weston at Low Tide

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 08:57:56 -0700

This is re-encoding and re-release of our first ever PhotoWalkthrough tutorial. Since first starting the show my number 1 request has been to make Tutorial 1 available for download. Well I'm happy to deliver on that at long last. I'll release a show every day throughout tutorial 1 and then we'll be back to our regular shows. In this show we cover noise reduction and layer masking.

PW95 - Photoshop CS4 Quicktip 2

Wed, 18 Mar 2009 01:56:09 -0700

In today's show we have a really useful and interesting viewer question about workflow where I really get into what I typically do with a large set of photos when I need to process them. Then we take some more time with Photoshop CS4 and discover what I think is the most compelling new feature. We finish with the entries to last week's Light and Shadow assignment set to the music of Jason Reeves.

PW94 - Focus On Imaging 6

Wed, 04 Mar 2009 06:14:13 -0800

Today is our final trip around Focus On Imaging 2009 and we finish up by visiting the stands of Moo, who show us their business card range, and Hasselblad who tell us about their latest cameras available at prices that even us mere mortals can afford.

PW93 - Focus On Imaging 5

Tue, 03 Mar 2009 08:23:06 -0800

On today's jaunt around Focus On Imaging we drop by the Drobo stand and talk about Drobo Share. We also visit Lensbaby to see how they've developed their selective focus lenses to make them easier to use than ever.

PW92 - Focus On Imaging 4

Mon, 02 Mar 2009 02:41:38 -0800

Today we take another walk around the Focus On Imaging show and visit the Blurb stand and the Colour Confidence stand where we take a look at the ColorMunki screen and printer calibration device.

PW91 - Focus On Imaging 3

Fri, 27 Feb 2009 10:38:19 -0800

Today's show features Lite Panels - also on the Manfrotto stand since they're both part of Bogen Imaing, and PhotoPlod, a photography walk in picturesque England in support of children's charity.

PW90 - Focus On Imaging 2

Thu, 26 Feb 2009 09:44:04 -0800

Today is the second of our Focus On Imaging specials. Today we feature a fun new Epson printer and Kubota's excellent Photoshop Actions.

PW89 - Focus on Imaging Special 1

Wed, 25 Feb 2009 16:25:50 -0800

Today and for the next few days we're taking a look at some of the companies exhibiting at the Focus on Imaging show in Birmingham, UK. We have music provided, once again from the Podsafe Music Network, by Eagle Seagull.

PW88 - Photoshop CS4 quictip - Adjustment Panel

Mon, 16 Feb 2009 17:18:09 -0800

Today we've got the start of a new short series of quicktips on Adobe Photoshop CS4 and one of the new features - the Adjustment panel that really makes one of the most frequent Photoshop actions much quicker and more intuitive. As well as that we've got a viewer question and answer, some news of more workshops and a new assignment.

PW87 - Vintage Competition Results

Fri, 09 Jan 2009 03:55:15 -0800

This week we look at the entries to the PhotoWalkthrough Vintage competition. I provide my thoughts on quite a few of the entries and then we pick semi finalists, finalists and the winner.

PW86 - Tutorial 16 Chapter 2 - Urban Ugliness

Sun, 02 Nov 2008 06:39:58 -0800

This week we finish up Mark Ridley's tutorial on how he produced his Urban Ugliness collection by taking a look and black and white conversion, contrast enhancement and adding vignettes all using Adobe Photoshop CS2. We also have a brand new promo code for Moo mini-cards specially for PhotoWalkthrough viewers and a special slideshow of some of the best images submitted to our Flickr group in the last few weeks.

PW85 - Tutorial 16 Chapter 1 - Urban Ugliness

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 16:04:39 -0700

Tutorial 16 marks the beginning of a 2 chapter screencast by Mark Ridley of www.highton-ridley.co.uk. We also have the launch of a brand new competition and, of course, a new assignment.

