Two things have blown me away regarding this video. 1. The quality, info and craftsmanship/artmanship (not a word I know but I just claimed it) of producing the end product. Truly amazing! 2. Why there are so many not likes? What is there not to like. It's a great class. Nice job Gary. I'm a fan.
Hi Gary, Thanks for this video. I have a definition of fine art photography,and it is this: If you see a photograph and you just have to buy it to hang it on your wall because it creates an impact in your soul and you know you will enjoy it everytime your eyes fall on it then you have found something which causes the viewer to linger and take the time to comprehend it, it then, is fine art.
FINALLY a channel from an experienced guy who does realistic videos that isnt too much click bait ( I would love to see how to sell your images. What channels you put them on etc, and how you price them. You mentioned you put them on your website, but how do you get people over there?) No fancy pansy guys with over enthusiastic "WHATS UP GUYS!!!" bunch of nonsense.
@@GaryGough that's nice of you. I subscribed! I recently got myself a Sony a7iii and a lens for cheapo. I used to have an old nikon d60, and I have to say it's way more fun now. The images I get is just amazing compared to the old nikon. So much information from the full frame. Still have tons of practice I need, but I would love to able to sell a lucky shot if I make one. Even it's a dollar or 10 I don't mind. But the feeling that someone would pay something for my photos would be amazing :) Keep up the high quality videos. So far I like them a lot.
Gary you are the first person who has been able to describe 'fine art photography' and I think you summed it up perfectly. I have only just discovered you and I am already a fan.
Thank you Gary for sharing your process. I enjoy watching videos like this as its both about a beautiful piece of fine art, and it demonstrates the process of achieving it. I’m with you on your definition of fine art, it’s all about a vision for an image and what a photographer can do to achieve the vision! Thank you for producing great videos and sharing them as you do. Cheers!
Thank you so much Gary, I came across your RUclips by accident but so pleased I did. Extremely helpful even more so as I’m getting bored with my photography at the moment, and I’m definitely interested in Fine Art Photography. Got to learn those shortcuts - brilliant. I have subscribed and will now go to your website. Thank you. Kim
This is what I call Fine Art Photography, a great example and quite minimalist which I love. I just found and enjoyed your video about the pilgrims walk, which led me to this one. I really appreciate the insights into your processing method too. But I can’t resist pointing out something that drives me crazy these days; so many people misquoting that old proverb about the pudding. Correct saying is: “The proof of the pudding is in the eating”. 😊
Hello Gary, Thank you so much for gently share your process and sensibility with us. I am a Brazilian guy who is now coming to your channel. I will subscribe to your channel and learn more from you. When I improve my English I hope to attend a workshop there in Scotland. Problably in 2023. Thanks again.
Been doing this for twenty five years and still love it when someone inspires me. Great video, nicely put together and I personally love the image. Thanks for posting Gary.
Just found this and tutorial and loved it... yes beautiful image and would class this as fine art. Simple and effective.. Ive not used Raw before have always used lightroom....will give this a go. inspired thank you
Great video. It reinforced much of what I already knew but the use of the marquee to move one part of the image to another as an alternative to cloning and healing is a revelation as well as the transform tool used at the bottom edge instead of cropping out unwanted distractions and thus allowing you to maintain the chosen dimensions of the image is a revelation. Thank you for an informative lesson.
Gary, I concur with your definition and others that have commented provide some good nuances to the definition of Fine Art. Thanks for sharing your creativity and insight from the camera through post-processing. I appreciate it.
Hi Gary, I'm a hugh fan of b&w imagery but in this case it's colour all the way for me. Both look fantastic. Great end result. Thanks a million for sharing.
Spending those few extra minutes or hours to get that 1 shot, makes everything worth it. Finally found someone that like myself, prefers minimal tweaking to any picture rather than slap a bunch of presets or filters to create an effect that was never there to begin with. As you say Fine Art Photography is a very thin line, everybody can produce stunning effects with software but where does it stop from crossing that line between creative photography and an artistic image piece?
Best explanation of photography as art that I've heard. Only ever sold a few prints but get what you're saying. The downside is that it looks like I'll have to bite the bullet and learn Ps instead of relying on Lr. Already on my Mac but have tried to ignore it until now!
