Cheers, absolutely. I don't think I will ever be 100% with software making my selections and dictating where the highlights and shadows go. Manual all the way! It takes a long time, but worth it!
I "had" no interest in cityscapes but a fine photographer can make the ordinary into the extraordinary. What a fine demonstration video, simple and complex at the same time. Near the very end I found my hands wanting to come up and applaud. Thank you very much, my view points of the city have changed dramatically.
John Glavey - Thank you. Joel has actually seen the video and said that he enjoyed it (his comment is above somewhere), which blows my mind that it has reached him. I appreciate your kind words about my teaching methods.
Crap. I thought I was free for the rest of the day, but now I've got to go pawing through dozens of photos and applying all the fascinating ideas you've so graciously shared. Well done, mate.Cheers!
Wow. Never would have suspected there was so much involved (I'm a fine artist and very un-pro photographer). Very impressive. As someone who puts a lot of work into his art I'm heartened to know that true fine-art photography isn't just point and click and apply some filters. There's obviously a hell of a lot of work in it when it's elevated to a level.
Thank you so much for sharing.. so nice to see that is not that much a technical process but more about the vision of the photographer !! greetings from San Francisco.
Thank you Jose, it is very much that - which is why I don't mind sharing my techniques, as two images would never be the same; even if I supplied the raw file.
Thanks Julio - I am going to create some fine art using my iPhone to see if I can deliver a good looking image using minimal equipment - just to see if that statement is true!
Welp, you did it. You finally pushed me to get out mid-day and try out long exposure black and white architecture. Thank you so much for your videos and the inspiration!
Awesome job. Just had a look at your folio and am very impressed. As an architect I am sure you have forgotten more about photography than a lot of so called pro's ever knew. Awesome work, logical workflow and a great vision. WOW.
Thanks Pete. I am in a lucky position to be able to design buildings and photograph them. Other Architects have to brief the photographer about the journey, the concept and how they envisage light passing over the facade. I get to capture it all myself.
Most helpful--and unexpected--was the drawing as preparation, showing the simplest depiction of light and shadow. Reminds me of the drawing lessons on RUclips called, "The Barnstone Method." Yes, the great cinematographers, too, were artists in their earlier years. Love it. If I understood you properly, one must create one's vision or see it in your mind's eye first. Then execute. Love the focus not on specific application techniques but on vision and concepts. Loved this tutorial.
Thank you. It is evolving - new tutorials coming soon. Make sure you subscribe because I am always making content around this subject. Have a great weekend!
I love the point about leaving it be for while, and then coming back to it with fresh eyes. I used to do that with video. I'd be up all hours editing something fancy, then watch it in the morning like "It was better before and I wasted hours".
What a superb video! I love that you gave the drawing lesson in the beginning to explain light/shading/contouring. I'm still working through Joel and Julia's book.
Alicia TangoTweety - their book is a really good starting place, and I believe that they now how video tutorials that you can purchase. I don’t know what their editing flow is, which would be interesting to see how it compares...
For starters: thanks for taking your time to elaborate the procedures involved, it‘s very much appreciated! Well, as winter with dark and short days is coming and so more time to work out things at home, I think I‘ll plow into this and give it a try. I believe, as you said, that thorough planing is in order as to avoid strange looking lights and shadows for instance.
Very cool. I'm not much for architecture photography myself, but I love the way you presented the concepts and your initial sketch on paper is sheer brilliance. Very fitting that you use art based concepts to demonstrate fine art photography. I don't believe I've seen that on RUclips before. Well done. Oh, and... gotta say you remind my of a younger English version of Tom Cruise, LOL! Cheers.
Thanks Kevin T, I am an Architect, so it would be rude not to throw a sketch in there! But it should have been a better sketch! PS the aviators in most of my videos are not accidental :-)
Most interesting I found the "vision" that leads to the result. I think this is the essential part, because finding a way to get there can be figured out when the basic Photoshop tools are known. Same with landscape (luminosity masks are easier to create on the one hand, but having a "vision" looks a bit harder … or not …). Thanks for sharing!
Thank you for this, it’s really inspiring. I feel like going back through my old architecture photos and seeing if they can be brought to life through this.
