The Learning Hub
“ Learning is the art of turning curiosity into knowledge,
and knowledge into endless possibilities." ~ Unknown
"The Learning Hub” serves as a source of inspiration for elevating your creative journey.
Discover video and blog content by navigating through the categories below or by clicking on the link in the hub. In the tutorials, I feature some of the digital products such as textures, action panels, and brushes available in the SHOP.
Turn Day into Night with Photoshop
Learn how to turn a boring photo into a night image using Photoshop LUTS.
Starting a Photo Textures Library ~ Blog
Using Digital Textures can be fun, artistic and adds something different to your images.
Using Digital Textures to enhance your photographs ~ Blog
Use Photoshop Brushes to add different elements ~ Blog
Award Winning Image the Journey ~ Blog
Entering competitions can be daunting, yet rewarding. Putting your work out there to be judged has it’s benefits and can be disappointing at times. What makes an Award Winning image, there is no magic formula, the one thing I have learnt to ask myself “what is different or unique” about an image I am entering. This is still one of my favourite images and has done well in 3 Major Competitions, however it also has not got a placing in some competitions.
Photographer or Interpreter ~ Blog
Photography is a strange art form in that instead of creating from a blank canvas with your own ideas and materials, you start with reality and take it from there. So how do you approach the art of photography? Do you aim to represent reality or to interpret it?
Starting the Composite Journey ~ Blog
The very first thing you need when creating a composite is a vision of what you want to create so you can think about what elements are needed to create that vision. The second thing is identifying what skills will be required to bring everything together.
Up Up and Away Video Tutorial
Inspired by a movie, created for fun! Watch how I created Up Up & Away where I share my techniques and creative choices.
Product Tutorial: Replace your sky with Sky Texture Overlays - Video
Watch how I replaced the sky and why I did with a Sky Digital Texture from my Shop.
Product Tutorial: How to use the Landscape Overlays - Video
Watch how I use the Landscape Texture Overlays as the base layer to create a composite image.
Down a Foggy Lane Video Tutorial
An image created for fun see how it came together and my vision and work arounds.
Product Tutorial: How to replace a Sky with the Texture Sky Overlays
Learn why and how I replace my skys with a Texture Sky Overlay, some great tips as well.
Create art with Digital Texture - Video
Watch how I turned an average photo into art with a Sky Texture Overlay and few other tricks.
Create Art with the Renaissance Textures - Video
See how I created this image using Digital Textures and 2 of my own photos.
Click to Edit-Award Winning Image ~ Blog
I was fortunate to win the Creative Category with this image. To have your work recognized by 3 top Australian photographers was a “Woo Hoo” moment.
Using an Orton Effect on your Photos ~ Blog
What is the Orton Effect? Essentially, the Orton effectively blurs your image to give a dream-like quality. It is commonly used among landscape photographers.
Making of an Image - Tuscany ~ Blog
What was the lesson I learnt when editing this image? The tones are different to what I was used to, so I had to experiment with some different post processing techniques to end up with the result.