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    Creative Photography
    Creative Photography
    Creative Photography
    Ebook136 pages40 minutes

    Creative Photography

    By Linda Wevill

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    About this ebook

    Creative Photography will provide photographers with a range of techniques that will inspire and give them confidence to experiment with their own photography. The first half of the book covers the latest in-camera techniques including the use of Long Exposures, Intentional Camera Movement and Multiple Exposures. The methods are clearly explained with images demonstrating the results possible and ideas on how to move their creativity forward. 

    The second half demonstrates what can be achieved using Photoshop. Here the emphasis is on understanding layers and layer masks which are employed by the program. These are clearly explained and followed by suggestions of how to apply them. The current trends in creative photography are looked at with advice and tips on the methods involved. 

    Using this book a photographer will be able to develop and enhance their own particular style. Both new and experienced photographers will find it invaluable in giving them the skills and motivation to try something new, to experiment and to have fun in the process.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTroubador Publishing Ltd
    Release dateMay 28, 2022
    ISBN9781803139609
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      Book preview

      Creative Photography - Linda Wevill

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      Copyright © 2019 Linda Wevill

      The moral right of the author has been asserted.

      Photography © Linda Wevill

      Adobe Photoshop CC screenshots reprinted with permission from Adobe.

      Apart from any fair dealing for the purposes of research or private study, or criticism or review, as permitted under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, this publication may only be reproduced, stored or transmitted, in any form or by any means, with the prior permission in writing of the publishers, or in the case of reprographic reproduction in accordance with the terms of licences issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency. Enquiries concerning reproduction outside those terms should be sent to the publishers.

      Matador

      Unit E2 Airfield Business Park

      Harrison Road, Market Harborough

      Leicester, LE16 7UL

      Tel: 0116 279 2299

      Email: books@troubador.co.uk

      Web: www.troubador.co.uk/matador

      Twitter: @matadorbooks

      ISBN 978 1803139 609

      British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data.

      A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

      Matador is an imprint of Troubador Publishing Ltd

      For my husband Richard, my daughters Emma, Carla, and Amy,

      and my grandchildren Max, Arlo, Luca and Cleo

      Contents

      Acknowledgement

      About the Author

      Introduction

      IN-CAMERA CREATIVE TECHNIQUES

      Long Exposures

      Interplay between three elements of exposure

      Neutral Density Filters

      Capturing Movement of the Sea

      Capturing other Movement

      Equipment required for long exposure photography

      Intentional Camera Movement (ICM)

      Multiple Exposures

      Using Different Lenses

      Macro Lens

      Lensbaby Lenses

      Other creative ideas

      USING PHOTOSHOP FOR CREATIVE PHOTOGRAPHY

      Using Layers

      Using a Layer Mask

      Adding a Layer Mask

      Working on a layer mask

      Adding a Texture Layer

      Vignetting

      Layer Blending Modes

      Colour Range

      Adding a White Layer (for a pastel effect)

      Merging and Flattening Layers

      Adding Softness to Image

      Clarity Slider

      Gaussian Blur

      Orton Effect

      High Pass Filter

      Useful Shortcuts in Photoshop

      The Way Ahead

      Historique Aquitaine

      Acknowledgement

      I would like to thank my many photography friends for helping and inspiring me on my creative journey. Special thanks go to Mike Longhurst ARPS, for kindly agreeing to proof-read and comment on the book. When Mike did not understand what I had written, I knew I had not explained it properly. I am grateful to him for undertaking the task.

      About the Author

      Linda Wevill is a creative photographer specialising in the landscape, although she enjoys capturing a diverse range of images from still life to travel. She is a Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society and serves on the RPS Assessment Panels.

      Linda has exhibited widely both within the UK and internationally, including at the Royal Albert Hall, the National Theatre and the OXO Gallery in London and at the Huangshan Yixian International Festival in China. She has had her images and articles published in numerous photographic magazines and other publications. Linda is in demand as a speaker around the country and has run creative workshops for both the RPS and camera clubs.

      Linda achieves a soft painterly effect in her photography and always aims to portray the essence of a place. She enjoys experimenting with techniques whether in-camera or during processing by, for example, varying shutter speeds at the time of shooting or using texture layers in Photoshop. Her aim is to express a personal depiction of her environment, to capture the atmosphere of the scene and the vision she is trying to convey.

      ‘Creative Photography’ is Linda’s first book and it gives her great pleasure to be able to pass on tips and ideas gained through her experience over many years. Linda hopes the book will give readers the motivation to go out and experiment, using the techniques discussed, to

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