Video tutorials

You know that I offer video tutorials for sale on this blog, but I also watch a lot of them from many other photographers. Right now I’m watching the Trey Ratcliff’s Complete HDR Tutorial, The Ultimate Landscape Photography Course by Jay and Varina Patel and the Cityscape tutorial by Beboy. I like to switch from one to another, as sometimes watching one in a row is hard, as they are quite long. Especially the one from Beboy is a little problematic for me, as it’s in French, and I don’t speak any French :). But since I have quite a lot of knowledge of Photoshop already, I can watch it and get almost everything he is showing there. It just take a little longer.

There is always something more to learn. In taking and in editing photos. What are you currently learning? Or what video series are you watching? Feel free to share in the comments.

Moon over Bratislava

Still haven’t done many new photos this year. The weather in Bratislava is nothing spectacular right now, and my travels for this year will start a little later. So for now, another one from my library, taken around 2 years ago :)

Btw. this was really taken at f2.8. It was quite late after sunset, and it was really dark.

Technique: Oloneo Photoengine, Number of exposures: 6, Camera Model: Canon EOS 5D mark II, Lens: Canon 24-70mm F2.8, Focal length: 42mm, Aperture: 2.8, Middle exposure time: 4s, ISO: 400, Tripod used: yes, Location: 48.136873, 17.104699

This is just one of those photo situations, where you just have to go with a HDR. For a moment I even thought of just using the darkest exposure, and so a silhouette shot. But that I remembered, that that’s just not my style :)

This is a HDR from 6 exposures, created in Oloneo Photoengine, finished in Photoshop. I wanted to get this nice yellow/golden glow in the sky here, and I hope I got it :)

Technique: Photoshop edit, Number of exposures: 6, Camera Model: Canon EOS 5D mark II, Lens: Canon 70-200mm F2.8 IS II, Focal length: 115mm, Aperture: 16, Middle exposure time: 1/25s, ISO: 100, Tripod used: yes, Location: 48.137018, 17.113230

There still is snow in Bratislava so I thought I should go out and take some new photos. But then I woke up with a nasty cold today, so instead, I’m siting at home, trying to get better quickly. But instead of a new photo, here is one taken a year ago.

This is a HDR from 5 exposures, created in Oloneo Photoengine, finished in Photoshop.

Technique: Oloneo Photoengine, Number of exposures: 5, Camera Model: Canon EOS 5D Mark II, Lens: Canon 16-35mm F2.8 IS II, Focal length: 64mm, Aperture: 7.1, Middle exposure time: 10s, ISO: 100, Tripod used: yes, Location: 48.137012,17.108021

It’s been long time since I posted a photo of the Apollo bridge, so I’m posting one today. Maybe it’s time to get some more photos of it again, try a some new composition :)

This is a HDR from 5 exposures, created in Oloneo Photoengine, finished in Photoshop.

Technique: Oloneo Photoengine, Number of exposures: 5, Camera Model: Canon EOS 5D Mark II, Lens: Canon 16-35mm F2.8 IS II, Focal length: 16mm, Aperture: 5.6, Middle exposure time: 12s, ISO: 100, Tripod used: yes, Location: 48.135814, 17.128297

So most of the snow from yesterday already disappeared, but I will still try to edit few more photos with it. I just love the look with all the snow. This is again not a B&W photo, but I did desaturated few billboards in the background, as they were too visible and just didn’t fit with the look I wanted.

Btw. my camera started working again. Not sure if its permanent, but its great for now.

This is a single exposure, edited in Lightroom and Photoshop

Technique: Photoshop edit, Number of exposures: 1, Camera Model: Canon EOS 5D Mark II, Lens: Canon 24-70mm F2.8 IS II, Focal length: 63mm, Aperture: 6.3, Middle exposure time: 1/160s, ISO: 200, Tripod used: no, Locaton: 48.141713, 17.108259