Tutorials & articles on photography

  

Zen & the art of learning photography

Articles / Ben Heys

  I hesitate a little to use this title as “Zen & the art of xxxxx” has been used to death after the very (VERY) good book by Pirsig in the 70′s. However I just wrote this article and realised that most of what I was saying in it... Read More ››

Raw to ready – photoshop basic edit walk through

Articles / James QH / Photoshop / Video tutorials

Photoshop tutorial basic image editing of raw… by artofimagery   (note, the hosting of this video has re-compressed it and made it well blurry, right click to download the sharper, high quality version here)   Today sees our first tutorial on this site not my own, hopefully the first... Read More ››

Why adjustment layers are crap

Articles / Ben Heys

Ok, they aren’t really.  In fact they are very good, they have lots of advantages over working directly on the image, and on pixel layers.  I know many professional photographers and graphic designers that swear by them, I also know others (including myself) that use them only rarely and... Read More ››

Natural beauty – full photoshop video walkthrough

Articles / Ben Heys / Photoshop / Video tutorials

Today we have a special treat, the first ever free AoI video tutorial, below you will find an a to z full image retouch and enhance with me talking you through my process. It moves a bit fast and so isn’t particularly suitable to beginners, unless you want to... Read More ››

A beautiful sunset – nude photography tutorial

Articles / Behind the scenes / Ben Heys / Tutorials

Ok, this isn’t the best behind the scenes shot ever taken for a nude photography tutorial. It does however show everything it has to show for training purposes.  That being a glimpse behind the scenes of exactly how I set up for the “A beautiful sunset” photo series. It... Read More ››

Water splash – behind the scenes photography tutorial

Articles / Behind the scenes / Ben Heys / Tutorials / Video tutorials

Ok, here we have a behind the scenes picture of the lighting setup for one of my favourite shoots of all time: my first water throw shoot with Jacinta. First off a word about the setup. You don’t really want to be throwing water around a photographic studio, for... Read More ››

10 rules to finding models online

Articles / Ben Heys

Every model in the image above I found online, all in all I’ve shot perhaps 150-200 different models and about 95% of them were sourced online. In this article, the first of many tutorials I’ll be writing for Art of Imagery, I’m going to talk about how to go... Read More ››