I came to watch this video thanks to an email you answered me earlier today. I really enjoyed it because you made of this a fun matter and it looks simple and plain now. Now it is time to put it to work and see what happens. I also bought Joel Tjintjelaar and Julia Anna Gospodorou and I found it fastactic too. Its a great starting point and I will watch the tutorial. Regards José Monroy Mexico
Hi Ben, Thanks very much for your tutorial that I have just found. I am drawn to contrasty B&W architectural images and have been trying to do this with Lumenzia but up until now I have not had the necessary filters to allow the long exposures which I think is essential. You can see on of my early attempts in the Spring 2019 edition of Practical Photography. I also need to go through the thought processes which your tutorial has highlighted rather than just adjusting sliders. So thanks very much, I think your tutorial will inspire the next generation of my work.
Hi Jim, it is interesting to try to define how these images look. I call them fine art, because that is what they are known as amongst photographers. Contrasty images typically miss the graduated blend between the highlights and the shadows that you get in this manually manipulated process. Once you get to grips with the editing process you realise that you are creating light and direction, interest, focal points etc. You can photograph in all manners of lighting and weather conditions.
The trick is to have too many images to post. I am literally months behind all the time, so they never go out straight away. Obviously if you go out and capture some lightning or snow, get that image online ASAP - otherwise you will miss the moment!
Very interesting! I enjoyed learning your concept of starting with a flat image and adding the highlights and shadows as needed. Excellent technique and I can't wait to try it :D Thanks!
Hofmann Images thanks. I hope that I can inspire people to have ago at it. It seems like a genre of photographer that is out of reach, but you have to practice and you will get there. My images started off bad. Bad enough not to show. Send me your progress!
Just happened to stumble upon your channel Ben and a very pleasant surprise👍 Looking forward to your previous videos and future ones as well. Now, it's on to the website. Cheers!!!
Thank you Howie. There are many many tutorials on photoshop online. For general PS skills I tend to watch Phlearn. He has a lot of content and really high quality.
Enjoyed it. I bought the book from Joel a while back. One thing I noticed in the video is you didn’t mention SIlver Efex Pro plug-in when you switched. I happen to have it so I recognized layout, but if someone is not familiar with it they might have missed that important step. Thanks for a great video! You’re correct, it is much easier to follow in a 20 min video than to read through several hundred pages!
Hi Michael, yes I have responded to a few comments in the thread about how I got to the three images. I should have explained how I did this, although silver efex isn't key to producing these images, it certainly speeds things up! Amazing software considering that they made it free!
I didn't know Tom cruise had some of the greatest Photographic tutorials i have seen! :D - please make more like this this is amazing, and makes it understandable to someone who wants to learn but havent picked up the keen eye for what looks great and what works just yet. Please Keep it up Mr. Harvey - I subscribe !
Thanks for the comment Oussama, and I am glad that the tutorials make sense. I try to approach it from a beginners perspective - as if I were learning a new skill/technique.
Such insightful tips on architectural photography arent that easy to come by, thanks! Glad I discovered your channel and hopefully you'll be putting out more on the subject, I really do like your approach a lot!
Thank you uwattie. Fine art will have many descriptions and explanations across various genres of photography and other medium - but when it comes to architectural photography, this is how I interpret "Fine Art".
Cheers Paulo. Glad you enjoyed the video. I have made a few more fine art tutorials following this. Check out my tutorials playlist if you want to learn more about this genre. Thanks again. Ben
Great video Ben. I am an experienced photographer and ‘medium level’ photoshop user and your video explained more than the series of videos I bought from the authors you mentioned. Their description of what would be provided in their videos did not match the content and I was so disappointed as it did not explain the post processing properly- just some basic camera info re ND filters, long exposure & such, which I already knew about- and which was quite poorly explained actually.. had I not already known the info they were teaching. I did email them and to be fair they did offer a refund but I’m not sure why I did t take it. I just thought I’d misunderstood what I was getting & by that stage I was worried that their poor explanation of the content in the video series I did buy would be carried over to any subsequent video of the content I actually had wanted... if that makes sense! . It was info on the post processing I had wanted and your 16 minutes has explained the basics far better anyway. Look forward to more detailed p’shop technique info.
Thanks Ron, I am glad it all made sense. It is probably good that I know just a few photoshop tools, that way my workflow stays relatively simple. Their e-book is very good, but I recon that I could make it shorter than the 400 pages that they managed to stretch it out to! Thanks for the comment.
