6January2009
Simplifying Composition By Learning The Rules
Posted by Rob_Nunn under: technique; the course; tutorials.
I’ve had some interesting emails from Nugroho discussing composition. Nugroho (also known as Shade) is an event photographer where he works, but was having trouble coming up with other types of photographs.
Rather than simply run through and talk about the usual Rule of Thirds / Leading Lines type stuff, I thought I’d illustrate my ideas with some really simple diagrams.
Remember, I’m no expert, but if you’re having a little trouble nailing down your compositions, take a look and it may help.
16October2008
More Black And White / Mono Conversion Techniques In Photoshop
Posted by Rob_Nunn under: the course; tutorials.
Inspired by Andreas Overlands excellent black and white tutorial, I thought it was about time I got some practice in with Photoshops other Black and White / Mono Conversion techniques, instead of just stripping out the colour with a hue / sat adjustment layer….
So, in this tutorial I’ll be looking at converting to grey-scale, the channel mixer, the desaturate option, and the convert to black and white filter. Then I’ll have a quick look at adding a colour tone to your image as well. So fire up Photoshop, grab a coffee, open up an image you want to convert to mono or black and white, and lets get started!
25September2008
How To Change The Colours And Customise Your Blogger / Blogspot Blog
Posted by Rob_Nunn under: the course; tutorials.
In a previous article we looked at how to create a free Blogger / Blogspot Photo Blog, but its a bit bland, so in this tutorial I’ll show you how to change the colours, add a links bar, and a tag / labels list.
20September2008
How To Create A Free Photo Blog At Blogger!
Posted by Rob_Nunn under: the course; tutorials.
We all love sharing our Photo’s on Flickr – but have you ever thought about starting your own photo-blog, similar to this one? Don’t worry about the cost – it’s free – and it’ll take you about twenty minutes to set up and start blogging, and I’ll show you exactly what to do.
I’ve written this tutorial / guide while creating a test blog, – so check out Minolta Manual SLR’s to see what you’ll be able to do in less than an hour. (Don’t worry if the colour is different, I’ll show you how to do that in the next tutorial.)
14September2008
Pre-Photoshoot Camera Checks – Thanks to Lorraine!
Posted by Rob_Nunn under: the course.
Lorraine Swanson has a great Photography Blog at Microstock Junction, and she wrote a post recently about the settings you should check in your camera before you go out shooting.
How many times have you got back from taking some photographs only to find your camera had the wrong white-balance, ISO or metering settings, spoiling your images? I know it happens to me on a regular basis, so Lorraine’s acronym is very useful indeed!
