Tutorials | Index

I'll add more as time goes on but these are by no means formal or "the way things are done". Simply the way I do things. I thought I'd share as someone might find them useful.

Enjoy,

Neil.

Tutorial List

• Foreground and Background In Focus
  Discover quick and easy techniques to get maximum depth of field (or very close to it) - You choose to do it the right way or the easy way!
  
  
• Tone Mapping HDR Images
  Quick rundown of the different methods of Tonemapping HDR images with an introduction to my prefered technique, DRI.
  
  
• Painting With Light - DRI Blending in Photoshop
  BOOOO to HDR, try DRI instead! Photoshop video on how I do my DRI processing
  
  
• Adding Film Grain
  Adding film grain, or noise, in Photoshop.
  
  
• Colour Toning
  Simple colour toning in Photoshop.
  
  
• Compensating for the B+W 110 ND (Shutter Speeds)
  Shutter speed compensation table for when you use a 10 stop filter.
  
  
• Shutter Speed Compensation for any ND Filter
  Same as the above but in this one you can set your own ND filter strength and generate a table for that filter.
  
  
• Adjusting Manfrotto 055 ProB Tripod Leg Stiffness
  Step by step guide to lossening or tightning the legs of some Manfrotto tripods.
  
  
• Long Exposures with no Filters. AKA Image Averaging
  Stop messing around with expensive filters for your long exposures. Try this technique instead!

1. Tutorials | Long Exposures with no Filters. Part 1, Introduction
2. Tutorials | Long Exposures with no Filters. Part 2, In The Field
3. Tutorials | Long Exposures with no Filters. Part 3, Back At Base
4. Tutorials | Long Exposures with no Filters. Part 4, Sample Images
5. Tutorials | Long Exposures with no Filters. Part 5, Links
6. Tutorials | Image Averaging Photoshop Script
7. Tutorials | Opacity Levels for Image Averaging
   
   

• Opacity Levels for Image Averaging Layer Stack
  The opacity levels for the layers when doing the "long exposures with no filters" workflow. 
  
  
• Image Averaging | A Photoshop script to set the opacity levels.
  Photoshop script to automatically set the opacity levels when doing the "long exposures with no filters" workflow.
  
  
• Sharpening.
  Probably a low tech Photoshop sharpening method but one I find quite effective. Uses 2 passes on Smart Sharpening. 
  
  
• Punchy Skies made Easy
  Photoshop Trick to giving a sky a bit of Ooompf. Adds both contrast and saturation in a controlled manner.