![]() Learn how these images were created in our current tutorials Welcome to our online photography and post-production tutorials for photographers. Here you will find extensive written and video tutorials, video critiques, and Mini-PSDs, all written and presented by internationally renowned photographer, author and educator, David J. Nightingale. Our tutorials and other resources cover a broad range of topics from how to optimise your initial exposures, through converting your RAW files, to how transform your photographs into powerful and compelling images during post-production and the majority of our tutorials include a set of downloadable Photoshop files that contain all the adjustment layers that were used to transform the original image. The tutorials are designed to be accessible, to both novice and experienced users. The only prior knowledge you need is some understanding of the Curves tool one of Photoshop's most useful and powerful tools. We provide a detailed explanation of this tool in our FREE introductory tutorial on Tonal Range and the Curves tool.
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In the first section of each video we look at the various changes that were made to the supplied image, and talk through both the technical and aesthetic merit of each change. In the second part I either rework these changes or reprocess the image from the original RAW file to produce a new version. In addition to the QuickTime video you will also be able to download my version of the image, the original PSD file (both at a resolution of around 1000px wide) and the photographer's notes for each image. I should also mention that my versions are recorded live, hopefully in one take! I work through the image from start to finish rather than just explaining a set of pre-existing adjustment layers. VIEW THE FULL LIST OF CRITIQUE SLOT SCREENCASTS HERE |
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![]() | Black and White: part two 30 comments In each section we discuss the strengths and weakness of each technique (from both a technical and aesthetic point of view) by reference to four example images, each of which can each be downloaded from the members area. READ MORE ABOUT THIS VIDEO TUTORIAL HERE duration: 1h 3m 42s |
![]() | Luminosity masking: part two 5 comments In this part of the series we will focus on luminosity painting: a technique that provides an even greater degree of fine scale control over the tonal balance of different areas of your images. Both parts were co-written with Tony Kuyper, a recognised authority in this field. READ MORE ABOUT THIS TUTORIAL HERE |
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![]() | Working with textures: part one 17 comments If you would like to see some examples of Michaels work, you can do so here: http://www.regnierphotography.com/ READ MORE ABOUT THIS TUTORIAL HERE |
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![]() | Photoshop for night photography 16 comments In addition this tutorial also discusses a range of technical considerations relevant to shooting at night. These include: focussing (a non-trivial task when shooting in the dark), setting ISO, determining the correct exposure, and noise reduction. READ MORE ABOUT THIS TUTORIAL HERE |
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![]() | LAB Color mode: part two 15 comments The specific topics covered include how to:
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![]() | High Dynamic Range images: part two 9 comments The specific topics covered include:
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![]() | Digital workflow: part two 11 comments In this section we cover three main topics. First, we discuss choosing a workflow model; i.e. whether to use a range of stand-alone packages or an integrated solution such Aperture or Lightroom. Second, we briefly discuss importing, categorising and organising your images. Third, we cover a variety of techniques you can use to help you decide which of your images to work with, and which to delete. READ MORE ABOUT OUR DIGITAL WORKFLOW SERIES HERE |
![]() | High Dynamic Range images: part one 13 comments In short, we learn that our camera has limitations and that it cans always capture the scene as we see it. So, we stop trying to take impossible shots, and concentrate instead on doing the best job we can with equipment whose limitations we have learnt to accommodate. In this tutorial we will discuss a variety of techniques your can employ to circumvent the limitations of your equipment and produce those impossible shots. The specific topics covered include:
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![]() | An introduction to Lab Color Mode 40 comments
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Both of these techniques can transform a mundane portrait into something much more powerful READ MORE ABOUT THIS TUTORIAL HERE |
![]() | Toning colour images 27 comments In this Photoshop tutorial we will explore these aesthetic limitations in a bit more detail before moving on to discuss a variety of tools and techniques you can employ to tone your colour images. This will include a discussion of the Channel Mixer, the Selective Color tool and the Curves tool. We will also discuss the merits of selectively toning specific areas of an image to increase their overall impact READ MORE ABOUT THIS TUTORIAL HERE |
![]() | Black and white: part one 17 comments In this Photoshop tutorial we will be discussing three further methods of creating black and white images. The first uses the Channel Mixer tool, which offers a much greater degree of control over the appearance of the final image, and the second using Lab Color mode and the Lightness channel is a great technique for producing black and white portraits. We will conclude the tutorial with a brief discussion of the new Black and White tool, introduced with Photoshop CS3 READ MORE ABOUT THIS TUTORIAL HERE |
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About us
Chromasia Training limited is a sister company to Chromasia Limited (a fine arts and commercial photographic company run by David and Libby Nightingale) and specialises in all aspects of photographic training and post-production.