Just found now channel and loved your portfolio - new subscriber :) Love to see your shooting process with discussion of your vision against what and why your shooting.
This genre is very much about creating g the image rather than waiting for the ultimate light. Fine art gets thrown around a lot - but these are a combination of vision, photography and post processing skills. Without all three the images don’t really work.
Wow! This blows me away! I cannot thank you enough for the inspiration this video has given me to go out and shoot some architecture. I do recommend using the pen tool..you may find it to be a great time saver.
i found it complicated but that is mostly my lack of photoshop knowledge. But it is pretty awesome that you share your skills that you gained over years.
A very clear and straightforward explanation of your process for creating your very striking images. Thanks. Initially, I was disappointed that your "secret" was in-depth knowledge of artistic technique coupled with a clear sense of what you are trying to accomplish with your images followed up with long hours of tedious, but well understood, application of specific operations to produce your image. And don't forget the multiple passes through the developing images to refine them. But then I realized that I had known this all along, so I couldn't be surprised or disappointed. ;-) richard hargrove -- To say to the painter that Nature is to be taken as she is, is to say to the player that he may sit on the piano. -- James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Augusto Coelho it is difficult to find, no doubt because it takes everyone years to develop an editing workflow and they don’t want to give away all of their secrets...but the truth is, we won’t end up with the same image even if you do know my workflow, because when you start to edit the selections you will always get a unique result. I would if I were to edit the same image twice. Thanks for subscribing!
May also be because most out there have difficulty making such selections on their cell phones and the rest think post-processing is what one does leaving the military.
Stumbled across your channel after searching for Fine Art portraits. Found it very fascinating, be an admirer of Joel's and Julia's work for quite a while. I like the idea of the new software you mentioned later on in your channel. looks complicated so holding back for now. Going to watch more of your later tutorials.
Hello. Yes, I followed up this video with quite a few fine art tutorials and resources, and Joel appears in one of them! I think I have provided a well-rounded set of tutorials that cover the ideas, selections, software and the hardware I use to create the images. Let me know if you have any questions.
Hi. There is a Facebook group created by Joel for users of the panel by the way. If you haven’t already seen it I made an intro video to using the panel. ruclips.net/video/M4q0dmykZoE/видео.html
HI. Thanks for this, perfect tutorial and suddenly makes a lot of sense how images are achieved like in this style of fine art. Off I go to take some shots, wish me luck lol
Good Luck Shane, and check out my video in Glasgow showing when I took the photos - as that shows you my gear and how I actually take the images in the first place.
@@benharveyphotography I'm sure it's addictive and I believe I will fail at beginning. Did you try this technique on different subjects than architecture?
Indeed a very different perspective of using lights and shadows! This is Manual mode in photography! :)
Cheers, absolutely. I don't think I will ever be 100% with software making my selections and dictating where the highlights and shadows go. Manual all the way! It takes a long time, but worth it!
I "had" no interest in cityscapes but a fine photographer can make the ordinary into the extraordinary. What a fine demonstration video, simple and complex at the same time.
Near the very end I found my hands wanting to come up and applaud.
Thank you very much, my view points of the city have changed dramatically.
MrLemonbaby - thank you very much. I am working on some more fine art tutorials. Stay tuned.
You are so right about letting a photo simmer. When you look at it the next day, you wonder what you were thinking on the edit.
Exactly - especially if you had some rum to help you get through the selections :-)
As a teacher and also course attendant of the aforementioned author may i congratulate you on an excellent presentation. Well done.
John Glavey - Thank you. Joel has actually seen the video and said that he enjoyed it (his comment is above somewhere), which blows my mind that it has reached him. I appreciate your kind words about my teaching methods.
It's not difficult but using the gradient instead of the brush inside the mask never crossed my mind. So thank you for this great addition.
Crap. I thought I was free for the rest of the day, but now I've got to go pawing through dozens of photos and applying all the fascinating ideas you've so graciously shared. Well done, mate.Cheers!
Dave Boyers - you will lose more than a day if you get sucked into this genre of photography :-)
Very much appreciated....hope you continue with more on this topic.
By Jove I think he's got it. Brilliant artist Brilliant teacher. New fan. Thank you sir.
Wow. Never would have suspected there was so much involved (I'm a fine artist and very un-pro photographer). Very impressive. As someone who puts a lot of work into his art I'm heartened to know that true fine-art photography isn't just point and click and apply some filters. There's obviously a hell of a lot of work in it when it's elevated to a level.