PW84 - Lightroom 2 Quicktip - Keywording

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 09:44:14 -0700

It's the end of our second week of Lightroom 2 tips and today we look at all the myriad ways Adobe have given us to add keywords to our images. I know it's something most of us shy away from doing. Who needs another post processing step when all we're really interested in is how the picture looks? But keywording is one of those tasks that given just a little of prior thought can be fast, consistant and incredibly useful. So let's delve into the tools we have available.

PW83 - Lightroom 2 Quicktip - Post crop vignettes

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:31:54 -0700

Those of you that know me know how much I love my vignettes. Well Adobe made me very happy with Lightroom 2. They added a post-crop vignette feature that does everything I could have wanted. So today Im going to show you all about how to use it.

PW82 - Lightroom 2 Quicktip - Export Plugins

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:27:15 -0700

Today's show is a bit off-plan. I intended to show you the new features of LR2 but what I'm showing today is stuff you could already do in LR1. Adobe did make it a little tidier and cleverer so I guess it counts. Today we'll look at how to setup export plugins that give lightroom more useful export capabilities.

PW81 - Lightroom 2 Quicktip - Advanced Graduated Filters

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 11:23:29 -0700

Today we continue looking at our landscape image. We've already corrected the exposure in the sky but now it's time to get a little more creative by bringing the sky and ground tones together and then adding a smoke coloured filter. We also fix up some more light issues and refocus the viewer's attention using a little more adjustment brush.

PW80 - Lightroom 2 Quicktip - Neutral Density Graduated Filters

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 14:16:33 -0700

Today we work on a landscape image with an over exposed sky. We do some cropping and rotation to begin with followed by a little spot editing to remove some distractions. Then we get to work with the Graduated Neutral Density Filter to fix up the sky and bring the tones in the image closer together.

PW79 - Lightroom 2 Quicktip - Advanced adjustment brush tips

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 09:47:41 -0700

Today we round out the first week of Lightroom 2 tips with some advanced techniques for use with the Adjustment Brush. We also look at spot editing, snaphots, the non-destructive history in Lightroom and how to make graduated edits without using a Wacom tablet. Look out next week for a second week of Lightroom 2 tips!

PW78 - Lightroom 2 Quicktip - Adjustment brush presets

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:57:14 -0700

Today we move onto a picture of my sister and do a little beauty retouching with the soften skin adjustment brush preset. We also do some cropping, rotation and tweaking the colour temperature.

PW77 - Lightroom 2 Quicktip - Adjustment brush clarity and saturation

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:08:41 -0700

Sticking with the adjustment brush we move on to a new image today and use clarity and saturation to re-focus the eye and draw attention to a different part of the picture.

PW76 - Lightroom 2 Quicktip - Adjustment brush colour filters

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:46:52 -0700

Today we spend more time with the adjustment brush - there's just so much you can do with it! We'll try changing the background colour of an image completely as though we'd used a clever shaped colour filter when we shot the picture.

PW75 - Lightroom 2 Quicktip - Adjustment brush dodge and burn

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 11:24:51 -0700

This week I decided to celebrate the launch of Lightroom 2 with a full week of shows demonstrating the new features. Today we start with the best known new feature - the adjustment brush. We'll be using that to dodge and burn some flower macro photos taken at Kew Gardens.

PW74 - Tutorial 15, Chapter 5 - Mow Cop Sunset

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:56:21 -0700

This week we have some happy and sad news as well as a brand new composition segment introducing a new creativity exercise followed by the final chapter in Tutorial 15.

PW73 - Quicktip - Shirinking and downsampling your images

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 03:13:28 -0700

This week we've got a quicktip - which ended up being as long as a regular show - all about downsizing your images for displaying them on the web while keeping the detail. We spend some time with Photoshop and Lightroom today.

PW72 - Tutorial 15, Chapter 4 - Mow Cop Sunset

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:47:11 -0700

The next chapter in Tutorial 15 features a lot of work on colours designed to bring out the light and sunset colours within the image. We also have a new assignment and a great new offer on the Drobo Storage Robot.

PW71 - Photoshop Express Quicktips

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:15:02 -0700

Sorry for the short show this week. I planned a full length show but some unexpected emergency work came up with my other business - the one that pays my mortgage! So to keep the ball rolling we've got some more Photoshop Express quicktips dealing with some of the very complete and capable features in Adobe's free web-based version of photoshop.