Libby is the companys Commercial Director and recently won the Business Start-up of the Year category of the Northwest Women in Business Awards 2009. She was also a recent finalist in the Outstanding Woman in Business Award category in the ABF Tiger Awards, 2008.
David formerly worked as a senior lecturer in a UK university but is now a full-time Director of the company. They live in Blackpool, a seaside resort in the North West of England, and have six children at home, all of whom have appeared regularly in their childrens portraiture gallery.
In recent years he has worked on various international commissions, and has provided Photoshop and photographic training to both amateurs and professionals in the UK and at the annual Gulf Photo Plus training events in Dubai. He is also an instructor for the Perfect Picture School of Photography in the US, and has contributed to Digital SLR User, a UK digital photography magazine.
For up-to-the minute news, tips and other information, check out our blog, and follow him on Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and LinkedIn.
David has also written three books: Baby Photography Now (published by The Ilex Press in the UK and Lark Books in the US); Practical HDR, which was published by The Ilex Press in the UK and Focal Press in the US; and Extreme Exposure which was published by The Ilex Press in the UK and Amphoto in the US in the second quarter of 2010.
His work has been featured in numerous national and international magazines and websites, and his blog has won a variety of awards. These include:
Further information about the blog can be seen here.
Registered address Chromasia Training Limited, 17 Victoria Road East, Thornton Cleveleys, Lancashire FY5 5HT, UK
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You make it all seem so easy David and the clear step by step process really helps to explain how it's the incremental little, basic changes, make all the difference in the final complete image. Great as always.
Justin
A crystal-clear tutorial for a novice like me.Thank you very much.
Kevin
Very well presented. I consider myself an advanced Photoshop user, and there is information here I will find useful. The ability to download and view the layered files is crucial the difference between the original and end result in Image 4 is staggering.
duncmc
Absolutely superb tutorial David, well set out and very easy to follow. I've learnt such a tremendous amount already and am really looking forward to the others.
Roger
This is an excellent tutorial. I am by no means a neophyte when it comes to using Photoshop to process my images, but I had always wondered about the toning effects I have seen on Chromasia. There are some techniques here that I really hadn't used or seen tutorials for, so this was definitely worthwhile!
Dave
It is a rare treat that a photographer that produces such outstanding pieces of art, would also be able to produce such a wonderfully presented and explained tutorial. I've been a photographer for years, but have never really used Photoshop. As with any tutorial, if you are already in the knowledge about the subject then it is bound to seem too simple - but for me, to be able to see your examples of turning a "normal" photo into another Chromasia photo is magic.
Lee Oades
This has been worth waiting for. Like many people, I can follow the step by step process with sample pictures and understand the techniques involved. I then open one of my own and wonder what I should do first, adding curves and other layers at random without really understanding what I want to achieve. I've often looked at David's original and final pictures and thought "How did he visualise it ending up like that?" With this tutorial you've got me thinking a different way towards an end result rather than a series of random adjustments.
Steve
Another superb tutorial David, clear, concise and perfectly described. Definitely one of the best ever on HDR and Photomatix.
Rog
Awesome tutorial Dave. My lifetime subscription is already looking like pretty good value!
Fred
These have been truly a joy to go through. I especially appreciate that you reinforce the concepts as you go along. Thanks for being a good steward of your gifts.
brooks
In this, your third (2nd subscription) tutorial, I very much enjoy 'getting inside your head'. Reading about the process of discovery, the trial and error, and of course a down to Earth description of the different Photoshop tools, has helped me in ways no other book or tutorial has.
Eric
Very valuable stuff covered here Dave, the layout is simple to follow and a great insight to improving images, very much worth the subscription. All the best.
mal
Thanks a ton for your tutorials. It's a boon for people at the other end of the globe who actually can't attend your classes. Waiting for more.
Seema
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