Great news for the architecture photography fans out there. I've now set up a dedicated channel bit.ly/ATArchitecture you're welcome to subscribe for free training if that's your thing! See you there :)
Dear Anthony. Don't listen to negative opinions off the negative people. You are good and helpful man, with good personality. Thank you very much for all the efforts and the good tutorials.
I appreciate that Maher! It seems so silly that for all of the kind and positive comments it's the one or two negative ones that stick in my mind and nag at me. Thankfully it's taught me to be more resilient and realise I'm never going to please all the people all the time and to carry on regardless. Thank you for your kind words 😀🙏
Harshly negative comments about your personality are symptomatic of the personality difficulties of the person commenting. I find your instructonal style clear, to the point and effective. i don't need to see you groggy and mumbling in the dark. The fully awake Turnham is just right. This video was very helpful and much appreciated. Thank you .
Cheers Vernon 👍. I appreciate your kind words. 🙏 And yes, there's only one person that needs to see me groggy and bleary eyed in the morning and that's my wife. I'll keep it that way from now on 😆
Don’t sweat it man, you are doing great. Remember, what doesn’t kill you, makes you stronger! LOL! Excellent tutorial. I am definitely going to try that technique.
I find your videos to be very educative. I have learnt alot watching them. Regarding nasty comments you mentioned in this video...just ignore them! Keep being yourself and true to yourself. That is why we watch your great videos.
Absolutely loved this. Please do more. Indeed, more on black and white in general. Your tutorials are always so easy to follow and I love your relaxed, easy and gentle way of teaching.
I’m looking at taking my photography into new directions. This is the first of your content I’ve watched. Very informative, thank you for that. There is so much content on RU-vid, but not that much which comes across as genuine. You do. Keep up the good work mate. Thanks again
Your a star Anthony, wonderful relaxed approach, explained brilliantly, dont worry about any negative posts, their just jealous, you have a unique skill that is very envious to some, i've been a fan of photography for years and seen a lot and i can assure you, you are in the top ten.
Wow. I really appreciate your style of teaching the concepts and talking about your thought/creative process. You're a good teacher. Thank you Anthony.
Id totally ignore what trolls say; i love your tutorials. Insightful, illuminating and very educational. Unlike said troll comments. Keep up the very good work!
Thanks for reiterating what I said at 15:35. Totally agree, and although a relatively simple fix, I didn't want to push the time of the video out any further, so I ommitted this step. As encouraged at the beginning, best bet is to capture it all in one frame in camera. Cheers for the comment C North.
Enjoyed this video. Thank you. I love the edit on the whole. While I have no issue with the sky edit, I do feel that the “long exposure” sky doesn’t go with the “short exposure” clouds in the glass reflection. Just didn’t quite sit right with the eyes.
Thanks man! Loved my time in Warsaw. My tour of Legia Warsaw stadium was cool as was the amazing science museum. So much to see, so much history. Great city! 👍
@@AnthonyTurnham Glad you like it. Try Kraków next time, as it wasn't damaged during the WWII there's much more architectural gems there. And moreover I really appreciate your tutorials, learned so much from you. Thanks.
Good your videos again! Sound is much better than previous two videos. No problem to hear clearly although it is not perfect. The echo comes from bass. It is even better if I turn down the bass of my speakers. Thanks, Anthony!
Thanks for letting me know Jack! I appreciate it. The sound distortion had been really bugging me and it turns out when I did a windows update it reset all my mic settings without me realising. Anyway, much better - good to know. I'll look into the bass side of things too. Cheers. 😀🙏
Take no notice of those horrible comments Anthony . They have nothing else better to do with their boring lives anyway.. Love watching your Videos, keep them coming my friend. look forward to your next one
@@AnthonyTurnham Thx. There's a couple of things that I find challenging, for example in the image you processed here, there is a very thin rail on top of the main building. I have faced exactly the same situations on another images (e.g. the Sydney Opera house is a classic example of this, it also has a very thin rail on top) and its extremely difficult to select that properly a blend with the sky later. I had to resort to selecting by colour or brightness. Anyyway thx for the video and looking fw for more. cheers
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You do not have to apologise for anything dude especially given how obviously masterful your technique is. It's perfectly alright to just be yourself. We are NOT here for theatrics! Your clear and calm approach to what is obviously a humongous amount of information is exactly what makes you special. I first saw this video a day after you first posted it and it has taken me well over a whole year to unpack a lot of the things that are going on in this video. I had to go down many many varying rabbit holes to arrive at a wholesome understanding of what you do here and to foment the gumption to finally leave you a comment. It's really some thing of a miracle that you got it all down in less than 30 minutes. Thank you!