PW70 - Tutorial 15, Chapter 3 - Mow Cop Sunset

Wed, 28 May 2008 17:50:23 -0700

Today we get around to some selective editing using Lightzone before taking the picture back into Lightroom for some colour and contrast work. We also have a new technique segment about reflected light and a couple more short photoshop express quicktips.

Focus Ring 14

Tue, 27 May 2008 03:13:20 -0700

This month John Arnold (PhotoWalkthrough.com), Jeff Curto (Camera Position), Paul Giguere (Thoughts on Photography) and Rolf Steinort (Meet the Gimp) are talking about goal setting and planning photographic projects, taking pictures without a camera and with an other than the big and fat DSLR and finaly about licensing images under the Creative Commons License opposed to putting them under strict Copyright. The upcoming legislation in the US considering orphaned works gets a honorable mention.

PW69 - Tutorial 15, Chapter 2 - Mow Cop Sunset

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:19:16 -0700

On this week's show we delve a little deeper into LightZone's relight and zonemapper tools to add local contrast and punch to our images. We also have the first 3 chapters in a series of 10 short Photoshop Express tutorials plus the news, a new assignment and the entries to last week's assignment accompanied by a track from Noush Skaugen.

PW68 - Tutorial 15, Chapter 1 - Mow Cop Sunset

Sat, 12 Apr 2008 08:46:42 -0700

This week marks the start of a brand new tutorial covering an image that wasn't exposed well. We use Lightroom and LightZone to turn it into an image fit for the wall. We talk about previsualising the shot and working with tonality using the zone system. We also have a couple of worthy news items and a brand new assignment. Music this week comes from Fisher.

PW67 - Product review and pinhole camera shots

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 03:37:38 -0700

This week we take a pit-stop between tutorials to take a look at the Plustek OpticFilm 7300 scanner. And we also use that to scan the film from my first shoot using the hand-built cardboard pinhole camera I made a few weeks back. I'll talk about what I learned from using a pinhole camera and you can see all the shots I took including some time-lapse movies of a couple that I post processed.

PW66 - Tutorial 14, Chapter 8 - Ophelia's Mother

Sat, 22 Mar 2008 10:12:50 -0700

The last chapter in tutorial 14 finishes the image off with some colour and light boosting layers. We also have a new composition segment about Silhouettes.

PW65 - Best of 2007 competiton critique show

Sat, 15 Mar 2008 05:00:37 -0700

Today's show is a special add-on to the best of 2007 competition. While I was scoring the pictures there were some where I really wanted to give a short critique. So I recorded my comments and have released them as a show. Congratulations to everyone that entered!

PW64 - Tutorial 14, Chapter 7 - Ophelia's Mother

Thu, 13 Mar 2008 19:30:32 -0700

Today we announce the winner of the "Best of 2007" competition and we take the second to last step in producing the Opelia's Mother image. This time we tackle the very tricky reflections and use the warp tool together with some neat blending and layering.

Building a cardboard pinhole camera

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 04:21:42 -0800

I'm working on switching my video making process from PC to Mac. As an exercise I produced a short video that I thought you folks might enjoy. It's me building a cardboard pinhole camera. I've already taken my first roll of pictures with it. If there's anything usable I'll show them. The idea for the "sped-up making stuff" video ripped off from my good friend Matt.

Tutorial 14 Chapter 6 - Ophelia's Mother

Sat, 16 Feb 2008 07:05:22 -0800

This week we take another step with Jolene's Ophelia's Mother image and we see the welcome return of the composition segment where we'll be learning to get closer. We've also got the entries to the best of 2007 competition and I'll show you what I've chosen as a prize. The winner will be announced next week.

Focus Ring 12 - Wear a low cut blouse

Tue, 12 Feb 2008 15:16:44 -0800

Our largest panel ever with Chris Marquardt, Jeff Curto, Rolf Steinort, Benoit Marchal, Paul Giguere and John Arnold hosting. Topics this week include how to get a perfect black or white background, how Polaroid stopping making polaroid film will affect photograhers, why black and white remains so popular, how shooting with a compact camera makes you more experimental, pinhole and zone plate photography and how the place where you view an image affects your perception.