Wonderful tutorial. This is my first view of your tutorials. It was very helpful. It can be so easy to overdo edits in post-processing. This photo looks great in B&W or the blue color. Love the smooth sea. Very nice. Can't wait to see more. Thank you!
Thoroughly enjoyed the video. I also like your definition of art. I’ve just read your blurb - I thought it was the Fylde coast and I was right. I lived in Blackpool for 30yrs, left in 2013, so they must have located Mary’s Shell after I left or thereabouts. Great piece of sculpture and great image created of it.
Loved that Gary. I picked up a few pointers on using Ps which I'll try in the near future. My preference was for the version of the main picture where there was the blue in the sky. Much the same as I liked the colour version of the wreck at Lytham. You might want to have a go at the riverside wrecks at Fleetwood. Quickest way to find them is to make for ASDA roundabout and across the other side of the road is a MacDonalds burger joint. Walk down that road keeping McD's to your right towards some new build housing on the other side of some lock gates. On the other side of the new builds is the river bank. The nearest wreck is just to the left hidden by a dune. The other wrecks are a couple of hundred yards to the right. Be sure to wear stout wellies or boots, its very slippy most of the time. Fortunately I had my Olympus Pro gear when I went face down in the mud. The camera washed up nicely, my jeans didn't. Enjoy! 😉
Very very informative Gary, I was hooked! Lovely images and very natural flow tutorial, thank you! Loved both images but the colour one was incredible.
Its easy for everyone to believe that everything has been shot or taken before you. So what the need to take the shot again. But photography is about that. Mimicking a shot of another picture or photographer to help find your place in the art, in the field, in the world of photography, the aim is to give you the ability to take it to the next level, in evolution of photography, evolution of yourself, its your photo, of that shot that someone thought of, that bring you to their same wave length. all eyes are different, but are still just eyes. all pictures are different but are still just pictures. A camera's role is to act as bridges between the eyes, the pictures and the minds. fine art achieve this goal.
Well done Gary, loved the vid, as you say" everybody's interpretation of a photo is different and that's what makes it art" i really liked the black and white version of the photo and I'm looking forward to more vids.
All I can say is that your tutorials- "follow along"; is really wonderful. Thanks so much. I just had to subscribe in order to support you and help me. Cheers.
Stunning, always look forward to your videos Gary, In my opinion if an image looks good call it whatever you want, art, landscape portrait. As always Gary fantastic work, thank you for sharing.
Hey Gary, you are a photoshop ninja....!! I’m a Lightroom guy only because photoshop is so hard work and daunting to dive into. It’s not exactly “user friendly”. It reminds me of the old days where a program actually had a template that you put on a keyboard to use the shortcuts (WordPerfect 5 for any other old farts out there, lol). But like all things, the more you use, the easier it gets.... I’m actually on Brendan Van Son workshop in Crete right now and it’s awesome... this guy is incredible!! He’s lived it, dreamed it, and is realising it! I genuinely think that people like him and you (and TH) don’t see the world in the same way anymore... you see life as compositions, light and “fine art”, I for one, is glad you do, so I / we can learn so much!! Cheers bud..!! Jase
Oh that's cool Jason. He won't know me, but please pass on my regards. I like him too. It's great to see somebody so determined to get out there and live life as they want to! Glad you liked my video and thank you for your kind words.
God - Gimp looks just as intimidating when you open it up for the first time, as does PS. It's really just about getting stuck in and learn in bite-size portions.
Hi Gary Ranjo is here I really love your art photo it is great, thanks for all the amazing videos I’m learning quite a lot from you, photoshop is my weakest point. Thanks
Thanks, Gary for your great videos, I'm so glad you say you use photshop not lightroom, I felt I was the only one who can't see why you need lightroom if you use photoshop. Keep up your great work Andy
Not at all Andy. I can still remember when LR was the product you bought if you couldn't afford or justify the cost of PS. Glad you liked the video, thank you
I use Lightroom for cataloguing and faster load time, before exporting to Photoshop for final touches. With tens of thousands of photos, trying to keep them all organized in folders would be a logistical nightmare.
