Grab a FREE PASS for the Lightroom Virtual Summit 2022

I'm genuinely thrilled to announce that I’ll be teaching at the Lightroom Virtual Summit 2022, on October 3rd thru 7th, 2022, and that registration is open so you can grab a FREE PASS now …

October 3 - 7, 2022
15 expert instructors teaching 45 classes - over 33 hours of content! … and you can watch it for free!

After the success of the first Lightroom Summit, I’m genuinely over the moon to be teaching alongside a great line-up of instructors: Anthony Morganti, Ben Willmore, Chris Orwig, Colin Smith, Daniel Gregory, Jared Platt, Jesús Ramirez, Kristina Sherk, Lisa Carney, Matt Kloskowski, Nicole Young, Rob Sylvan, Sean McCormack, and Tim Grey.

The change this year too is that we’re all doing 3 classes each!

All classes are free to watch for a 48 period once they go live, and there's an optional VIP Pass available for purchase that gives you lifetime access to the recordings of all classes, along with audio recordings, instructor-provided class notes and exclusive bonuses.

You can get all the details and see the descriptions of all the classes right here: LINK

If the first Lightroom Summit is anything to go by, this is going to be an amazing week!

Hope to see you there … virtually of course 😃

✅ My FAVOURITE technique for MATCHING SKIN TONE using Photoshop

The BEST way to learn is by experimenting and playing, so in this video I show how we can use a simple Curves Adjustment technique and a little bit of Masking to Match Skin Tone between two different people and have fun giving an Instant 6 Pack! 😃

📷 EDITING in LIGHTROOM is getting FASTER and EASIER !!!

With all the recent updates to Lightroom including Presets and Masking, we're able to edit our images FASTER and EASIER than ever before!

In this video I quickly go through the editing / retouching steps from a recent landscape / seascape photo shoot using my drone from capture, blending, changing perspective, colour grading and printing…

💡 This is how I ADD a BACKGROUND LIGHT or SPOTLIGHT into my pictures using PHOTOSHOP

So today (after having had a Direct Message and request come through Instagram) I have recorded and uploaded a new video showing how to add a Backlight / Spotlight into your pictures; a great technique if...

a) You didn't have the space to use other light during the photo shoot
b) You had a light but didn't use...and now wish you had
c) You didn't have another light at the time

In this technique I make use of a (very) quick selection and a Levels Adjustment Layer​, and the result is VERY effective.

Hope you like it,
Glyn

❓WHO is Glyn Dewis and WHAT is this CHANNEL❓

At the beginning of the year, one of my priorities and things I wanted to spend more time on developing was my YouTube Channel, and over the past (almost) 6 months I've thoroughly enjoyed it.

I'm having so much fun putting videos together the way that is 'me' and each week learning and trying something new to add to the production value.

One thing that's been missing though is a Trailer; something that in 60 seconds or less tells folks that haven't subscribed, the WHO, WHAT, WHERE, WHY, WHEN and HOW of me and what the Channel is all about, but yesterday I put some time aside and did it…

Hope you like it 😉

✅ SUPERB technique for REMOVING STUFF in your pictures and making it DISAPPEAR

This is a SUPERB way to remove distractions in your photographs. In this video I'll show you step by step how to get superb results removing stuff like people and vehicles (or anything else that moves) quick and easy using Smart Objects and Stack Modes, that would be impossible using regular tools in Photoshop like the Clone Stamp Tool and Content Aware Fill.

💥 DOING THIS will REDUCE NOISE in your pictures: CLEVER feature in Photoshop 👊

This is such a great technique in for reducing / removing noise in your photographs using Photoshop, no matter what camera you took with them.

No Filters. No Plug Ins. No Magic Settings. Just a great use of technology already in Photoshop...you just need to know where to find it!

Enjoy,
Glyn

The technique takes knowing your camera and at what ISO noise would appear but. It can be used on scenes and also people (not moving). Great for Astro reducing noise in the skies that high ISO would introduce.

Some folks have said why not just use a low ISO and drag the shutter? Fair comment for 'some' situations but when photographing a person you obviously wouldn't want to do that; best to take the required shots in burst / continuous which could be done in less than a second in most cameras these days as opposed to using a low ISO and getting the subject to stand like a mannequin for a prolonged period of time.

Also great for those times when a tripod can't be used in a Church for example. You could handhold a burst of photographs at high ISO then use this technique to reduce / remove the noise.

So much you can do with this technique that I'll be do in some videos in the coming weeks 👍

I DID IT 🌳 I used my DRONE to photograph this INCREDIBLE Lone Tree (Settings + Editing)

Using a Drone for Photography is FANTASTIC! So many new and unique compositions!

In this video I finally photograph an incredible tree that would have been impossible to do on foot BUT thanks to my Drone it became possible! I go through the Drone Camera settings and then dive into Lightroom to create a HDR and finally into Photoshop and jump in and out of Topaz Studio 2 to create a painterly effect.

Hope you enjoy it
Glyn

😳 SELECTIONS in Photoshop: HOW? WHY? did I NOT KNOW this???

If you make selections in Photoshop this is GOLD!

There's ALWAYS something new to learn in Photoshop no matter how many years you've been using it.

Here's something I DID NOT KNOW when using the SHIFT KEY to add to a selection…

👁👁 TRY THIS to add LIFE to EYES and make them POP using Photoshop

Here's one of my favourite techniques for Bringing Eyes to Life and making them POP!

One layer that can Brighten, Colourise and Add Contrast PLUS a GREAT way to add sharpening…