Essential Photoshop for Landscape Photography by Nick Page
Photographer Nick Page has a new course teaching Photoshop for landscape photography.
Here are some of the topics covered:
Covered in this course
- Setting up photoshop
- Round tripping between Lightroom and Photoshop
- Setting up and saving a workspace
- Utilizing Smart objects
- Using Adjustment Layers
- Using Layer Masks
- Using Pixel Layers
- Using Luminosity Masks
- Using Luminosity Selections
- Cleaning up images
- Exposure Blending
- Focus Stacking
- Dual Processing
- and much much more.
See a preview of the course HERE
THE $13.3 BILLION DOLLAR FUTURE OF UNDERWATER PHOTOGRAPHY
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – Mutant Mayhem
Ive been a fan of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles since the time they were first released in comic books (I had some of the very early ones) and had some high hopes for this one.
First let me say, the animation was really incredible and well done. I think with the new animated full length movies like the 2 Spiderverse films, are really setting up a new genre. Hats off to the animators and director on this. Just wow.
That said, I could not stay awake during the film. This is a bad sign about the storyline and plot. I know it has high ratings on Rotten Tomatoes right now, but any movie that I give a fair chance to and am asleep within 10 minutes, is not a “must see” in theaters. This process of waking up, trying to get back into it and falling back asleep happened several times.
This is one you are going to want to skip.
Universal Principles of Design
I know I haven’t posted much in a while. I’ve been traveling, Turkey for a water project with Water Mission, Dubai for training with the WFP and Logistics Cluster and then to Eswatini with the Luke Commission. In the few weeks that I have been back I have been preparing for Wave 2 of MAVEN filters. We have over 15 new designs in the works.
Strangely, I am not a designer by education, it is something I have just found myself curious about with 3D printing and it grew from there. Probably one of the most influential books on my design philosophies is Universal Principles of Design. They just released an updated version and it is GLORIOUS if you have any curiosity in design. It was fun to make notes of all the principles incorporated into MAVEN filters. If you are part nerd, this book is Highly Recommended.
Why do you use Lens Hoods?
Thank you so much for coming to answer this poll. There are only 3 questions but they will greatly shape the direction MAVEN takes moving forward.
Oppenheimer
As you have probably noticed we have had a lot of changes happening on the blog. Long story short, we were formerly running on Cold Fusion (outdated and soon to be totally obsolete) so we had to take some time to make the transition, hence a lot fewer posts.
Saw Oppenheimer tonight. Nolan is a truly a master. Very deep understanding of people and a rich, immersive experience. While it was entertaining, Im not sure I would categorize it as only entertainment. It felt much more like a 2 part, deep history lesson, similar to a Brilliant Mind but more about the flaws and challenges Oppenheimer faced. There was so much of human nature in this film that we don’t get from other movies, this should be reason alone to see it. As always with Nolan films, it really has me thinking and thats always a sign of a strong movie worth seeing in theaters.
Every Landscape Photographer Needs This Filter
Maven Magnetic Filter Long-Term Review
Thank you so much to our friend Alex Armitage for this thoughtful and kind review. We appreciate you very much Alex!
Canon R8 FreeCanon R8 Tutorial Training Video Overview Users Guide Set Up – Made for Beginners
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Chapters:
00:00:00 – Intro
00:03:15 – Camera Setup
00:10:25 – External Buttons
00:19:22 – Symbols and Icons
00:25:50 – Quick Menu
EXPOSURE
00:45:14 – ISO
00:46:55 – Shooting Modes / Exposure Control
01:07:06 – Bulb Mode
FOCUSING
01:11:47 – Video Exposure Settings Set Up
01:13:07 – Stills Focusing Modes
01:13:24 – How: Shutter Button
01:14:22 – When: Focusing Modes
01:17:19 – Where: Focus Clusters
01:22:33 – Touch and Drag AF
01:23:41 – Directional Pad To Move Focus Box
01:25:17 – Manual Focus
01:25:56 – Manual Peaking Focus
01:27:11 – Auto Focus Tracking
01:29:06 – Eye and Face Detection
01:29:41 – Animal Tracking
01:30:51 – Custom Eye Detection Setup
01:31:41 – Back Button Focusing
01:33:23 – Video Focusing
WHITE BALANCE / METERING MODES
01:37:43 – White Balance
01:41:19 – Metering Modes
01:43:29 – Michael’s Recommendations
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* Everything stated here is my opinion, and I sometimes make mistakes. I will never recommend a product I do not either use, truly love or think would be the best fit for the situation (often determined by budget).
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Countryman B3 Omni Lavalier Mic
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DJI Mic 2-Person Compact Digital Wireless Microphone System
Canon RF 24-105mm f/4 L IS USM Lens
Canon RF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM Lens
Canon RF 100-400mm f/5.6-8 IS USM Lens
Canon RF 100-500mm f/4.5-7.1 L IS USM Lens
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Canon R8 Crash Course
Watch my free Canon R8 Tutorial Training Video Overview Users Guide Set Up – Made for Beginners. Comment below if you want me to make a Canon R8 Crash Course.
Best wishes!
Michael