I think that thanks to this video I have finally found my way into photography. Thank you very much. You already have a new follower My best regards from Tenerife.
Really nice video, Gary. This is your first video that I have seen and it is such a beautiful video that I'm immediately subscribing without looking at your other videos first :) You are awesome! Hoping to learn a great deal from you.
Two things have blown me away regarding this video. 1. The quality, info and craftsmanship/artmanship (not a word I know but I just claimed it) of producing the end product. Truly amazing! 2. Why there are so many not likes? What is there not to like. It's a great class. Nice job Gary. I'm a fan.
Hi Gary, Thanks for this video. I have a definition of fine art photography,and it is this: If you see a photograph and you just have to buy it to hang it on your wall because it creates an impact in your soul and you know you will enjoy it everytime your eyes fall on it then you have found something which causes the viewer to linger and take the time to comprehend it, it then, is fine art.
FINALLY a channel from an experienced guy who does realistic videos that isnt too much click bait ( I would love to see how to sell your images. What channels you put them on etc, and how you price them. You mentioned you put them on your website, but how do you get people over there?)
No fancy pansy guys with over enthusiastic "WHATS UP GUYS!!!" bunch of nonsense.
Thank you John, very kind of you to say. I'll be making a follow up video with the some of the questions you raised
@@GaryGough that's nice of you. I subscribed!
I recently got myself a Sony a7iii and a lens for cheapo.
I used to have an old nikon d60, and I have to say it's way more fun now. The images I get is just amazing compared to the old nikon. So much information from the full frame.
Still have tons of practice I need, but I would love to able to sell a lucky shot if I make one. Even it's a dollar or 10 I don't mind. But the feeling that someone would pay something for my photos would be amazing :)
Keep up the high quality videos.
So far I like them a lot.
Gary you are the first person who has been able to describe 'fine art photography' and I think you summed it up perfectly. I have only just discovered you and I am already a fan.
Excellent description of fine art photography. It is exactly what I love to do and still learning how to do.
Thank you
Good Art has 'Aesthetic' which elevates the soul. Bad art is everything else.
One of the best editing videos on YT, hands down.
I enjoyed this video Gary and yes, I agree. It is a Fine Art image and quite beautiful. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you Marie
Awesome work! And you make it look so simple!👍👍👍
Cheers Walter
Excellent stuff as usual, Gary.. Enjoyed your tutorial in PS, so keep em coming. Im going to have to try this out..
Thank you Roger 👍👍
Absolutely beautiful photography 📸
Gary, It is always good to learn some new ways on how to process an image. Thanks, John
You're welcome John 👍🏻👍🏻
Love your work Gary and I agree with the fine art statement as it gives a person whatever creative latitude they need to make a piece of art.
Thank you Keith 👍👍👍👍
Very nice art! And very nice instruction as well! You've given me some great ideas in both areas. Keep your insights coming!
Thank you 👍👍
Just found your site!! I shall be back. Loved watching you work and the picture is first class. In colour it's a picture,in black & white it's art!
Your work is beautiful! Thank you ever so much for sharing your tips!!!
You're welcome Liz. Part 2 to this video is out next week.
Thank you Gary for sharing your process. I enjoy watching videos like this as its both about a beautiful piece of fine art, and it demonstrates the process of achieving it. I’m with you on your definition of fine art, it’s all about a vision for an image and what a photographer can do to achieve the vision! Thank you for producing great videos and sharing them as you do. Cheers!
Love your work Gary! Very artistic and pure. Inspiring.
Thank you kindly
Excellent!!! Love the color version of this show!!!! Thanks!!
Cheers Burt 👍
For as long as I have been shooting photos, I’m starting to learn photography... you are a teacher.
Thank you Howard
You do some brilliant videos Gary, this has to be one of your best ever.
Thank you Steve, very kind 👍🏻
This tutorial is absolute gold....
Very kind, thank you
great vlog and tips Gary, the one with the marquee tool was something new to learn! thanks for that!
Thank you Patrick 👍👍
What a beautiful image. I love the color version.
You are a maverick! thank you for the wonderful titorial.
Thank you 👍👍
Thoroughly enjoyable! I love your tips. Oh and yes, I agree with your definition of fine art photos. Thanks
thank you 👍
Thank you for this video. You are truly an inspiration.