It doesn't have to be the amount of work has goes into it. It's about knowing and visualizing what end product is.
Tks so much Ben. You are really very kind to have shared with us your knowledge.
You are welcome! More videos coming soon!
Thank you so much for sharing.. so nice to see that is not that much a technical process but more about the vision of the photographer !! greetings from San Francisco.
Thank you Jose, it is very much that - which is why I don't mind sharing my techniques, as two images would never be the same; even if I supplied the raw file.
Very good explanation and demonstration Ben - I couldn't have done it any better myself! Thank you for the shout-out and the mentioning of our book.
Thank you Joel!
Totally absorbing and just magical and I think it's simply fab.
Billy Doherty thank you - glad you enjoyed it.
Your work is simply outstanding!
Is the vision what makes a photographer an artist, you are well proven artist. Well done!👍
Thanks Julio - I am going to create some fine art using my iPhone to see if I can deliver a good looking image using minimal equipment - just to see if that statement is true!
Ben Harvey Photography
I’m sure you will!😉
Amazing, thank you Ben for sharing your work with us. I really appreciate it.
Wicked I enjoyed the drawing and shading as much as the tutorial as well!!
Welp, you did it. You finally pushed me to get out mid-day and try out long exposure black and white architecture. Thank you so much for your videos and the inspiration!
Glad to hear it. I have a new video on this topic coming out in the next week. It might interest you!
@@benharveyphotography I will certainly be on the lookout!
Awesome job. Just had a look at your folio and am very impressed. As an architect I am sure you have forgotten more about photography than a lot of so called pro's ever knew. Awesome work, logical workflow and a great vision. WOW.
Thanks Pete. I am in a lucky position to be able to design buildings and photograph them. Other Architects have to brief the photographer about the journey, the concept and how they envisage light passing over the facade. I get to capture it all myself.
Learnt so much thanks. The individual sections & working each separately will be very useful for me. Thanks.
Brilliant Ben. Thank you for sharing. Not too complex at all.
Most helpful--and unexpected--was the drawing as preparation, showing the simplest depiction of light and shadow. Reminds me of the drawing lessons on RUclips called, "The Barnstone Method." Yes, the great cinematographers, too, were artists in their earlier years. Love it. If I understood you properly, one must create one's vision or see it in your mind's eye first. Then execute. Love the focus not on specific application techniques but on vision and concepts. Loved this tutorial.
Very simply D&B but great effect. Incredible workflow. Good job
Thank you. It is evolving - new tutorials coming soon. Make sure you subscribe because I am always making content around this subject. Have a great weekend!
I love the point about leaving it be for while, and then coming back to it with fresh eyes. I used to do that with video. I'd be up all hours editing something fancy, then watch it in the morning like "It was better before and I wasted hours".
Dude, I spent 40 years in black and white film , and I liked you Black & White
Thank you Shawn. I only have about 15 years of shooting - but I think I have most of my bad shots out of the way!
Very helpful tutorial, substantive crisp and easy to understand --
thank you
Great video Ben. Thank you for your generosity in sharing your knowledge. Absolutely brilliant photos.
Thank you Geoff. You are welcome. A new video on fine art will be published in the next week. Make sure you are subscribed so you dint miss it!
What a superb video! I love that you gave the drawing lesson in the beginning to explain light/shading/contouring. I'm still working through Joel and Julia's book.
Alicia TangoTweety - their book is a really good starting place, and I believe that they now how video tutorials that you can purchase. I don’t know what their editing flow is, which would be interesting to see how it compares...
For starters: thanks for taking your time to elaborate the procedures involved, it‘s very much appreciated! Well, as winter with dark and short days is coming and so more time to work out things at home, I think I‘ll plow into this and give it a try. I believe, as you said, that thorough planing is in order as to avoid strange looking lights and shadows for instance.
Great job. Thanks. Would love to learn more about how you use lighting to drive composition.
Wow, that really shed a new light on things for me. Thanks for sharing :)
Excellent tut. Thanks
Very cool. I'm not much for architecture photography myself, but I love the way you presented the concepts and your initial sketch on paper is sheer brilliance. Very fitting that you use art based concepts to demonstrate fine art photography. I don't believe I've seen that on RUclips before. Well done. Oh, and... gotta say you remind my of a younger English version of Tom Cruise, LOL! Cheers.
