William Neill’s Book The Photographer’s Portfolio Development Workshop

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Preoccupied with tools and techniques, few photographers speak to thematic development, which is exactly what William Neill does in his book The Photographer’s Portfolio Development Workshop.

The lessons it offers were originally designed for his BetterPhoto online course (offered for eight years but no longer available) and have now been updated and have helped thousands deepen their visual voice.

One look at the sections in its table of contents will show you the journey it offers you.

Find Your Focus

Think In Themes

Edit On A Technical And Aesthetic Level

Build Upon A Theme

Add Depth To Your Portfolio

Refine Your Theme

Where You Can Go From Here

Put It All Together

I judge books not by their covers but by their tables of contents. This one is well worth the time taken to get to know it. At 100 highly illustrated pages, making the time for this book is not a big commitment, but it will likely help you make a bigger commitment to your photography.

Get 40% off with the discount code – WNEILL40.

Find this book here.

Learn more about William Neill here.

Read a quick Q&A with William Neill here.

Read quotes by William Neill here.

Enjoy William Neill In Conversation With Richard Bernabe On Beyond The Lens

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“In this episode (Beyond The Lens), Richard ventured into the mind of William Neill to find out what inspires him, what gives his work such emotional depth, his passions, persistence and creativity, and more. William touches upon his time working in American landscape photographer and environmentalist Ansel Adams’ gallery, sharing what inspired him to photograph Yosemite. He explains why he puts experiencing a place above the results.”

Listen here.

Learn more about William Neill here.

Read a quick Q&A with William Neill here.

Read quotes by William Neill here.

How To Add Color To Highlights With Curves In Photoshop

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“How to add colored reflections and catchlights in Photoshop. Colin Smith shows you how to switch curves into colored mode to create the most powerful colors and add then to the highlights in an image. Using curves this way opens a world of possibilities in Photoshop.”
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How To Use Photoshop’s Powerful Object Selection Tool To Quickly Edit Images

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“In this video, you’ll learn to discover how to use Photoshop’s Object Selection tool to select objects and regions within a photograph quickly, as well as learn tips and shortcuts for customizing overlay options, choosing selection modes, using the Mask All Objects command, and setting Image Processing preferences.”

Explore The Emotional Possibilities Of 3 Different Tonal Keys In Images

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Want more mood in your photographs? One way to do this is to limit images to a single tonal range and focus more on the emotional associations it offers.

Luminosity is often divided into three broad ranges; shadows, midtones, and highlights. If the tonalities in images are predominantly from one of these ranges, they are often described as low-key or high-key. (Curiously, the words medium or mid-key are less frequently used, but it is useful to make this distinction.) By constraining an image to one of these three, you can set a specific mood.

High keys are light and airy.

Medium keys are moderate and balanced.

Low-key images are dark and heavy.

Pursue this a little further by listing as many specific emotions that you feel are related to each of these, and you’ll get a sense of how many shades of expression you’ll be able to explore when you identify them. Read More

Free Webinar Nov 22 – The Wonderful Things Printing Can Do For You & Your Images

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Join me for a free webinar

Tuesday Nov 22 at 1 EST

Here’s a link to the replay!

The Wonderful Things Printing Can Do For You & Your Images

What can prints do for you and your images? Let me count the ways!

Learn what to look for in good prints and how to make yours great.

Find out about the many ways you can use prints to improve your art and its success.

Get my free The Digital Printing Quick Start Guide now.

Hosted by Calibrite in the B&H Event Space.

Click the link below to join the webinar.
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82967781997?pwd=N3BhVWpoWkIwY2ljUndKWWRwWHlqZz09
Passcode: 887027

The Landscape – National Juried Small Works Exhibition

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The Landscape
National Juried Small Works Exhibition
Juror: John Paul Caponigro, Photographic Visual Artist

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Exhibition Dates: November 26, 2022 – January 16, 2023
Reception: Saturday, November 26, 5-7 pm EST
Meet the Juror and Artists on Zoom: December 14, 7 pm EST – Register Here.

This is our tenth annual Small Works exhibition, and each work is affordably sized 13 inches or smaller for your Holiday gift list.

Our juror selected fifty-seven artworks by forty-six national artists working in photography, painting, and mixed media depicting the theme. These personal vistas of our land world include the expanse of outdoor scenery, varied environments and geography, and natural or man-made related landscape subjects.

About the Gallery Exhibition, The Landscape:
Landscape (noun): a picture representing a view of natural land scenery; the landforms of a region in the aggregate; a portion of territory that can be viewed at one time from one place.

Our national juried exhibition welcomes entries of traditional and alternative photography in color or black & white, photo-based works, paintings, mixed media, and small sculptural works depicting the theme, The Landscape. Our Juror will be looking for thought-provoking, creative works expressing the theme with representational or abstract interpretations showcasing the natural land world, the expanse of outdoor scenery, environments, geography, and natural or man-made related landscape subjects.

Aspects to consider: 

compelling abstraction, dramatic compositions, varied vantage points, detailed lines, shades, textures, rich tones, environmental concerns, and expressive scenes.

Aspects to avoid:
people, animals, sunrises, and sunsets unless the physical Landscape is the main focal point of the image or composition.

Discover more at the Alex Ferrone Gallery.

How to Use the Clone, Heal, and Content Aware Remove Healing In Lightroom Classic

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In this video you’ll discover how to use the Clone, Heal, and Content-Aware Remove healing modes in Lightroom Classic to quickly remove dust spots, imperfections and distracting elements in a photograph.

 

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