Focus Ring 12 - Wear a low cut blouse

As an added bonus this week we've also got the full transcript of our text conversation that was going on while we recorded. Enjoy!

Pinhole & Zone Plate Resources

http://pinholeresource.com/

http://www.zoneplate.com/

http://ca.geocities.com/penate@rogers.com/customZP/customZP.html

PhotoWalkthrough 62 - Drobo Review

Mon, 21 Jan 2008 16:26:12 -0800

This week we talk about backing up your photos and how to be absolutely sure you never lose any. Along the way we also look at a device that's very useful for doing that - the Drobo. Also this week we've got a new sponsor - the Nokia n810 - and there's a coupon code that will get you 15% off when you buy one.

PhotoWalkthrough 61 - Tutorial 14, Chapter 5 - Ophelia's Mother

Fri, 28 Dec 2007 14:05:10 -0800

Back on track this week with a solid 15 minutes or more of video tutorial covering masking, adding depth with highlight and lowlight manipulation plus smart objects and a whole lot more. We also launch the PhotoWalkthrough "Best of 2007" competition with a magical mystery prize that I've not chosen yet. Music for this week's slideshow is provided by Mindy Smith and has a wonderful Christmas vibe.

PhotoWalkthrough 60 - Tutorial 14, Chapter 4 - Ophelia's Mother

Sat, 24 Nov 2007 06:26:46 -0800

It's my first full show since our baby was born so little Catherine makes a brief appearance and then we're back to business with the next chapter in Tutorial 14 - Ophelia's Mother. We work with HDR images in Photoshop this time and I've replaced the composition segment with a quick Lightroom tip on cropping. And as usual there's the slideshow of the entries to last week's assignment set to some podsafe music. I picked the new Coconi track - Jewels cause "Light up" got great comments last time.

PhotoWalkthrough Podshow Holiday Gadget Review

Mon, 05 Nov 2007 14:19:43 -0800

This week we have a short PhotoWalkthrough Review show specially for the coming holidays. We take a look at the new Wacom Bamboo graphics tablet and compare it with my former favourite, the Volito 2.

PhotoWalkthrough 59 - Tutorial 14, Chapter 3 - Ophelia's Mother

Mon, 08 Oct 2007 16:23:33 -0700

This week we have a monster show talking all about HDRs using HDRsoft's Photomatix Pro. We see the different types of HDR algorithm and how they can be used to make images with very wide dynamic range out of multiple bracketed shots. We use Tone Compression and the Detail Enhancement mode.

With music from Journey South.

Focus Ring - episode 9 - The Focus Ring saved my life

Tue, 02 Oct 2007 04:15:14 -0700

This week we have John Arnold, Ibarionex Perello, Jeff Curto and new Photocast Network member Rolf Steinort. We discuss grey market purchases, what to do when someone wants to use one of your photos, rediscovered photos and learning to slow down and see.

PhotoWalkthrough 58 - Tutorial 14, Chapter 2 - Ophelia's Mother

Sat, 22 Sep 2007 12:37:59 -0700

Today we continue Jolene's image, Ophelia's Mother, with some colou correction and contrast boosting. We then use the close stamp and graphics tablet to cut down on some of the image noise. In this week's composition segment we talk about s-curves.

PhotoWalkthrough 57 - Tutorial 14 Chapter 1 - Ophelia's Mother

Fri, 14 Sep 2007 07:31:13 -0700

This week we start processing Jolene's image, Ophelia's Mother, by removing the vignette from the housing and then repairing the missing part of the model's foot using clone stamping. In our composition segment we talk about the causes and uses of grain in your pictures.

PhotoWalkthrough 56 - Tutorial 14 Interview - Ophelia's Mother

Tue, 11 Sep 2007 06:06:46 -0700

Today we're interviewing Jolene Monheim, the artist that created the wonderful Ophelia's Mother image that we'll cover in the rest of Tutorial 14. Jolene talks about how the shot was inspired, taken, chosen, and then edited to produce the wonderful print.