Thanks Kevin T, I am an Architect, so it would be rude not to throw a sketch in there! But it should have been a better sketch! PS the aviators in most of my videos are not accidental :-)
Most interesting I found the "vision" that leads to the result. I think this is the essential part, because finding a way to get there can be figured out when the basic Photoshop tools are known. Same with landscape (luminosity masks are easier to create on the one hand, but having a "vision" looks a bit harder … or not …). Thanks for sharing!
It's called envisionography created by Julia Anna Gospodarou
I'm totally inspired to do my own now. Thanks for the effort.
Thanks John. I look forward to seeing the work you produce.
Wonderful video. Thank you for walking through your process.
Thank you for this, it’s really inspiring. I feel like going back through my old architecture photos and seeing if they can be brought to life through this.
really great technique in post production! thank you Ben
Cheers Carlo!
Fantastic video and some great advice and info. Thanks so much.
Thanks for leaving a comment David. Glad you liked it.
I came to watch this video thanks to an email you answered me earlier today. I really enjoyed it because you made of this a fun matter and it looks simple and plain now. Now it is time to put it to work and see what happens.
I also bought Joel Tjintjelaar and Julia Anna Gospodorou and I found it fastactic too. Its a great starting point and I will watch the tutorial.
Regards
José Monroy
Mexico
José Monroy - I am glad that you enjoyed the video. And thank you for getting in touch!
José Monroy how are you getting on with the editing. Send me some images via email. I am happy to take a look when I get a moment.
You are truly a PS master! Unbelievable work Ben!
Thank you Scott. Much appreciated.
Thank you Scott. Much appreciated.
Hi Ben,
Thanks very much for your tutorial that I have just found.
I am drawn to contrasty B&W architectural images and have been trying to do this with Lumenzia but up until now I have not had the necessary filters to allow the long exposures which I think is essential. You can see on of my early attempts in the Spring 2019 edition of Practical Photography.
I also need to go through the thought processes which your tutorial has highlighted rather than just adjusting sliders.
So thanks very much, I think your tutorial will inspire the next generation of my work.
Hi Jim, it is interesting to try to define how these images look. I call them fine art, because that is what they are known as amongst photographers. Contrasty images typically miss the graduated blend between the highlights and the shadows that you get in this manually manipulated process. Once you get to grips with the editing process you realise that you are creating light and direction, interest, focal points etc. You can photograph in all manners of lighting and weather conditions.
Thank you Ben, I like your approach on this.
Magnificent photo. Two Thumbs up.
Thank you :-)
Excellent stuff,very new to photography and post production,some great tips,and love your work 😎
Love it so much. You have revealed a secret but I need to visit the UK for such architectural scenes 😉
I like your simmering tip, I always post online to quickly then regret after. I’ve even deleted and reposted the same image a few days later 🤣
The trick is to have too many images to post. I am literally months behind all the time, so they never go out straight away. Obviously if you go out and capture some lightning or snow, get that image online ASAP - otherwise you will miss the moment!
Hello Ben, you are a very talented guy! I just love this style of photography. Thank you, for sharing...
Thank you Allan.
Very interesting! I enjoyed learning your concept of starting with a flat image and adding the highlights and shadows as needed. Excellent technique and I can't wait to try it :D Thanks!
Hofmann Images thanks. I hope that I can inspire people to have ago at it. It seems like a genre of photographer that is out of reach, but you have to practice and you will get there. My images started off bad. Bad enough not to show.
Send me your progress!
Great technique for a superb result. Thanks for sharing Ik e learned some new tricks and most of all the idea to start from a sketch book.
Thank you Luca, the sketches are just to illustrate the idea and thought process. I just use lightroom/photoshop and a few plugins for my workflow.
I’m totally blown away. Top notch!
Fantastic video. Absolutly fantastic.
Thank you.
Thank you so much Ben, an eye opener !
You are welcome. Glad you enjoyed!
I’m glad there is someone else out there who uses the polygon select and not the pen tool. (Maybe you do though elsewhere)
Polygon tool is ok but if you make a mistake.....
THANKS ! Exactly what i need venturing into Black and White Photography ! 👍 👌
Hi Jon, I have made multiple follow up videos to this to talk about the editing process, selections etc, Checkout the tutorial playlist.
