As with the first part of this tutorial series, I do not pretend to know the exact steps that were taken to create the image below. I can, however, walk you through similar concepts and application so that you can get a handle on how to go about creating something similar.  This tutorial will focus on composition, blending, and color techniques.  For those of you just joining our program, I was contacted in the past about preparing a tutorial on how to create a specific image.  As I did not know the exact resources that the original artist used, I took my best guess. Read more »

I had been contacted a few months ago about writing a tutorial for a specific image.  While I do not pretend to know the exact steps that were taken to create the “Sorrow My Soul” image below, I can walk you through similar concepts and application so that you can get a handle on how to go about creating something similar.  What I did was create a tutorial, basically guessing on the exact steps and resources used, to generate a step-by-step guideline on how to achieve similar effects.

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I have dedicated myself to including more purposeful content in this blog, including tutorials and guides for how I achieve certain effects.  I like to begin each of these with a disclaimer, if you will, stating that this is certainly not the only way to go about it.  There are always multiple ways to skin a cat.  I am sure you might find Photoshop Actions available that will accomplish similar effects, however, I like being able to control as much of the image as possible, so I opt to do a lot of work manually. 

With that out of the way, let’s start breaking down the process for creating the “285″ image, shall we?  Just a fair warning, that the blog below the fold is image heavy.  I just did not see any other way around it, plus I wanted to include reasonably sized images to follow along with. Read more »

“Angel” | Nikon D80 + Sigma 105mm | Prints | How-To behind the fold… Read more »

With new employment, I have been fortunate enough to venture into product photography.  Armed with new equipment, a lack of knowledge about what the heck I am doing, and the desire to improve on company resources, I jumped into the deep end of the pool.  Well, maybe closer to the shallow end.  Here are my thoughts for those interested in something similar…

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