With the year drawing to a close it's time once again to reflect on the year and pick some of my favourite photos that I shot in 2013. With a mix of landscape, architecture and portraiture, these are listed here in no particular order as I would be hard pressed to rank them given the variety of genres.
1. Breaking Through
My 2013 list would be incomplete if I didn't[...]
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Editing and Compositing Night Photos in Photoshop - Part 1
In this first of a two part video tutorial, I'll taking you through a full edit of a night time cityscape and cover a number of color adjustment, masking and compositing techniques along the way.
We'll be working with a number of relatively basic tools to build up this image, most of which are available from Photoshop CS3 and onward. In this first part we'll be[...]
Using Lab Mode to Change Colour and Contrast in Photoshop
In this video tutorial I'll show you how you can use Lab color mode in Photoshop to quickly, easily and drastically change the color and contrast in your images and really make them pop.
First off a big thanks to my friend Nagesh Mahadev for letting me demo these techniques one one of his amazing images. Be sure to check out his work on his 500px page and his Faceb[...]
Photographing a Portofino Sunrise
Often times, the joy of photography isn't merely in seeing the finished product and wallowing in the praise of its viewers, it's about the experience of actually taking it. This image from Portofino was exactly that, an amazing experience that I won't soon forget.
Posh as they come, Portofino has been the destination of choice French playboys and the British elite [...]
Photographing The Wormsloe Plantation
During my recent visit to Georgia and South Carolina, I knew I had to capture a quintessential southern style shot of a road lined with Oaks, dripping in Spanish Moss. After a bit of research I found Wormsloe Plantation, right in Savannah Georgia. This drive is right near the main gate and there is a $10 fee per person, even if you just want to take photos of the ro[...]