Just "discovered" you, your work and your tutorials this morning. And I'm so glad I did. You're very good and it's refreshing to hear your insights and knowledge. I need this kind of information. Don't listen to the putz who was mean to you in his comments. To many people in todays world never learned how to be courteous and kind in dealing with others. They never learned these gifts from their parents (if their parents ever learned from their parents}. Keep on giving us your insights and experience. Keep up the good work.
I like your style of speaking and this kind of video is very informative. For me that's better than e.g. Peter McKinnon, seriously. You encouraged me so much that I have to go to this building in Warsaw this weekend and exercise fine art photography ;)
Hey thanks so much Edward. I really appreciate your kind words! I hope you get a good shot of the building. I really enjoyed my time in Warsaw. Such a great place!
Sometimes it's a lot of fun just to let loose and create something completely new and different from the original photo. I'm an artist first and photographer second so I love to create! Cheers fro the comment Julio 😀
Thanks Dylan. Yeah, they're out there, unfortunately. I guess the trick is to just navigate your way around them. Cheers for the comment mate. Much appreciated.
Enjoyed this video. You won a new subscriber. Really like this image.. looks so 1950’s to my eye. Excellent tutorial. Thanks for sharing your techniques.
Hey there, greetings from Denmark ;-) Thanks for a good tutorial and explanation, it's great some of you talented guys shares your "how2". Enjoy the upcomming holidays 🙂
Just watched your video. I am not an architectural fine art photographer but I would like to have a go at it without it being my full time photographic pursuit. I enjoyed the video and your presentation. Judging by the rest of the comments I would say don't worry about one negative comment and keep on doing what you did in this video!
just discovered this video, great tutorial and easy to understand. i actually like your demeanor more than the faux energetic look that most try to go for. also suits your subject matter. hope i get to see a tutorial on how to replace the cloud reflections on the building too.
Awesome, thank you! I'd love to do a tutorial on the cloud reflections being replaced but I'd really recommend shooting the subject with an ND filter on a tripod in the first place so the movement in the clouds is captured in camera.
@@AnthonyTurnham yes nd filter is best, although i would like to know how to fix cloud reflections during those times i cannot do an actual long exposure.
Enjoyed this although it was not clear how to create new paths and when you move into channels how the selections you made with the pen tools in Paths transfer over to channels. still trying to work that out but nice video and inspired to do more of this
Thanks Phillip. Hold ctrl and click on the path within the paths palette. That will load it as a selection. You can then create a new channel and fill with white / black based on the selection to create a channel you can reuse as a mask at any point.
Anthony, your "Fine Art Architecture' tutorial was excellent. Some points were covered a bit too quickly for my learning and could have used a bit more explanation like some technical aspects of the gradients and using CTRL + i to blacken a white mask rather than Alt + shift. If someone is so insensitive as to insult your personality then just refer him to Phlearn for a cast of characters.
Hi Richard. Thanks for watching and the feedback 😀 CTRL + I is just a shortcut for inverse. IE anything black becomes white and vice versa. Funnily enough the guy since came and apologised for the remark which I respected. It was actually a wake up call though as it made me realise it's not just about getting the info out there for people but also delivering it in an interesting way.
You are doing great man! I am trying to find my way into Fine Art editing but I am still a newbie to Photoshop. So I guess, I have still a long road to go but your help is much appreciated Anthony. Keep it going!
NIce explanation, preperation and presentation. Not a criticism, and you might not agree, but when compositing, its always best to stack your layers back to front. Its a cleaner workflow. The sky should be placed on your bottom layer stack. In addition, when you convert to BW, you can get better results in LR, especially if merging HDR and exporting to PS. It works in 32bit. This gives you a 16bit image in PS, which will allow for smoothing gradients and eliminate any banding that gets introduced. Lastly, you might consider a Motion blur in the window reflections to hide the fact you comped in a differant sky.
