Description

In this workshop, we are going to deep dive into the world of flower photography. We are going to cover the basics to get you on good footing and then we are going to push the boundaries to help you see outside the box. *This workshop also includes 2 bonus mini workshops – Photography Basics and Texture Basics.

**The video workshops come with Online access and you can download videos to keep.

Check out what students have been saying in our group about this workshop:

“Loving the workshop. “
“I may be hooked on freelensing I keep telling myself, Just one more shot..”
“Creative Flowers Workshop. Fluttering Petals technique. This workshop has stirred something in me.”
“So. I did my back yard homework and the winner is the 180mm macro lens. To my surprise, the 50mm with extension tube came in a close second, just ahead of the 100mm macro that has been with me since film days. The mirrorless zoom with close-up filter and the phone were not even in the running.”
“My first try from the Let’s Get Creative With Flowers workshop!!! So much to learn..Loving it..”

Let’s Get Creative With Flowers Workshop:

1 PDF guide – a great companion guide to go along with your workshop videos.

1 Bonus Texture Collection – Beautiful Light – 12  – exclusive to this workshop – textures for you to experiment with.

Source files – I have included 26 of my original photos from this workshop for you to follow along with me on the edits and 9 additional textures from the sets on my site that I use in this workshop!

42 Videos – with approx 6 hours of learning

• We will cover the equipment I use and some inexpensive alternatives to much of the equipment I love.
• I give you an in-depth look at my go-to lenses and show you lots of photo examples to give you a good idea what each lens might do for you when you are out shooting.
• We will take several field trips – come along with me to some of my favorite places to capture flowers including your own yard, your neighborhood, the botanical gardens, your local garden center, a field of flowers, an aquatic farm, and a wholesale market.  I show you what I look for and give you my thoughts and ideas while I am there and what flowers shots I might try to capture.
• I show you one of my favorite techniques I do with my cheap 50mm lens that lets you really get creative in camera shots with Freelensing.
• We will take a look at focus stacking and how easy this technique is in photoshop.
• I go through the photos we captured and give you my thoughts on them and my basic editing process in Lightroom.
• I will show you my workflow in Lightroom for getting some great black n white edits.
• I will show you my favorite, creative, “faux” double-exposure technique that I love that will give your flowers some dynamic movement and add some extra excitement to your photo in Photoshop.
• We will look at an easy way to add painterly effects to your photos with Topaz Impressions.
• We will also go into using textures in your photos to add another dimension to your photos and really elevate them into some beautiful photographic art. I am using Photoshop for this process but you are welcome to do these in any program that you are using that allows for layers such as Photoshop Elements, On1, Topaz Texture Effects, Lightroom with the use of a plug in like Topaz or On1, Gimp and more.

This workshop is packed full of good sound advice and practical information to help you get the most creative uses out of your equipment and really push your photography further.

Photography Basics workshop:

1 PDF guide – a great companion guide to go along with your workshop videos.

11 Videos – with approx 1 hour of learning

In this workshop, we are going to cover all the basics you are going to need to get your camera off of auto and really feel comfortable using the different settings you are going to need when you go out shooting!

• I show you a look at the equipment I use.
• We take a good look at ISO, Shutter Speed, and Aperture and how they all relate to giving you a well-exposed photo.
• We talk about how to get the “blur” in your photo.
• We go over Exposure Compensation, White Balance, Planes of Focus, and Lighting.
• We also talk about when using Auto Focus is good and when you should switch over to Manual Focus.

When you are finished with this workshop you will be more familiar with the basics, what they mean to you when you are out taking photos, and how to better use them to create photos you will love.

Texture Basics workshop:

1 PDF guide – a great companion guide to go along with your workshop videos.

9 Videos – with approx 35 minutes of learning

In this workshop, we are going to cover all the basics for using textures in your photos. While using textures isn’t necessary for you to get beautiful creative flower photography – it is another tool in your creative tool box that you might consider to give your photos that extra dimension and excitement that sometimes only a texture can add.

• I will show you what to look for when you are shooting photos for the intention to add textures.
• What photos work best for adding textures.
• How to organize your textures.
• How to place a texture on your photo, using a layer mask, removing texture from your subject and still retaining the tones
• How to manipulate the texture to better suit your photo
• And we go into Blend Modes and Layer Opacities.

After going through this video series you will be able to start using and manipulating textures like a pro.

Once you make your purchase – your course will be available for you immediately. You will access your course under the “my courses” tab up top under the “my account” tab.

You must be logged in to view your course. All of the videos are available for download for you to keep. I provide a Vimeo link below each video – which will allow you to access the Vimeo video page for your download options.