The making of ‘Luminary’
To get between work and home I regularly drive a busy highway and as those who drive highways know, the traffic can often stop for...
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Nov 30, 20152 min read
Wallflower
‘Wallflower’ came into existence because I found this tutorial by Andrei Oprinca, which is a technique I’ve always wanted to try (mainly...
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Nov 23, 20155 min read
How to ‘break the fourth wall’ using Photoshop compositing.
‘Breaking the fourth wall’ is a more a concept than a technique and explains situations when a fictional character acknowledges that they...
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Nov 9, 20152 min read
Jacaranda season in Brisbane
Every September my city (Brisbane, Australia) turns purple when the Jacaranda trees begin to bloom. The purple flowers are feared by...
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Aug 24, 20157 min read
How to fake an underwater photo with Photoshop
How long I’ve wanted to shoot underwater! When girls in pretty dresses are combined with the weightlessness of water the results are...
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Jul 13, 20154 min read
How to create the dispersion / scatter effect with Photoshop.
Photoshop brushes are a brilliant way to add interest to your photos but did you know you can use brushes on layer masks? Say, for...
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Jun 29, 20156 min read
How to use and create Photoshop brushes.
One of Photoshop’s coolest features is the ability to customise and import different brushes. Until now you might only have used...
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Apr 20, 20156 min read
How to lengthen a dress and hair in Photoshop.
A few week’s ago armed with my camera, my mother (who was convinced I was going to get murdered) and a $20 piece of fabric I disappeared...
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Apr 13, 20156 min read
How to photograph floating objects.
Telekenesis seems to me to be the lazy person’s superpower of choice—which is probably why it’s my favourite. Inspired by Roald Dahl’s...
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Apr 6, 20156 min read
How to do levitation photography
I was up in the air about how to start this blog post but then I realised that’s a terrible joke and decided to get on with it. The...
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Mar 9, 20157 min read
How to shoot and edit the Brenizer Method (aka bokehrama, frame expansion, panorama)
The majority of people with a functioning camera will at some point have snapped a panoramic photo—a process that involves swivelling the...
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Feb 2, 20154 min read
Welcome to Exposing Illusions
How often have you looked at a photo and thought, ‘how did they do that?’ Among a sea of selfies and food shots some photographs are so...
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