All very valid and solid points Daniel. Certainly if you're able to shoot on a tripod (unlike me in this example) then a bracketed 32bit HDR file to work with is the best choice for sure! And yes, I do normally do my b+w conversions in lightroom or ACR. You're right, it's a very good way to process the b+w.
Hi Anthony, just discovered your channel, have liked and subscribed, just watched your Fine Art Architecture tutorial, but I found pretty hard to follow what with all the selections you did in PS. Is there any tutorial that you you do that covers this at a slower pace? Thanks for a great channel, very inspiring, Cheers, Dave Hartwick.
Really great video, great content and presented in a calm relaxed and understandable way. Liked and subscribed and 'saved' the video to a play list so I can come back to consult it later. Many thanks!
Hello Anthony, nice work. Quick qs, how did you select the cantilever grill at the top of the building. Painstakingly using pen tool or did you have some tricks up your sleeve? Thanks in advance.
Great question. I did the edit a little while ago now so not 100% sure! I think it was the pen tool for accuracy. Yes... painstaking. It's possible though I used the channel with the most contrast between building and sky and created the mask that way. Damn my memory!!!
Hello Anthony … I tried again watching Joe Tint … but I never understand what he’s doing! Have you used his BW Artisan Pro? If you have used it could you please incorporate it in a future video. I know there are many people out there struggling with using his software😳
No nasty comments from me mate, thought your vid was excellent if not a bit fast, maybe i'm just a bit slow but your doing a great job, keep it up, it's about the content not the person making it. The dude with the nasty comment is obviously jealous.
Hi Anthony, I've just found your channel and really appreciate this tutorial. I've been struggling with fine art b&w recently. Some of the steps you went through a bit too quickly for me and although I can, and will play it back, I think you were probably explaining to more advanced Ps users. Some issues I have come across are getting messages in Ps such as "gradient too not available as content is not directly editable and a red mask covering the selection I have chosen for editing. So, more tutorials on fine art architectural b&w would be gratefully received. It was so nice NOT to get a tutorial starting with "Hey guys, whats up"!!
Thank you Nick. Great feedback. When you get that red mask it's likely you're in what's known as "quickmask" mode. If you press the q key you can toggle between that and the usual "marching ants" selection mode.
Hi Mario. You can have success with these type of photos at any time. The results will be slightly different depending on the lighting. I've got shots I love in overcast conditions, bright sunshine, morning, midday and noon. Best bet is to get out there and experiment and see what works best for your tastes.
Hi, beautiful work. I know it's a lot to ask but I would really like to know the step by step to make these selections, not marking them with the pen but how to introduce them and save them in the channels for later use.
Great video. I’d love to see more of this type of processing with strong B&W. I’ve watched Joel Tint.... but I always fall asleep as he tries to explain things. I know everyone isn’t a natural teacher but I do like your style. What was that coffee? I look dreadful until about 3pm
Haha! Nice one Rob. Yeah I love this style of processing so I'll definitely try and put something else together. Is it just architecture you're interested in or this style regardless of subject matter? ...I'm enjoying a nice espresso coffee as I write this. Arabica beans I believe... very good!
Great vidéo Anthony :) - I really like your mood, and the presentation. Keep it up Bro. I would like to know which shortcut did you press to add the 2 selections to the layer mask at 13:37 Thanks in advance
@@AnthonyTurnham Thanks Bro for your quick reply... I was referring to the shortcut after CTRL + SHIFT and click... After CTRL + SHIFT and click, I go to layers, click on the Mask, then CTRL + I, but I don't know the next shortcut to invert it in order to have the building in white on the black background on the mask... Please help 😊
@@henridongo5674 I'm not really sure because once the mask (not the layer itself) is selected, pressing ctrl + i together should invert the mask. IE what is black become white, what is white becomes black. You can do it through the menu too but it does the same thing - or at least it should. If I'm still missing what you mena please give me a time stamp to see where you're talking about. Ta.
I prefer using the color selection option. Then just remove the blue on the building from the mask. Its much quicker. Sometimes I take a copy of my picture and increase the contrast on only that layer to get a more perfect selection. Its really fast.