Very kind, thank you
Thank you so much Gary, I came across your RUclips by accident but so pleased I did. Extremely helpful even more so as I’m getting bored with my photography at the moment, and I’m definitely interested in Fine Art Photography. Got to learn those shortcuts - brilliant. I have subscribed and will now go to your website. Thank you. Kim
This is what I call Fine Art Photography, a great example and quite minimalist which I love. I just found and enjoyed your video about the pilgrims walk, which led me to this one. I really appreciate the insights into your processing method too. But I can’t resist pointing out something that drives me crazy these days; so many people misquoting that old proverb about the pudding. Correct saying is: “The proof of the pudding is in the eating”. 😊
Awesome shots ! And the editing process seems super easy ! Will certainly be watching more !
Hello Gary, Thank you so much for gently share your process and sensibility with us. I am a Brazilian guy who is now coming to your channel. I will subscribe to your channel and learn more from you. When I improve my English I hope to attend a workshop there in Scotland. Problably in 2023. Thanks again.
Again, great job Gary! Thank you to share!!
Been doing this for twenty five years and still love it when someone inspires me. Great video, nicely put together and I personally love the image. Thanks for posting Gary.
Cheers Tom, thank you 👍
Just found this and tutorial and loved it... yes beautiful image and would class this as fine art. Simple and effective.. Ive not used Raw before have always used lightroom....will give this a go. inspired thank you
Thanks Jan
Thanks for all those valuable tips. I did not use any shortcuts untill now but will most likely start to learn and incorporate them into my workflow.
Very kind of you to say, thank you
Excellent tutorial, love the image
Thank you xx
Great video. It reinforced much of what I already knew but the use of the marquee to move one part of the image to another as an alternative to cloning and healing is a revelation as well as the transform tool used at the bottom edge instead of cropping out unwanted distractions and thus allowing you to maintain the chosen dimensions of the image is a revelation. Thank you for an informative lesson.
Gladys Perrier you’re welcome. Thank you
Well Gary that was brilliant in fine art on the shell 🐚 at blackpool spot on 😊
I enjoyed your discussion and more importantly liked your creation of fine art Gary!
Cheers Carl
Gary, I concur with your definition and others that have commented provide some good nuances to the definition of Fine Art. Thanks for sharing your creativity and insight from the camera through post-processing. I appreciate it.
Great to see your work flow and techniques, thank you for sharing!!
You're welcome, thank you
Very nicely done. 👍👍👍
I agree with your definition, works for me. Nice work
Thanks Gary. Some super simple Photoshop tricks that I would have never thought of? Maybe in 20 years time I'll be up to standard! Great vid.
Thank you Darcy 👍👍
Great style Gary! I was looking for someone to show me HOW they sell and I really appreciate you SHOWING ME WHAT to sell!!
Hi Gary, I'm a hugh fan of b&w imagery but in this case it's colour all the way for me. Both look fantastic. Great end result. Thanks a million for sharing.
Spending those few extra minutes or hours to get that 1 shot, makes everything worth it. Finally found someone that like myself, prefers minimal tweaking to any picture rather than slap a bunch of presets or filters to create an effect that was never there to begin with. As you say Fine Art Photography is a very thin line, everybody can produce stunning effects with software but where does it stop from crossing that line between creative photography and an artistic image piece?
A very interesting and useful video about Fine Art photography Gary. The post-processing steps are very well explained.
Thank you José, very kind 👍👍
Very beautiful! And very educational!
Thank you Cathy 👍👍
Even at my age I can learn something new everyday, Thanks Gary.
You're welcome Charles. I think we're all learning, aren't we? 😁😁 👍👍
I firmly believe that there is little point to life if we aren't still learning and experiencing. Life would seem unbearable without it.
So true 👍👍
Best explanation of photography as art that I've heard. Only ever sold a few prints but get what you're saying. The downside is that it looks like I'll have to bite the bullet and learn Ps instead of relying on Lr. Already on my Mac but have tried to ignore it until now!