PhotoWalkthrough 55 - Quick Tip 1 - Thea

Wed, 05 Sep 2007 16:31:05 -0700

This week we have the first short quick tips tutorial show on PhotoWalkthrough. We take a look at a picture we challenging lighting and show how to color correct for skin tones and then selectively reduce a single coloured light.

PhotoWalkthrough Tutorial 13, Chapter 5 - PhotoWalkthrough Promo Shot

Wed, 25 Jul 2007 05:03:44 -0700

The final chaper in the Tutorial 13 saga. This week we make final edits to our promo image using Photoshop CS3 before taking our finished image back into Lightroom. Also this week we talk about Reflections in our composition segment.

Focus Ring - episode 7 - Workshops around the world

Thu, 19 Jul 2007 09:43:36 -0700

This week John Arnold, Chris Marquardt, Ibarionex Perello and Martin Bailey talk about Sensor Film, Protecting your images online, Making your images pop with contrast and sharpness and the importance of luck on a photoshoot.

Sensor Film
http://www.sensor-film.com

The DMCA and protecting your photo copyright
http://www.photoattorney.com/2007/07/watermarks-can-be-music-to-your-ears.html

Flickr photo law group
http://www.flickr.com/groups/lawgroup/

Creative Commons licenses
http://creativecommons.org/

PhotoWalkthrough Tutorial 13, Chapter 4 - PhotoWalkthrough Promo Shot

Thu, 05 Jul 2007 17:42:50 -0700

This week we spend some time with the Lightroom Developer Module preparing our images for the final stage in Photoshop CS3. We also look at composition using foreground, middleground and background. And we review the entries to last week's shallow depth of field challenge while we listen to Howard Jones' latest podsafe hit, Revolution of the Heart.

PhotoWalkthrough - Tutorial 11, Chapter 1 - Wheelbarrow

Thu, 21 Jun 2007 03:18:29 -0700

Today we look at some new concepts that I’ve not covered before, namely colour modes and channels. Then I start messing around with some of the ways LAB colour mode can help us to improve our images. Also this week we look at repetition in our composition segment and there’s news of the next Tips From The Top Floor Photography Workshop in Germany next May where I’ll once again be co-hosting with Chris Marquardt.

PhotoWalkthrough Tutorial 13, Chapter 3 - PhotoWalkthrough Promo Image

Wed, 20 Jun 2007 05:29:01 -0700

This week we take a mad dash through Lightroom's Library module and look at picks, reject, scoring, choosing the images to work on, keywording and creating collections. In the composition segment we talk about shallow depth of field. Also this week we pre-announce plans for a UK PhotoWalkthrough Photography Workshop next spring.

PhotoWalkthrough Review 3 - Momento 70 Wireless Digital Picture Frame Review

Fri, 25 May 2007 04:39:27 -0700

Audio show only this week due to pressures of time. Today we talk about my new wireless digital picture frame, the Momento 70.

PhotoWalkthrough Wide Challenge Results Special

Fri, 11 May 2007 00:13:44 -0700

This week we finally discover who won the Wide Challenge for the Wacom graphics tablet and take the opportunity to critique as many of the submissions as possible.

PhotoWalkthrough - Tutorial 13, Chapter 2 - PhotoWalkthrough Promo Shot

Mon, 23 Apr 2007 02:18:17 -0700

This week sees the return of the composition segment where we talk about creative cropping. We then get started on Adobe's newest product - Lightroom. As usual we finish with the entries to last week's Advertising Shot assignment.

PhotoWalkthrough - Tutorial 13, Chapter 1 - PhotoWalkthrough Promo Image

Fri, 13 Apr 2007 10:28:16 -0700

PhotoWalkthrough returns for its 50th show with some new tricks up its sleve. We're sporting a new size and frame-rate. We've got new graphics, listener comments, live video of your host and a brand new tutorial that shows you not just how an image was post processed but also how it was shot. Breaking a lot of new ground for PhotoWalkthrough. I hope you enjoy it.

