What you can Look Forward to in YEAR 2 of Your Photographic Journey - now LIFETIME Access!

In Month 13 we are diving into Action Photography. 2 Key Concepts of Action Photography are Firstly, Getting your Subject in Focus at the right moment. We will look at effective methods of getting and keeping your subject in Focus. Secondly, we will look at Freezing your Subject versus using Motion Blur or Streaks to Enhance the feel of Action in your shots.

In Month 14 we are diving into wonderful world of Bird Photography. I will be covering my favorite Bird Photo Tips. Bird photography is a huge area of photography and we will not be covering every aspect but rather looking at some Key tips including Lens choice and Focal Length, support options (for those huge lenses!), Exposure and White balance considerations, Focus, DOF and Shutter Speed Strategies for Sharp Bird Images and wrapping up with Challenging Shots including small active birds and birds in flight.

In Month 15 we go beyond our Skills developed in Month 14 and I show you some Key Areas where you can Improve on your Bird Photos. Although Month 14 had a lot of Tips Specific to Birds, the Topics we cover in this Month are also super useful for Wildlife Photos in General. A dramatic way to increase your quality of Bird Photos is to Get Closer - in the First Week, we look at Tips to get Physically Closer and in Week 2 we look at Getting More Reach with your lenses using Teleconverters so we can have the Bird larger in the frame. In Week 3, we will cover Key Composition Guidelines and Cropping for more pleasing Bird photos and in the final week I will show you Key Edits to enhance your Bird photos in Adobe Lightroom (including a couple of Free Presets to get you started).

In Month 16 we take on Portrait Retouching in both Adobe Lightroom and Adobe Photoshop. A lot of Photo Retouching can be achieved with Lightroom alone but there are some advanced Techniques that require a trip into Photoshop. A Full retouching Course would take many weeks so I will be covering the 80:20 - the 20% of methods that yield 80% of the results. We will deal with getting the Color and Tone we want in Adobe Lightroom and then enhancements and fixes including Spot removal, Skin smoothing as well as eye and teeth improvements. In the last 2 weeks we look at how Photoshop does similar retouching with a different approach and advanced techniques such as Frequency Separation.

In Month 17 we look at the fascinating topic of Time Lapse. Time Lapse is a method of creating Videos out of Photos (or compressing video footage) to speed up time. Although video is the final output it is based on Photography and uses the skills we have in setting up photos. In this Month we will look at the Methods of taking Time Lapse series starting with an Overview in Week 1 and then practical application on creating Static (non moving camera) and Dynamic (moving camera) Time Lapses in Week 2 and 3, and finally in Week 4 we look at methods and software options for creating our final Time Lapse Movie.

In Month 18 we dive into Black and White Photography and more specifically Black and White Conversion. Black and White photography is really gray scale with tones from pure white to pure black in the image. In this Month, I will introduce you to Black and White Conversion showing you why starting with a Color image gives you much more processing power, the Zone System to explain Tonal Range, as wee as some key methods to Convert to Black and White using Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop.

In Month 19 we look at Panoramas, a way to create a Dramatic image by stretching beyond the usual aspect ratios. I will show you 2 main reasons for Panoramas and how you can 'harvest' them out of your current collection ('Hidden' Panoramas). We will look at the Simplest method for generating Panoramas including often overlooked Vertical Panoramas. In the last 2 weeks I will demonstrate best practices for capturing images for Panoramas and how to stitch them together in software.

In Month 20 we look at the Fun Topic of Special Effects Photos. There are some interesting effects you can get with Photos - some in camera and some using some using software like Photoshop. I cover a few favorite Special Effects Photography techniques in this month including 2 Methods of removing Moving People from your scenes (Disappearing People!), classic Light Painting, Creating Clones, and finally Levitation!