Just happened to stumble upon your channel Ben and a very pleasant surprise👍 Looking forward to your previous videos and future ones as well. Now, it's on to the website. Cheers!!!
Great video, but my favorite part, besides the ‘62 Cadillac Sedan De Villa, was that music, that phenomenal music! Thank you!
Thank you very much! That Cadillac is still there everytime I pass through London Bridge.
Just picked up Lumenzia. It is a game changer! Good tutorial!
It’s complex though don’t you think. Greg does a great job of teaching it - but it does so much that it’s overwhelming!
Brilliant tutorial, thank you I really enjoyed it ... love your work!!
Xenia Ivanoff-Erb thank you. You are welcome.
Shew looks difficult. But beautiful. Definitely need to learn more about photoshop. Thanks great video
Thank you Howie. There are many many tutorials on photoshop online. For general PS skills I tend to watch Phlearn. He has a lot of content and really high quality.
@@benharveyphotography thanks Ben enjoying your channel truly talented and a great teacher
Enjoyed it. I bought the book from Joel a while back. One thing I noticed in the video is you didn’t mention SIlver Efex Pro plug-in when you switched. I happen to have it so I recognized layout, but if someone is not familiar with it they might have missed that important step. Thanks for a great video! You’re correct, it is much easier to follow in a 20 min video than to read through several hundred pages!
Hi Michael, yes I have responded to a few comments in the thread about how I got to the three images. I should have explained how I did this, although silver efex isn't key to producing these images, it certainly speeds things up! Amazing software considering that they made it free!
You are brilliant and changed my way of thinking.
I didn't know Tom cruise had some of the greatest Photographic tutorials i have seen! :D - please make more like this this is amazing, and makes it understandable to someone who wants to learn but havent picked up the keen eye for what looks great and what works just yet.
Please Keep it up Mr. Harvey - I subscribe !
Thanks for the comment Oussama, and I am glad that the tutorials make sense. I try to approach it from a beginners perspective - as if I were learning a new skill/technique.
@@benharveyphotography And you are nailing that perspective thank you!
Such insightful tips on architectural photography arent that easy to come by, thanks! Glad I discovered your channel and hopefully you'll be putting out more on the subject, I really do like your approach a lot!
Plasma D'Lite - cheers. And based upon the popularity of the video I may have to do so!
Excellent video. Fine Art demystified, thanks for an extremely interesting explanation.
Thank you uwattie. Fine art will have many descriptions and explanations across various genres of photography and other medium - but when it comes to architectural photography, this is how I interpret "Fine Art".
excellent video....
Cheers James. Glad you liked. Check out the video that I just released on my channel and you will see all of the videos that I have made since.
Very informative, excellent work thank you.
Great video, very helpful....many thanks.
Should work just well. I will give it a try. Thanks for sharing.
Amazing work, thank you so much for your time and sharing your absolute awesome work ! Congrats
Cheers Paulo. Glad you enjoyed the video. I have made a few more fine art tutorials following this. Check out my tutorials playlist if you want to learn more about this genre. Thanks again. Ben
Tripple thumbs up!
Thank you!
Brilliant. Love it and thanks !!
Great video Ben. I am an experienced photographer and ‘medium level’ photoshop user and your video explained more than the series of videos I bought from the authors you mentioned. Their description of what would be provided in their videos did not match the content and I was so disappointed as it did not explain the post processing properly- just some basic camera info re ND filters, long exposure & such, which I already knew about- and which was quite poorly explained actually.. had I not already known the info they were teaching. I did email them and to be fair they did offer a refund but I’m not sure why I did t take it. I just thought I’d misunderstood what I was getting & by that stage I was worried that their poor explanation of the content in the video series I did buy would be carried over to any subsequent video of the content I actually had wanted... if that makes sense! . It was info on the post processing I had wanted and your 16 minutes has explained the basics far better anyway. Look forward to more detailed p’shop technique info.
Thanks Ron, I am glad it all made sense. It is probably good that I know just a few photoshop tools, that way my workflow stays relatively simple. Their e-book is very good, but I recon that I could make it shorter than the 400 pages that they managed to stretch it out to! Thanks for the comment.
VERY SIMPLE AND CREATIVE IT LOOKS STUNNING, WELL DONE!!!
Thank you Julio :-)
That was great thanks Ben.
Simple and clever.
Thanks Ben for a great video
Fab, Ben, thanks. A real eye-opener.