Focus Ring - Episode 4

Fri, 06 Apr 2007 13:49:06 -0700

This week we discuss how assignments can help you grow, learning from photography books and what to put in your camera bag when you don't know what to expect. With Chris Marquardt, Ibarionex Perello and John Arnold.

Assignment pictures from Chris' latest workshop
http://www.flickr.com/groups/hs-bilderflut/pool/tags/hsworkshop01

Challenges at Tips from the Top Floor
http://www.tipsfromthetopfloor.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=29

Jonathan Coulton
http://www.jonathancoulton.com/

Cleaning your sensor with Discofilm
- video - http://www.tipsfromthetopfloor.com/2007/03/13/tfttf185-video-discofilm/
- audio - http://www.tipsfromthetopfloor.com/2007/03/15/tfttf186-discofilm-ii/

William Eggleston - In The Real World
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0443698/

Andy Gotts - Degrees
http://www.andygotts.com/

Find this and other great photography podcasts at The Photocast Network - www.photocastnetwork.com.

PhotoWalkthrough Review episode 2 - Photoshop CS3 Beta review and interview

Wed, 14 Mar 2007 14:58:56 -0700

We start with a review of Photoshop CS3 and then we have an interview with Bryan O'Neil Hughes, product manager for Photoshop with Adobe.

PhotoWalkthrough - Tutorial 12, Chapter 4 - Singer Island Sunrise

Wed, 07 Mar 2007 13:58:18 -0800

This week we finish the Singer Island Sunrise image with more colour and light work, loads more layer masks, some dodge and burn and a vignette. Also this week we launch our newest competition in association with Wacom.

PhotoWalkthrough - Tutorial 12, Chapter 3 - Singer Island Sunrise

Fri, 23 Feb 2007 16:27:47 -0800

This week we do some more brush work on beefing up the colours in our photograph and improve the structure of the picture by strengthening the leading lines. We also pre-announce our upcoming competition and show off last week/'s entries to the Creativity Exercise assignment. And boy oh boy what a lot of pictures that was!

Photocast Network Round Table - Show 3 - Focus Ring

Mon, 19 Feb 2007 08:18:55 -0800

This week we talk about getting great wildlife photos at the zoo, when and how to use your histogram. the importance of giving critique and how to encourage yourself to take risks to improve your photography. Featuring Chris Marquardt, Ibarionex Perello, Martin Bailey and hosted by John Arnold. During the segment on critique we mention www.flickr.com (a lot!), www.dpchallenge.com and www.trekearth.com.

PhotoWalkthrough - Tutorial 12, Chapter 2 - Singer Island Sunrise

Thu, 08 Feb 2007 18:58:47 -0800

This week we get into editing the photo proper with a little spot editing, some colour adjustement and masking and then a little brush work.

Tutorial 12, Chapter 1 - Singer Island Sunrise

Sat, 27 Jan 2007 05:07:00 -0800

Starting a new tutorial and getting back in the saddle for the new year. This week we look at another collection of images and talk about how I chose the target image in Adobe Bridge then open and export it in Adobe Camera Raw.

PhotoWalkthrough Tutorial 11, Chapter 5 - Wheelbarrow

Wed, 03 Jan 2007 17:03:44 -0800

The final chapter in our Wheelbarrow series and some big new announcements including the release of Adobe Photoshop CS3 Beta.

Tutorial 11, Chapter 4 - Wheelbarrow

Wed, 13 Dec 2006 20:41:53 -0800

A little late but this week we look at vanishing points in our composition segment and then work on our wheelbarrow image to reproduce the same look as we did before using LAB but this time using RGB and non destructive layers. In depth coverage of layer groups, levels and curves with a smattering of B&W conversion.

Tutorial 11, Chapter 3 - Wheelbarrow

Fri, 01 Dec 2006 04:17:50 -0800

Yay! We got a show out this week despite the fact that I’m still struggling with that dead server and the fallout from it. This week we apply what we learned last week about LAB colour mode as well as covering Negative Space in our composition segment.

