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3 Lights Setup Featured

Portrait Lighting – simple 3 lights setup

If you are ever in a hurry and need a simple yet effective setup that will work on many occasions, check out this three lights setup! Simple and fast, yet it does the job? Awesome!   As you can see, [...]

May 7, 2013 Creative Corner, Tutorials
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Sue Bryce: How to Make a Vintage Backdrop

Sue Bryce shares her latest bonus video from a series called 28 days with Sue which is currently airing on CreativeLive. You may remember Sue’s recently featured video The Light That Shines, which managed to reach thousands of views worldwide [...]

April 3, 2013 Tutorials
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Slidee – Build Your Own Motorised Slider

Ritwika Mitra has put together a very helpful step by step tutorial on how to construct your own Slidee rail with stepper motor drive from the comfort of your own home. Once completed, the Slidee can be used for time-lapse, stop [...]

April 3, 2013 Tutorials
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Outsourcing your Editing to a Retoucher

Sorry for the wait everybody, but I’ve just moved myself to Melbourne, Australia and I’ve only just gotten my internet connected today, you should expect more frequent content from me from now on… until something else major happens in my [...]

February 4, 2013 Tutorials
On-Axis Sandwich Lighting

Portrait Lighting – The on-axis sandwich

I guess once in a while you want to shoot in a different style. You might remember my On-Axis Lighting Tutorial and basically this is a modification of that technique. In order to get a nice seperation of your subject from [...]

January 7, 2013 Tutorials
Fireworks

How To Photograph Fireworks

  Photographing fireworks can be so rewarding as colourful shapes spill into the frame electrifying the scene. After I was questioned by a friend on how to photograph these amazing lights I decided I would create a tutorial in the [...]

December 18, 2012 Tutorials
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How To Create Art Using Photoshop

After a fan request on leighdiprose.com I put together a video on how to create art using Photoshop. I really encourage everyone to give this a try. Be sure to post a link in the comments once you have created [...]

November 27, 2012 Tutorials
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File Organisation – Lightroom

I’ve just gotten myself a new MacBook Pro Retina, and I needed to set up my file management system on it again, so I figured if I’m going to be doing it anyway, I may as well show you guys [...]

November 19, 2012 Tutorials
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How To Blend Multiple Exposures Together

These days digital SLRs and new compact pro cameras are getting better at averaging high contrast scenes. Some cameras like the new Fujifilm X-E1 even offer AE Bracketing (Auto Exposure Bracketing) in camera. I will be testing this feature out as soon [...]

November 9, 2012 Tutorials
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Portrait Lighting – Side light with one softbox – feathering the light

Sometimes, less is more. As I mentioned in my post about On Axis Lighting, if you can’t use one light properly you will be lost with more lights. This time, I will show you how to shoot some moody side [...]

August 27, 2012 Creative Corner, Tutorials