Just found now channel and loved your portfolio - new subscriber :)
Love to see your shooting process with discussion of your vision against what and why your shooting.
So I finally understand fine art is fine light trickery. great tutorial, the penny has fallen :)
This genre is very much about creating g the image rather than waiting for the ultimate light. Fine art gets thrown around a lot - but these are a combination of vision, photography and post processing skills. Without all three the images don’t really work.
Great information and technique! Thanks for sharing
You are welcome Donte!
Wow! This blows me away! I cannot thank you enough for the inspiration this video has given me to go out and shoot some architecture. I do recommend using the pen tool..you may find it to be a great time saver.
i found it complicated but that is mostly my lack of photoshop knowledge. But it is pretty awesome that you share your skills that you gained over years.
Do a little research on layer masks, once you know that you should be able to follow my process - I like to keep it as simple as possible.
A very clear and straightforward explanation of your process for creating your very striking images. Thanks.
Initially, I was disappointed that your "secret" was in-depth knowledge of artistic technique coupled with a clear sense of what you are trying to accomplish with your images followed up with long hours of tedious, but well understood, application of specific operations to produce your image. And don't forget the multiple passes through the developing images to refine them. But then I realized that I had known this all along, so I couldn't be surprised or disappointed. ;-)
richard hargrove
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To say to the painter that Nature is to be taken as she is, is to say to the player that he may sit on the piano.
-- James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Your work is beautifully striking
Thank you!
Excelent, I've been looking for something like that on the net, but it's hard to find. Thanks.
Augusto Coelho it is difficult to find, no doubt because it takes everyone years to develop an editing workflow and they don’t want to give away all of their secrets...but the truth is, we won’t end up with the same image even if you do know my workflow, because when you start to edit the selections you will always get a unique result. I would if I were to edit the same image twice. Thanks for subscribing!
@augusto You are right,
May also be because most out there have difficulty making such selections on their cell phones and the rest think post-processing is what one does leaving the military.
lots of editing, you are a sick editor...nice job
Stumbled across your channel after searching for Fine Art portraits. Found it very fascinating, be an admirer of Joel's and Julia's work for quite a while. I like the idea of the new software you mentioned later on in your channel. looks complicated so holding back for now. Going to watch more of your later tutorials.
Hello. Yes, I followed up this video with quite a few fine art tutorials and resources, and Joel appears in one of them! I think I have provided a well-rounded set of tutorials that cover the ideas, selections, software and the hardware I use to create the images. Let me know if you have any questions.
@@benharveyphotography Ok thank you, I will. I just noticed the software is on a Black Friday deal so going to buy it later, Such good value.
I got the software so any more tutorials for beginners for the Artisan Pro X and Masking programs I would be very appreciative.
Hi. There is a Facebook group created by Joel for users of the panel by the way. If you haven’t already seen it I made an intro video to using the panel.
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@@benharveyphotography Seen the video, getting there slowly lol. The FB group would be good to join, thanks for the info.
Fantastic video, Ben. Good job, sir.
Matt Freestone - thank you. Glad you enjoyed it!
13:00 I see a very clear direction of light.
Superb, Ben!
HI. Thanks for this, perfect tutorial and suddenly makes a lot of sense how images are achieved like in this style of fine art. Off I go to take some shots, wish me luck lol
Good Luck Shane, and check out my video in Glasgow showing when I took the photos - as that shows you my gear and how I actually take the images in the first place.
Super ! Thanks!
magnifico tutorial muchas gracias
Excellent tutorial Ben, I learned a lot from it!
Gordon Laing cheers! I feel another tutorial collaboration coming on!
You got some great looking work.
Well done
Thank you!
Steven Wilson doing photography tutorials now!? This is great!
Thank You for sharing this great and professional looking technique. Really amazing way to make these kind of images.
Cheers Justas, it is quite addictive, so be careful!
@@benharveyphotography I'm sure it's addictive and I believe I will fail at beginning. Did you try this technique on different subjects than architecture?
Justas49 not yet - but I have a few ideas up my sleeve!
facebook.com/jstfoto49/photos/a.1232882846724350/2448578215154801/?type=3&theater .This is my attempt.
Excellent work Ben, looking forward to more.
Thank you for great tutorial!
You are welcome!
Love the background music!
They are credited in the description if you wanted to know the artist.