Thank you for this video I was looking for a while now and I hope it will help myself to do such rendering. Just a question, have you got any good information for creating detailed selection and storing them in PS ? Thank you very much. I'll have a look at your other videos, looked the one with B&W architectural in Luminar. But I think the ones on architecture will be of interest. Keep on your good work and thank again for sharing. And keep on coffee ;-)
Cheers for the nice comment. Funnily enough I'm writing back while enjoying a nice morning coffee here in NZ. 👌☕. Hard to give a full overview through the comments but yes there are a few ways. Save your alpha channels with your files so they're always accessible with that psd, or save the selection itself through the PS menu. Or create vector paths and save them. I'd Google them for more info on how 😃
Good video, very informative !! 1 question, how did you mask the 2 railings at the top of the building? They looked too thin to mask around.. Thanks in advance... P.S. I don't think you're boring !!! LOL
Thank you, Anthony, for this very interesting tutorial. I realize that it takes a lot of practice to change a capture into the picture as I envision. But this helps me getting there. Of course I could buy books or courses of well known colleagues which can be found on the internet but paying more than GBP1,000 for a day for me is not feasible for me as an amateur. Keeping the house warm is more important! Just one thing I wouldn't do and that is to import a sky. To me it feels as cheating. It's only one step towards one capturing an amazing sky and importing a wonderful landscape from somewhere on the internet and changing the two into an award winning picture. Sorry, even if I couldn't get the picture as I wanted because of not being allowed to use the tripod (or having forgotten it, or.. whatever), it's important to keep up the necessatity of having experience ans kills and yes, also the luck sometimes to be able to win over the challenges you are faced with as a photographer, being professional or amateur. This is part of the essence of the art of photography in my opinion. Nevertheless again I really appreciate this tutorial.
love your videos especially the fine art B&W. Keep them coming. Have you come across Joel Tjintjelaa, his work, and the Photoshop panels he has created?
Anthony, would you be able to help with getting Lumina 4.3 working through PS.......just purchased this after watching your videos and it seems to have issues. Looking online, this appears to be a common occurrence with the latest version. Would be great if you could assist. Thanks Christine
Hi Rerro Rocher (that's making me hungry!) So, funnily enough, my plugin just decided it was going to stop opening through PS too so I tried these suggested steps and now it's working again fine... hopefully, it'll work for you too. Make sure that Photoshop is not running. Open Luminar. Click File > Install Plugins... Click 'Uninstall' next to the Photoshop icon. Restart your PC Open Luminar. Click File > Install Plugins... Click 'Install' next to Photoshop. I found you have to be in administrator mode for it to have the correct permissions. :)
@@nathanthournmy6478 thanks Nathan.....lol about the hungry comment! Currently, I can't get into Luminar at all. It is just hanging at the splash screen. I have uninstalled, but still nothing. Quite frustrating I must say
Hi, I can't recall exactly now but I always keep my feathering pretty tight to avoid halos as best as possible. I find 0.5 to 1.2 pixels works well for me but obviously different resolution images will need lightly more or less. I'm shooting on a 45mp sensor.
Anthony, I've just stumbled on your channel while looking for tips on fine art architecture postprocessing and although I'm primarily an ON1 RAW user, I think your ongoing advice is going to be very useful to me. I like to think of myself as a moderately advanced amateur and being retired, I have plenty of time to experiment. Looking forward to perusing your back catalogue of RU-vids. - Cheers from Perth (WA). PS - May the miserable p***k who said you have no personality accidentally delete his entire collection of images! 😀
Hi Pierre. The initial file prep for sure. That's basically editor stuff. The sky replacement would be a lot easier too. The more difficult part is the masking. Luminar rocks in so many areas but PS has the edge when it comes to masks. The finishing is all Luminar, so basically it's just the selections! Great question.
Great tutorial, love your work, however, exactly that point where I wanted to know how you remove the cloud reflection you skipped it :-) maybe another time. As to those who write nasty comments, you simply make sure you block them so that you spare them future agony and in a way you help them :-) absolutely nothing wrong with your presentation!
LR is a great place for the raw edit as it keeps all that info for your photos in one catalogue so it's great for organisation. Adobe Camera Raw could be used to start the edit too though. It contains the same raw editing tools as lightroom.