Tutorial 11, Chapter 3 - Wheelbarrow (quicktime movie)

No show this week

Fri, 24 Nov 2006 11:21:21 -0800

Sorry folks, I’ve had some emergency work hit me this week which has taken all my time up and I just can’t make the time to produce a proper show. I’ll be back next week, though. In the mean time please consider joining in our composition assignment on repetition.

No show this week (mp3 audio)

Tutorial 11, Chapter 2 - Wheelbarrow

Fri, 17 Nov 2006 04:53:50 -0800

Tutorial 11, Chapter 1 - Wheelbarrow

Thu, 09 Nov 2006 02:14:21 -0800

At last - back to some normality. I hope you enjoyed our two unusual shows for the last couple of weeks. Today we start another proper image tutorial and this time I’m covering how to produce this very gritty style. To begin with, though, we spend quite a bit of time on composition and composition [...]

PhotoWalkthrough Colour Challenge Results Special

Thu, 02 Nov 2006 11:59:48 -0800

I’m back from Vegas and as promised this week we discover who won the Colour Challenge competition! Today’s show is a little different from normal. I focus totally on the competition entries and take some time to comment and critique some of the entries. I hope you enjoy the show!

PhotoWalkthrough Colour Challenge Results Special (quicktime [...]

PW-Review 1 - Adobe Lightroom Beta 4

Wed, 25 Oct 2006 10:39:53 -0700

As you’ll know I’m in Vegas (baby) this week but today we’ve got something a little different. This week’s show is audio-only and it’s something I’ve been wanting to do for a few months. Adobe Lightroom is bound to be something important to the future of photo post processing, especially for us Adobe Photoshop users. [...]

Tutorial 10, Chapter 3 - Mow Cop Castle

Wed, 18 Oct 2006 06:12:47 -0700

This week we start with a new section on composition and then complete our colour image with a final dodge/burn layer and work on the three dimensionality of the castle. Next we convert the colour version to black and white with a channel mixer. And finally we add a tritone gradient to make our sepia [...]

Tutorial 10, Chapter 2 - Mow Cop Castle

Wed, 11 Oct 2006 01:41:06 -0700

Tutorial 2 basically finishes the colour version of the Mow Cop Castle image and makes ready for the sepia duo-toned version. We cover some work on adding contrast and punch by darkening and masking and then do some dodging and burning and add a vignette. Plus all the usual explanation of why I’m doing what [...]

Tutorial 10, Chapter 1 - Mow Cop Castle

Wed, 04 Oct 2006 03:46:29 -0700

The start of a new month sees the start of a new tutorial. This time I’ll show you how to produce two very different images from a single source. This attractive landmark is local to me and much photographed. I was particularly drawn to the line in the ground and the clouds and how they [...]

Being a substitute teacher

Mon, 02 Oct 2006 04:52:30 -0700

Hey folks - it’s a real joy to be able to try something new once in a while so I jumped at the chance when Chris from Tips From The Top Floor asked me if I wanted to sit in for him for a show. My show - number 153 - covers some ideas for [...]

Tutorial 9, Chapter 5 - Gun

Thu, 28 Sep 2006 02:49:43 -0700

Sorry it’s a little late. I’m covering for someone who’s off sick in my day-job at the moment so time is tight. But we got ‘er done at last. This is the final episode of Michelle’s Gun image and this week we add the little skulls that are hidden in the picture here and there. [...]

Lightroom Beta 4 Announced

Tue, 26 Sep 2006 10:50:32 -0700

Adobe has just announced the release of Lightroom Beta 4. The new version is the first to include full feature convergence between the Mac and PC versions and addresses a number of usability and performance issues as well as adding more features and changes based on tester feedback.
If you’d like to give Lightroom a try [...]

Tutorial 9, Chapter 4 - Gun

Tue, 19 Sep 2006 04:58:21 -0700

I’m back from my week away and feeling great. Today we embark upon layer blending options and layer effects when we add the text layers to Michelle’s image. A variety of interesting uses of blending modes and layer masks add lots of techniques to this show and once more I run longer than I intended. [...]

