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			Trey Ratcliff, best known for his Stuck In Customs website, has produced over 11 hours of video lessons covering photography, HDR and post-processing of digital images to achieve this popular hyper-realistic look. The nine video tutorial lessons (aimed at beginners and moving into intermediate and advanced topics) cover all the information you need about how to do not just HDR, but many other innovative and fun post-processing techniques. Over 130 source working files are included (in the best packages). All material is available for immediate download! Course topics and details You can consume as much or as little as you like! Even though the whole package is a little overkill in terms of content, it’s nice to know that there is more depth there when you are ready for it. The lectures Trey thinks it is important for you to understand the “thinking process” as well as the “photography process”, so he spends the first part of every session talking about the thinking that goes into everything he does, from composition to critiques. Andrea, who helped Trey out with the original webcast event, got a lot of positive feedback about these sessions. She noted: “While the training on photography and post-processing with Trey are inspiring, and are certain to take your photography to the next level, I think the lectures in the beginning of each session are even more valuable. To be able to hear from an artist, in his own words, the thought processes behind his work is a mind & eye-opening experience.” Lesson 1 topics • Challenging your photography premises • The importance of a deep knowledge of photography so there is no fragility • Overcoming the unknown problems and a different approach • Why I don’t teach in a step-by-step way • Getting outside of the photography bubble • The magic of this sort of photography and how people experience the magic • Demos – The overall workflow. A quick demo that shows all the steps I go through when making a photo. • Q&A – What mistakes do you see people commonly making when creating an HDR photo? JPG vs. TIFF in workflow? Lesson 2 topics • The forums and the experience of learning together. • Autobracketing • How to set up a NIkon • How to set up a Canon • Taking the photos – settings • When to use 3+ brackets • Bracketing versus RAW files • Demos – 3 different Photomatix processing examples • Q&A – Composing for HDR photos, color space, the importance of megapixels in cameras, the histogram Lesson 3 topics • How and why to share your photos online • How to take criticism and how what to expect • Don’t let the technical side of things over-influence the artistic side • Demos – Critiques Critiques Critiques. Also how to make short cuts. Plus double-tone mapping demo. • Q&A – Do I need a wide angle lens? Chromatic aberration fixing? Lesson 4 topics • Layers and post-processing • The Pixel Peeping SS, the CA Police, and the Noise Gestapo • A new way to think about Chromatic Aberration and Noise • How the eye works and how Photomatix gets some of it right • Where Photomatix breaks down • How we remember Impressions rather than photos • Demos – Layers in Photoshop and Layers in Elements + some Silver Efex Pro and Photomatix • Q&A – Are you afraid of your images getting copied online? How do you take photos without people in them? When you go out, do you plan to take HDR Photos? How can I get my photos to have that WOW factor? Lesson 5 topics • Composition and setting up for shots • Using color in composition • Wide angle and lens choice for composition • Demos – Creating and cropping a too-wide photo from London • Q&A – How do you get rid of noise at night (2 demos shown)? What about getting releases? How do I hide/show layers? Lesson 6 topics • How to not be intimidated • How most people in the world are pretending • What Photomatix is good and bad at • Demos – Countless Photomatix processing sessions including several single RAW photos. Also a full alpha to omega single RAW file. • Q&A – How do you make a blog post (a full example shown)? Extreme low light situations? How do you get into the “flow” of photography? The idea of oversaturation vs. rich colors? How do you get press passes? What do you do in extremely low light situations? Lesson 7 topics • Learning by guessing, trying, and making mistakes • My forest image and a challenge to guess how it was created • Many many tools • Demos – Three complete demos, and demos showing several different tools • Q&A – What should be the next thing I buy for my camera (wide-angle or flash)? Batch processing in LR? Putting a Nikon lens on a Canon body? Lesson 8 topics • The business of photography (discussed a bit in the Q&A period) • Sharing your work with the community even though you are not sure about what you are doing • The good kind of stress • Demos – Three more complete post=processing demos of various lighting conditions and issues. • Q&A – What is the purpose of Lightroom? How do you do backups? How do you create a collection? Color correction after Photomatix? How do you pay for travel? Lesson 9 topics • Breakdown of the forest photo • Correcting the Louvre photo • How to find new thoughts by examining and studying other photos. • Demos – Three new photos that show advanced techniques. • Q&A – Lightroom and Bridge. He uses a LOT of keywords – does he just create those on the fly or use some other technique? Was the shuttle picture an HDR or single picture? Why doesn’t Trey just use the Dodge tool to lighten it up rather than mask in another scene? What camera does Trey recommend nikon D3X or D3S? Please keep in mind this is for an all around photographer and not just landscape, but also for stuff like weddings too? why does Trey use Bridge as part of his processing regime? •When you “combine” the layers, is it the same as to “flatten” the image? Why would noise reduction help hand holding, rather than “align images”? Why doesn’t he simply drag the photos into Photomatix? How many catalogues does Trey use in Lightroom? Does he create a new catalogue for each trip or location? All Stuck In Customs products have a 100% money-back guarantee.
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