by Barrie | 11th March 2015 | Business, IT Stuff
Backups scare me. They always have. They should scare you too. Backups are important day-to-day, but when you need them they are critical. Bad things will happen to the files that are important to us and potentially critical to our business. For the duration of my...
by Barrie | 22nd February 2015 | art nude, art nude photography tuition, lighting, model day, model day tuition, Photoshop training, tuition
Tillie Feather was with us for two sell out model days. These are some art nude images from a teaching session as part of one of the model day sessions. All but the last are a single light (a large rectangular gridded softbox) – the last image uses two strip...
by Barrie | 31st August 2014 | art nude, art nude photography class, art nude photography tuition, lighting, workshops
These are some of my teaching/setup images from the nude photography workshop with Ivory Flame. These are a mixture of studio lighting and natural light (and there are a couple that are more fairly categorised as portraits, but the light was lovely and these were too...
by Barrie | 30th June 2014 | retouching tips
When retouching, lightening the sclera (the white of the eye) is a common adjustment. Just don’t overdo it (our eyes aren’t meant to glow … unless we’re in a sci-fi movie). What might look good at 1:1 in Photoshop or Lightroom can still be over baked when rendered as...
by Barrie | 25th January 2013 | tuition
We don’t shoot lots during the classes – just enough to test the setup and illustrate the point that we’re teaching. Of course we need some good shots to advertise the classes too. You’ll find sets from most of the classes starting in late 2011...