Two From The Top Floor

Wed, 13 Sep 2006 12:49:13 -0700

If you’re missing your fix of PhotoWalkthrough this week then head on over to Tips From The Top Floor and check out show number 151. Chris Marquardt and I are co-hosting Tips From The Top Floor today and talking about IS lenses, full frame camera sensors and capturing the moment. You can also join in [...]

No show today

Mon, 11 Sep 2006 05:19:22 -0700

Sorry folks, as I mentioned on last week’s show I’m currently in Tubingen helping out Chris Marquardt with his photography workshop. I’ll be here all week so there won’t be a show until next Monday or Tuesday. But in the mean time keep thinking about our PhotoWalkthrough Colour Challenge. Remeber, you can win a ColorVision [...]

Tutorial 9, Chapter 3 - Gun

Tue, 05 Sep 2006 05:43:28 -0700

Ok I know I promised to keep the show length down but I had so much competitiony goodness to tell you about this week that I kinda over-ran my 30 minutes again. Sorry! But on the bright side this week you get the chance to win a ColorVision Spyder 2 PRO in our first ever [...]

Tutorial 9, Chapter 2 - Gun

Tue, 29 Aug 2006 03:51:50 -0700

It’s another monster of a show. This week I over-ran to 33 minutes. Sorry about that - I’ll try and keep it under 30 minutes in future. Lots of good stuff in there, though. Today I talk about brushes, especially how to load brush sets and modify your own brushes to get the effect you [...]

Tutorial 9, Chapter 1 - Gun

Tue, 22 Aug 2006 04:44:50 -0700

Well it’s the longest, hardest show I’ve ever produced but at last it’s here. This was a monster, taking over 7 hours from beginning of planning to the end of uploading.
Today I start looking at Michelle’s Gun image and we begin by looking at the many ways to make selections and how you can save [...]

Tutorial 9, interview - Gun

Mon, 21 Aug 2006 10:49:58 -0700

All sorts of exciting things happening today! First up, PhotoWalkthrough is now officially a part of the Photocast Network, which is a voluntary organisation designed to bring together the best in photography based podcasting. So, basically, if you like my show then please swing by http://www.photocastnetwork.com/ and check out the other shows listed there too. [...]

Tutorial 8, Chapter 4 - Flower Triptych

Tue, 15 Aug 2006 04:31:43 -0700

Today we have the final chapter in the Flower Triptych tutorial. Slightly shorter than usual but packed with goodness. Today we duplicate images, modify our gradient maps, paste our three images into a single document, play around with smart objects and finally print our images. Hope you enjoy it.

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Tutorial 8, Chapter 3 - Flower Triptych

Tue, 08 Aug 2006 09:57:16 -0700

Part 3 of our Flower Triptych tutorial sees us finish the first of our three flowers by examining our image, creating a plan and then executing it. We do some selective darkening, add some contrast and selective lightening as well as selective sharpening and we remove a small colour cast.

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Tutorial 8, Chapter 2 - Flower Triptych

Tue, 01 Aug 2006 11:46:20 -0700

This week we improve the background of our image and cover some spot editing and contrast work that really brings out the vibrant colours in our flower image.

Tutorial 8, Chapter 2 - Flower Triptych (quicktime movie)
The Candid Frame - Interview with John Arnold
The Tips From The Top Floor Photography Workshop

Also, it’s the beginning of another [...]

The Candid Frame Interview

Mon, 31 Jul 2006 04:40:31 -0700

Last night Ibarionex Perello, host of “The Candid Frame” was kind enough to interview me for his show. He produces a wonderful podcast where he interviews a variety of excellent photographers. It’s an extremely insightful and informative show and I’ve been subscribed since show number 1. If you want to get inside the head of [...]

Tutorial 8, Chapter 1 - Flower Triptych

Tue, 25 Jul 2006 09:21:35 -0700

24 hours later than planned but this week we see the start of another new tutorial. This time I’ve chosen a bright colourful image inspired by Andy Warhols iconic Marilyn Monroe image. Perfect for the hot summer we’re having here in the UK. This show covers how to examine the brightness values in your image [...]