Posted June 19th, 2008 by Luke

These are a lot of fun to make. Quite easy when you have the right software, too.
I got the idea from Vincent-B who also shows the basic idea in this video.
He seems to use “Motion” in Final Cut Pro in OSX, while I used After Effects in Windows. There are other programs that stabalize motion [...]
Posted June 12th, 2008 by Luke

In this tutorial I’ll show how I processed this image using the easiest way to darken the sky for dramatic effect and some super-sharpening to bring out more detail in the photo.
The photo I started with was okay, but nothing particularly interesting. The exposure was good, but the real scene was more dramatic. I’ve tried [...]
Tags: darken, dramatic, enhance, filter, graduated, high pass, photo, Photoshop, sharpen, sky, tutorial
Posted June 10th, 2008 by Luke

We had really nice lighting yesterday with the sunlight behind us, going into the darker, stormy weather. I always love that kind of light. Reminds me of Jeffrey Smart’s paintings.
Obviously, the sky wasn’t quite as dramatic as in the photos, but it was a dark sky. The sky usually looks better when it’s darker in [...]
Posted June 2nd, 2008 by Luke

This was kind of fun. A little challenge to make a wallpaper in 5 minutes.
This turned out to be closer to 10 minutes but I was enjoying it. Made using brushes and coloured using a Gradient Map adjustment layer. Size is 1600×1200px.
And a darker version.
Download the PSD file (4mb)