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    Artist Inspiration #1 Mikael Kennedy

    This weeks inspiration comes from an artist called Mikael Kennedy. I stumbled upon his work on another website and was immediately drawn to the beauty and simplicity of his style.

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    Weekly Inspiration #8 Infrared

    These infrared images are from deviantart.com. I have included the artists gallery link if you want to view more of their work  Looking at these I really miss the art of true film photography. Look out for my infrared tutorial coming soon, that has been inspired by...

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    Bringing back the Lomo Effect Tutorial

    I recently published an article about a new set of actions that I have created - the Lomo effect action set and I have had a bunch of emails sent through to me asking for a tutorial, showing step by step how to achieve it, so here it is :)

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    Lomo Effect Action Set

    One thing that I miss so much is film photography. Its getting harder and harder to obtain film and to process it, but this isn’t a rant about the cost of processing film this is about how to recreate the lomo effect!

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    Orton Effect Tutorial

    In this tutorial, I’m going to show you how to achieve the Orton effect, that you can find in my latest group of actions. 1.  If you have retouched the image and made density corrections, press crtl-shift-alt-E to make a merged copy of the image....

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    Bleach Bypass Tutorial

    In this tutorial, I’m going to show you how to achieve the Bleach Bypass effect, that you can find in my latest group of actions. 1.  If you have retouched the image and made density corrections, press crtl-shift-alt-E to make a merged copy of the...

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    Holga Effect Tutorial

    In this tutorial, I’m going to show you how to achieve the Holga effect, that you can find in my latest group of actions. 1.  If you have retouched the image and made density corrections, press crtl-shift-alt-E to make a merged copy of the image....

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