Michael Breitung Photography

From Start to Finish post processing tutorial

mibreit — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 09:10:06 +0000

My start to finish tutorial video, which I recorded and edited over the last couple of weeks, is finally ready. It was a lot of work but worth it. The tutorial is intended for the intermediate to advanced Photoshop user and will cover all the steps I undertook to create the photo Bloody Causeway. To follow along you should be familiar with adjustment layers, masks and basic filters in Photoshop. I also use LR 4 for the preprocessing. If you don’t have LR and only use Camera Raw that should be ok. Many of the settings are the exact same in both programs and the most part of the tutorial I’ll be using Photoshop anyway.

For details about what I cover in the tutorial you can watch the intro video which is available on youtube

Included in the tutorial is also a short discussion about how I captured the photo, which includes use of Filters and also Fokus stacking. So besides post processing techniques you’ll also get an idea how I work in the field.

If you are interested what others think about the tutorial you might want to read Olaf Bathkes thoughts about the tutorial here. Olaf is a very experienced landscape photographer who knows his trade.

The complete tutorial is roughly 2,5 hours long and can be purchased for 17,50 USD (13Euro). This is a link to an automatic delivery system I’ve set up to make the purchase more comfortable for you. After you pay, you’ll get a temporary download link to the tutorial.

You can contact me through the the contact sheet on my homepage in case anything goes wrong with payment or download. No Paypal? Also no problem, the shop also supports credit cards. If nothing works for you just contact me and we’ll find another way.

Please mind that it might take some days to answer if I’m traveling. If not I usually answer my emails within a day.

regards,
Michael

New Video Tutorials – Quick Tips

mibreit — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 17:15:48 +0000

I started a new series of video Tutorials on my youtube page called Quick Tips. I want to share the first two videos here on my blog too. I recorded them this weekend as I was processing some photos I had taken on the Seychelles last year.

Soft Vignette

Image transformations

If you are interested in my complete workflow for processing photos and not only in such short tips, my Start2Finish video tutorial might be interesting for you. More than 2 hours of video where I show you how I processed one of my Giants Causeway photos.

Landschaftsfotografie Workshop

mibreit — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 18:51:27 +0000

Since this workshop will take place here in germany I’ll continue with this post in german.

Endlich habe ich die Zeit gefunden, meinen ersten Landschaftsfotografie Workshop zu planen. Ich möchte hier gar nicht lange drumherum reden. Alle Details findet Ihr in der Workshop Beschreibung oder wenn Ihr auf das Bild klickt.

Articles about my travels

mibreit — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 17:04:58 +0000

On Kwerfeldein I have written a couple of articles about my travels. I thought it’s a good idea to share all the direct links here. The articles are in german but they are accompanied by many photos and google translate also does a good job if you’re interested in the details.

Corsica	Northern Ireland and Donegal
Seychelles	Wales
German Alps	Scotland

I hope you like the selection. I’ll update it from time to time as I write new articles on Kwerfeldein.

cheers,
Michael

In the field – shooting Landscapes

mibreit — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 17:35:57 +0000

Since some weeks I own one of those smartphones. My old one stopped working after 4 years and I’m already starting to like the new features of my phone as, for example, filming videos in decent quality. 2 Weeks ago I used it to capture a little video where I show my setup when taking landscape photos. I think besides the camera the most important equipment for me are a sturdy tripod and pan head + my lee Filters. Check it out.

Unfortunately I havn’t had time to process the photo I take in the video yet. But it will finally end up on my flickr stream.

Creation of Luminosity Masks

mibreit — Sun, 05 Aug 2012 17:34:13 +0000

I’m currently working on an extensive tutorial video about the creation of one of my recent photos. It will be a from start to finish video, where I talk about how I took the photo and show everything from image management through pre-processing, focus stacking to post-processing in photoshop.

Till I’m done with the video, here is another short tutorial on my youtube channel for you. I describe the creation of Luminosity Masks by Tony Kuyper which I use a lot when processing my photos.

News

mibreit — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 16:48:42 +0000

First of all since this is most immediate, Landscape Photography Magazine, the world’s leading online landscape photography magazine, is currently offering a special ‘One-Off, One Issue’ deal. You can trial Landscape Photography Magazine by buying the July issue (issue 17) for only €0.24 cents, no further commitments. Here’s the link for more details

Note that this special offer ends 27 July 2012. If you’re interested in landscape photography and haven’t read this magazine yet this would be the perfect opportunity!

More interesting for the germans but because of google Translate also for international readers. Since the relaunch of the Kwerfeldein online photography magazine it’s possible to view all articles I was involved there. Mostly written by myself but also some very interesting guest articles I edited. Head over to this site to view the list. Mind that this list will grow as I write more and more articles

I’m planning to do a full from start to finish video showing my postprocessing techniques. I don’t know how long this will take but as a little teaser here’s a timelapse video for a recent exposure blending I did to one of my seychelles photos

The final photo looks like this after it went through some photoshop processing

So that’s it for now. Soon I’m of to northern Ireland and Donegal to do some serious sea and landscape photography. Stay tuned!

Nik Color Efex Promo Version

mibreit — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 17:47:12 +0000

I’m not sure how long this promo will last, so better head over to Nik Software and get your free trial with 5 Filters, that will stay active even after the trial expires. Amongst the 5 free filters in the nature pack is a filter called Polarizer and I have to say I like it. For my recent photo of the Partnachklamm this effect was used for the final touches, givin it some more vibrance.

PS: don’t be mistaken, there were a lot other techniques used on this photo, so the polarizer alone will not bring a photo to life. But it’s a nice add to the workflow.

cheers

Tutorial Video: HDR in Lightroom 4.1

mibreit — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 08:07:55 +0000

A tutorial where I show the new HDR blending feature of Lightroom 4.1 which is awesome! Again I recommend heading over to my youtube channel for a bigger video or to view it in fullscreen.

Purchasing Prints

mibreit — Sat, 09 Jun 2012 11:19:14 +0000

Since I got a lot of questions concerning the delivery costs of my prints over the past weeks I edited the Shop area on my homepage to more transparent for international customers. The Problem was, that the integrated shop was referencing to fineartprint who have very high delivery fees for international customers. I fear this was a bit discouraging.

I’m offering two alternatives for international customers. Both do great prints, have a money back guarantee and the delivery costs range between 5 and 20$ for most print sizes.

For more info head over to the Shop area. Thanks!