Firstly thank you... secondly, go on! get it fired up. You won't regret it :)
Excellent easily followable video and a likeable, easy to understand guy presenting it
Gary Gough 1 second ago
Thank you David, very kind 👍👍
Very interesting video. I agree with your definition of fine art fotography. Thank you for sharing your workflow, I find it very inspiring.
Very kind, thank you
Enjoyed the process and it produced a great photo, definitely fine art.
Thank you John 👍👍
Great vlog as ever Gary, I look forward to the next.
Thank you Dean 👍
I really enjoyed your video. I've been going through some of my past images, and now I have a better idea of what to do with them. Thank you.
Wonderful tutorial. This is my first view of your tutorials. It was very helpful. It can be so easy to overdo edits in post-processing. This photo looks great in B&W or the blue color. Love the smooth sea. Very nice. Can't wait to see more. Thank you!
Thoroughly enjoyed the video. I also like your definition of art. I’ve just read your blurb - I thought it was the Fylde coast and I was right. I lived in Blackpool for 30yrs, left in 2013, so they must have located Mary’s Shell after I left or thereabouts. Great piece of sculpture and great image created of it.
Thank you Sue 👍
Great video Gary. Great composition and post production :-)
Thank you Colin, very kind
Thx Gary.
Please make a video about sensor cleaning :-) - Nice video! keep it on.
Cheers,
Tim
Good idea. Cheers Tim
Loved that Gary. I picked up a few pointers on using Ps which I'll try in the near future. My preference was for the version of the main picture where there was the blue in the sky. Much the same as I liked the colour version of the wreck at Lytham. You might want to have a go at the riverside wrecks at Fleetwood. Quickest way to find them is to make for ASDA roundabout and across the other side of the road is a MacDonalds burger joint. Walk down that road keeping McD's to your right towards some new build housing on the other side of some lock gates. On the other side of the new builds is the river bank. The nearest wreck is just to the left hidden by a dune. The other wrecks are a couple of hundred yards to the right. Be sure to wear stout wellies or boots, its very slippy most of the time. Fortunately I had my Olympus Pro gear when I went face down in the mud. The camera washed up nicely, my jeans didn't. Enjoy! 😉
Very very informative Gary, I was hooked! Lovely images and very natural flow tutorial, thank you! Loved both images but the colour one was incredible.
Cheers Darren, very kind 👍
Great photography and some good tips on post processing, keep it coming Gary!
Thank you 👍👍
Such a class shot!! Your work is always worthy of it! You made photoshop look so easy, Thanks for the tips Garry!!
You're welcome, thank you 👍👍
Its easy for everyone to believe that everything has been shot or taken before you. So what the need to take the shot again. But photography is about that. Mimicking a shot of another picture or photographer to help find your place in the art, in the field, in the world of photography, the aim is to give you the ability to take it to the next level, in evolution of photography, evolution of yourself, its your photo, of that shot that someone thought of, that bring you to their same wave length.
all eyes are different, but are still just eyes.
all pictures are different but are still just pictures.
A camera's role is to act as bridges between the eyes, the pictures and the minds. fine art achieve this goal.
Well said
Nice to see full processing Gary very informative
Thank you Brian, very kind 👍
Your images and style of presentation are excellent. Very well done and thanks.
Thank you Tony. Very kind of you to say 👍👍
Thank you gary , loved to see your process. something I struggle with
Loved this video, thanks very much Gary. Cheers.
Nicely done, Gary. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you Gillianm 👍👍
Nice to see you making great Art Works out Cleveleys way Garry! Your long exposure interpretations of the subject works so well.
Thank you Alex, very kind 👍👍
Well done Gary, loved the vid, as you say" everybody's interpretation of a photo is different and that's what makes it art" i really liked the black and white version of the photo and I'm looking forward to more vids.
Cheers John 👍👍
All I can say is that your tutorials- "follow along"; is really wonderful. Thanks so much. I just had to subscribe in order to support you and help me. Cheers.
Very kind, thank you
I like the images, especially in colour. Thanks for the detailed lesson on the pp, very helpful.
