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Pho­tog­ra­phy pod­cast #124 features an interview with Arizona fine art photographer Tony Kuyper. After years of experimentation Tony has developed an intermediate post processing technique NOT based on the pixels that make up the image but rather the brightness levels or tones that make up the image. One of the game changing reasons to work in this way is the tonal control and level of precision you can achieve with your selections and the fact that these selections are naturally perfectly feathered.  This is accomplished by creating a luminosity mask (in Gimp, Photoshop Elements or Photoshop) and Tony describes how and why to do this in the podcast. Although this is an intermediate level podcast, newer photographers might want to listen to get ideas for future study and post-processing play. Tony explains the concepts clearly! Thanks to The Camera Store (The largest camera store in Calgary, Alberta, Canada)  for sponsoring the Photography.ca podcast. Here are some of Tony’s images processed with and without luminosity masks. You can see that the images processed with the masks ‘sing’ louder. Brine Stones by Tony Kuyper — processed without luminosity masks   Brine Stones by Tony Kuyper — processed with luminosity masks   Elephant’s Feet by Tony Kuyper processed without luminosity masks   Elephant’s Feet by Tony Kuyper processed with luminosity masks   Navajo Bridge by Tony Kuyper processed without luminosity masks   Navajo Bridge by Tony Kuyper processed with luminosity masks   Links /resources mentioned in this podcast: Luminosity masks — Tutorial on Tony’s site Tony’s tutorials page GIMP luminosity mask tutorial Photography assignment on our forum — Space Level 2 photography assignment on our forum — Diptychs Illuminight — Photography exhibition by Marko Kulik http://www.photography.ca/blog/dating-websites-for-black-women/ If you are interested in writing for our blog please contact me photography.ca ( A T ) G m ail Dot co m (using standard email formatting) 100 free couple dating sites My Facebook profile — Feel free to “friend” me — please just mention Photography.ca My Twitter page — I will follow you if you follow me — Let’s connect — PLEASE email me and tell me who you are in case I don’t reciprocate because I think you are a spammer. If you are still lurking on our forum, feel free to join our friendly   Photography forum Thanks as well to Mike Bons, Lucy 72, Jimmy Brown, and Darnell B who posted comments directly on the blog.  Although ALL comments are appreciated, commenting directly in this blog is preferred. Thanks as well to all the new members of the bulletin board. If you are looking at this material on any other site except Photography.ca — Please hop on over to the Photography.ca blog and podcast and get this and other photography info directly from the source. |Subscribe with iTunes|Subscribe via RSS feed |Subscribe for free to the Photography podcast — Photography.ca and get all the posts/podcasts by Email You can download this photography podcast directly by clicking the preceding link or listen to it almost immediately with the embedded player. Thanks for listening and keep on shooting!

<a href="http://www.photography.ca/wp-content/uploads/photo-podcast-124.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pho­tog­ra­phy pod­cast</a> #124 features an interview with Arizona fine art photographer <a href="http://www.goodlight.us" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tony Kuyper</a>. After years of experimentation Tony has developed an intermediate post processing technique NOT based on the pixels that make up the image but rather the brightness levels or tones that make up the image. One of the game changing reasons to work in this way is the tonal control and level of precision you can achieve with your selections and the fact that these selections are naturally perfectly feathered.  This is accomplished by creating a luminosity mask (in Gimp, Photoshop Elements or Photoshop) and Tony describes how and why to do this in the podcast. Although this is an intermediate level podcast, newer photographers might want to listen to get ideas for future study and post-processing play. Tony explains the concepts clearly! Thanks to <a href="http://thecamerastore.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Camera Store</a> (The largest camera store in Calgary, Alberta, Canada)  for sponsoring the <a href="http://Photography.ca" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Photography.ca</a> podcast. Here are some of Tony’s images processed with and without luminosity masks. You can see that the images processed with the masks ‘sing’ louder. Brine Stones by Tony Kuyper — processed without luminosity masks Brine Stones by Tony Kuyper — processed with luminosity masks Elephant’s Feet by Tony Kuyper processed without luminosity masks Elephant’s Feet by Tony Kuyper processed with luminosity masks Navajo Bridge by Tony Kuyper processed without luminosity masks Navajo Bridge by Tony Kuyper processed with luminosity masks Links /resources mentioned in this podcast: <a href="http://www.goodlight.us/writing/luminositymasks/luminositymasks-1.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Luminosity masks</a> — Tutorial on Tony’s site <a href="http://www.goodlight.us/writing/tutorials.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tony’s tutorials page</a> <a href="http://www.gimp.org/tutorials/Luminosity_Masks/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">GIMP luminosity mask tutorial </a><a href="http://www.photography.ca/Forums/photo-assignments/21462-december-2013-photo-assignment-space.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Photography assignment on our forum — Space</a> <a href="http://www.photography.ca/Forums/level-2-photography-assignments/21476-december-2013-level-2-photography-assignment-diptychs.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Level 2 photography assignment on our forum — Diptychs</a> <a href="http://markokulik.com/illuminight-photography-by-marko-kulik/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Illuminight — Photography exhibition by Marko Kulik</a> <a href="http://www.photography.ca/blog/dating-websites-for-black-women/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.photography.ca/blog/dating-websites-for-black-women/</a> If you are interested in writing for our blog please contact me <a href="http://photography.ca" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">photography.ca</a> ( A T ) G m ail Dot co m (using standard email formatting) <h3><a href="http://www.photography.ca/blog/100-free-couple-dating-sites/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">100 free couple dating sites</a></h3> <a href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=524661653&amp;ref=mf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">My Facebook profile — Feel free to “friend” me — please just mention Photography.ca</a> <a href="http://twitter.com/markokulik" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">My Twitter page — I will follow you if you follow me — Let’s connect — PLEASE email me and tell me who you are in case I don’t reciprocate because I think you are a spammer.</a> If you are still lurking on our forum, feel free to join our friendly  <a href="http://www.photography.ca/Forums/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Photography forum</a> Thanks as well to Mike Bons, Lucy 72, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jimmybrown/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jimmy Brown</a>, and Darnell B who posted comments directly on the blog.  Although ALL comments are appreciated, commenting directly in this blog is preferred. Thanks as well to all the new members of the bulletin board. If you are looking at this material on any other site except <a href="http://Photography.ca" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Photography.ca</a> — Please hop on over to the <a href="http://www.photography.ca/blog" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Photography.ca blog and podcast</a> and get this and other photography info directly from the source. |<a>Subscribe with iTunes</a>|<a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/photography_ca" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Subscribe via RSS feed</a> |<a href="http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=photography_ca_all&amp;loc=en_US" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Subscribe for free to the Photography podcast — Photography.ca and get all the posts/podcasts by Email</a> You can download this photography podcast directly by clicking the preceding link or listen to it almost immediately with the embedded player. Thanks for listening and keep on shooting!

124 — Luminosity Masks — Interview with Tony Kuyper