When I think about rescuing a trancendental moment...an instant in time, I also think about the infinite number of moments in time and space that I can not rescue and preserve.
Hi Steven. Thank you for such a great informative presentation. This really helped me to understand their composition and apply it to my photography. I've been trying to find out what the Dutch Masters used for their color palette and would like to emulate this in my landscape photography during post processing. Can you recommend a good resource that describes their color palette? Thanks again and your books are wonderful!
Hi, Melissa. Thank you for your note. There are several books on Dutch landscape painters. A very good one with color illustrations is Christopher Wright’s "The Dutch Painters." "Masters of 17th Century Dutch Landscape Painting" by Peter Sutton is also good. When you look at reproductions of paintings online or even in a well-produced book, know that the colors and contrasts are usually far from accurate. Nothing substitutes for seeing these masterpieces in person.
Many painters from that era used similar techniques. They would use an ochre- or umber-based medium warm-toned ground for their base color, building their painting over that layer. Many used a series of thin glazes so that light would pass through the glazes, hit the warm-tone base, and reflect back up to the surface. This gave the paintings a luscious glow. You can achieve this quality in several ways. (1) When you shoot, you can set your camera white balance to over 7000K, which will definitely warm up your photo. This is especially helpful when you are dealing with an overcast sky - like many of the Dutch landscape painters had to do. (2) In Camera Raw, you can increase the warmth of your image by carefully manipulating the Temperature and Color Mixer controls. (3) Photoshop also has tools for selectively warming the image. Be careful in doing these manipulations. It can get overdone very easily. Start by securing the tonality and density of the highlights. Make sure the warm tonality is neither too red/magenta nor too yellow. Note, too, that the contrast range in many Dutch landscapes is relatively narrow. Typically, shadows are cool because they lack direct sunlight. However, the shadows in Dutch landscapes are usually not rendered in such cool tones. You can achieve this in Photoshop by warming the shadows in Color Balance. I hope this helps.
@@stevenbrookephotography This is very helpful!! You are incredibly knowledgeable in this area. I will look for these books you recommended. Especially Christopher Wright's The Dutch Painters. I'm going to take pictures of my ochre and umber oil colors and try to match that in PS with the eyedropper. Great suggestions to achieve this in-camera or PS. I will try each one and see what seems to work the best. I know it will be impossible to replicate their paintings in-camera or PS but I'd like to try. I've been to the National Gallery in London and have seen some of the Masters painting. They are amazing and as you mentioned, there is no substitute. Thanks again! Look forward to more video presentations. Melissa
This is the best education photography channel I've watched so far.
I am so pleased to hear this. Thank you for your note.
Exactly what I was looking for. Which artist and what to study. Thank you 🙏
Steven, thank you!!!
Thank you ❤ Absolutely brilliant 😊
Steven, thank you for sharing your great depth of knowledge on this subject.
You’re very welcome, Nick.
These videos are superb! Thank you so much!
When I think about rescuing a trancendental moment...an instant in time, I also think about the infinite number of moments in time and space that I can not rescue and preserve.
Thank you, good detailed tutorial. I need to watch it again, possibly a couple more times, to let this sink in.
Thank you Alan. After decades of study it is still sinking in.
Please add subtitles for this video. Thank you for your marvelous videos!
wonderful, thank you
Excellent video! I've struggled with 'reverse-engineering' the composition some of the great landscape masters used. This video is GREAT!
Excellent presentation Steve. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience with us.
Thank you, Jay.
Hi Steven. Thank you for such a great informative presentation. This really helped me to understand their composition and apply it to my photography. I've been trying to find out what the Dutch Masters used for their color palette and would like to emulate this in my landscape photography during post processing. Can you recommend a good resource that describes their color palette? Thanks again and your books are wonderful!
Hi, Melissa. Thank you for your note.
There are several books on Dutch landscape painters. A very good one with color illustrations is Christopher Wright’s "The Dutch Painters." "Masters of 17th Century Dutch Landscape Painting" by Peter Sutton is also good.
When you look at reproductions of paintings online or even in a well-produced book, know that the colors and contrasts are usually far from accurate. Nothing substitutes for seeing these masterpieces in person.
Many painters from that era used similar techniques. They would use an ochre- or umber-based medium warm-toned ground for their base color, building their painting over that layer. Many used a series of thin glazes so that light would pass through the glazes, hit the warm-tone base, and reflect back up to the surface. This gave the paintings a luscious glow.
You can achieve this quality in several ways. (1) When you shoot, you can set your camera white balance to over 7000K, which will definitely warm up your photo. This is especially helpful when you are dealing with an overcast sky - like many of the Dutch landscape painters had to do. (2) In Camera Raw, you can increase the warmth of your image by carefully manipulating the Temperature and Color Mixer controls. (3) Photoshop also has tools for selectively warming the image.
Be careful in doing these manipulations. It can get overdone very easily. Start by securing the tonality and density of the highlights. Make sure the warm tonality is neither too red/magenta nor too yellow. Note, too, that the contrast range in many Dutch landscapes is relatively narrow. Typically, shadows are cool because they lack direct sunlight. However, the shadows in Dutch landscapes are usually not rendered in such cool tones. You can achieve this in Photoshop by warming the shadows in Color Balance. I hope this helps.
@@stevenbrookephotography This is very helpful!! You are incredibly knowledgeable in this area. I will look for these books you recommended. Especially Christopher Wright's The Dutch Painters. I'm going to take pictures of my ochre and umber oil colors and try to match that in PS with the eyedropper. Great suggestions to achieve this in-camera or PS. I will try each one and see what seems to work the best.
I know it will be impossible to replicate their paintings in-camera or PS but I'd like to try. I've been to the National Gallery in London and have seen some of the Masters painting. They are amazing and as you mentioned, there is no substitute. Thanks again! Look forward to more video presentations. Melissa
First, try to get the best result you can *in-camera.* Then work on the raw file in Camera Raw, and then fine-tune in Photoshop.
@@stevenbrookephotography Good point. That will make it easier ?? to get the results I'm looking for. Thanks again for ALL your helpful guidance.