Thank you kindly Brenda 👍👍👍👍
Brilliant Gary, bloody brilliant!! 👏🏼👏🏼
Thank you Craig, very kind 👍👍
Gary, difficult subject.........but you explained better than anyone else..........thanks
Nice Presentation, valuable lessons. Thanks, Gray
Stunning, always look forward to your videos Gary,
In my opinion if an image looks good call it whatever you want, art, landscape portrait.
As always Gary fantastic work, thank you for sharing.
Thank you. Agree totally btw 👍👍
What a great video Gary. Thx a lot.
Cheers
Great video Gary. Interesting to hear your take on what is Fine Art photography.
Just my interpretation of course :) Thank you 👍👍
Nice job Gary. Well explained.
Very kind Lee, thank you 👍👍
So good, that it is worth the subscription.
Thank you 👍
Great images. And another interesting video thanks 👍🤓
Cheers Paul 👍👍👍👍
Well done. Really enjoyed watching this video. Like your calm and measured approach at showing all the techniques - shooting and editing.
Subbed.
Thank you for saying, very kind 👍
You nailed it with this video, Gary, thanks !
That's one of the best PS tutorials I have seen.
Great video Gary, love the images too. 😊
Thank you Mark 👍👍
Truly awesome tutorial. I’ve learned a few new tricks. Keep up the good work. 😁😁
Thank you again. 👍👍
Hey Gary, you are a photoshop ninja....!! I’m a Lightroom guy only because photoshop is so hard work and daunting to dive into. It’s not exactly “user friendly”. It reminds me of the old days where a program actually had a template that you put on a keyboard to use the shortcuts (WordPerfect 5 for any other old farts out there, lol). But like all things, the more you use, the easier it gets.... I’m actually on Brendan Van Son workshop in Crete right now and it’s awesome... this guy is incredible!! He’s lived it, dreamed it, and is realising it! I genuinely think that people like him and you (and TH) don’t see the world in the same way anymore... you see life as compositions, light and “fine art”, I for one, is glad you do, so I / we can learn so much!! Cheers bud..!! Jase
Oh that's cool Jason. He won't know me, but please pass on my regards. I like him too. It's great to see somebody so determined to get out there and live life as they want to! Glad you liked my video and thank you for your kind words.
Photoshop is not exactly user friendly?
You surely never tried gimp, did ya? :P
God - Gimp looks just as intimidating when you open it up for the first time, as does PS. It's really just about getting stuck in and learn in bite-size portions.
Excellent video... Stunning image. Thank you for sharing. Greetings from Athens, Greece.
Thank you Nicholas. Greeting back at you from the UK :) 👍👍👍👍
Great tutorial and fantastic image (the colour one for me). Thanks Gary!
Cheers Barry 👍👍
Definitely worthy. I think you fine art is lovely!
Hi Gary Ranjo is here I really love your art photo it is great, thanks for all the amazing videos I’m learning quite a lot from you, photoshop is my weakest point. Thanks
Thank you. Keep at it, that's the secret
I’m mate trying my best I even signed up in Sunderland college to lean more about photography and photoshop.
Really well done, detailed and realistic situation, well processed with a minimum of steps.
Thanks, Gary for your great videos, I'm so glad you say you use photshop not lightroom, I felt I was the only one who can't see why you need lightroom if you use photoshop.
Keep up your great work
Andy
Not at all Andy. I can still remember when LR was the product you bought if you couldn't afford or justify the cost of PS. Glad you liked the video, thank you
I use Lightroom for cataloguing and faster load time, before exporting to Photoshop for final touches. With tens of thousands of photos, trying to keep them all organized in folders would be a logistical nightmare.
I think that thanks to this video I have finally found my way into photography. Thank you very much.
You already have a new follower
My best regards from Tenerife.
Thank you for saying, very kind comment. Hi from the UK :)
WOW thank you so much. I am a LR and PS user, and I see lots of videos. But the way you explain is just wonderful.
Really nice video, Gary. This is your first video that I have seen and it is such a beautiful video that I'm immediately subscribing without looking at your other videos first :)
You are awesome! Hoping to learn a great deal from you.
Comments like this just make all the hard work so worthwhile, thank you 👍👍
You are a great teacher, thank you!
Thank you! I like the color photo, enjoyed the black and white processing! Brendan and Thomas??? Perfect!!!
Thank you 👍👍