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Photography is so much more than Pixels

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Don't know if it's because Christmas is on the horizon, but this evening sat here at my computer replying to emails I felt compelled to look at family photographs.

Saw this one of my Grandad. Loved him. Opened it in Photoshop and after a few minutes of making edits, immediately it made me think about how important Photography is and how much good we're able to do with it.

Photography is so much more than Pixels.


We can spend a lot of money and time striving for the perfect photograph, but what exactly is that?

I remember presenting at The Professional Imaging Show in The Netherlands a few years back, all about "The Importance of Photography" when at the end of my presentation I was approached by an attendee who had clearly been crying.

He went on to tell me that the last photograph he took of his Dad (who had since passed) ended up being blurred and out of focus.; he was devastated that of all the times to 'mess up' (his words) it was then.

I got it. I totally understood why he was upset but trying to help I asked him ... "What do you see when you look at that blurred photograph? Is your Dad blurred when you see him in your mind?

"No" he answered.

”Then that is the most important thing of all. Of course we all want the sharpest, best composed pictures with great colours, but the most important thing here is that in your head you picture your Dad and in your head that picture isn't blurred, and that will always be the way when you look at THAT photograph.”

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HOW I EDIT theseiPhone Photographs in Lightroom

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This is a recorsing of a LIVE Stream that I hosted on YouTube and Facebook on Sunday 29th October 2023 …

Join me for this LIVE stream as I go through the editing step sin Lightroom of some iPhone Portrait and Seascape photographs taken during a recent North Wales Road Trip …

***NOTE: The LIVE Feed cut off moments before the end of the broadcast however all relevant content was covered and all mentioned links are in the video description

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Dave Cross chats with Photoshop Virtual Summit 5 Instructors

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With just over 4 weeks to go until the Photoshop Virtual Summit 5 which runs from 30th October thru 3rd November 2023 …

You can also use the link above to check out the page on the official website where the Founder and Organiser, Dave Cross, chats with each of us instructors for a couple of minutes about the classes we'll be presenting; ALWAYS more to learn

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Seriously ? ... Photoshop can do that ?

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This past Sunday ( 17th ) I hosted another of my weekly LIVE Broadcasts, but this time (and for the first time) streamed to YouTube AND Facebook thanks to having had the new Ultra Fast Fribre Broadband installed.

During the broadcast I went through 3 Photoshop techniques: one showing how to use Auto Blend Layers for Face-Swaps but that can also be used in very practical and useful situations, a Dodging and Burning technique to create Pine Skirting Board that looks like it has been carved and finally how to use the Remove Tool when working on skin.

Here’s the recording hosted over on my YouTube Channel …

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IT DOESN'T GET EASIER THAN THIS 🥹 Mobile Photography and COMPLETE Editing Workflow

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Here's the recording of last nights YouTube LIVE where I went through the capture and edit of a recent seascape long exposure using my iPhone 14 Pro Max, ReeXpose, Lightroom and Photoshop.

Also covered some of my 'wishes' for the iPhone 15 Pro Max ... or whatever it will be called 😃 and how the change (I hope) to USB-C will make a HUGE difference to the mobile workflow, especially when travelling and away from good internet speeds.

© Glyn Dewis 2024