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Spending time with Photography Students at Cardiff and Vale College

On Wednesday this week I was at Cardiff and Vale College in South Wales, having been invited to speak to a group of Photography Students for a couple of hours.

It was so good to be amongst people who were clearly excited about their Photography but also in particular about the possibilities with their retouching using Lightroom .

During my time with them I first of all went through some tips and techniques for Portrait Photography, focusing (no pun intended) on the ‘people’ side of things as opposed to the technicals, and all with the intention of helping the person in front of the camera to relax.

After a short break I then went through retouching a portrait using ONLY Lightroom and going through my new workflow which shows how I am now doing tasks such as Dodging and Burning, my 2010 Technique and Lighting Effects, which up until very recently I would have only ever done by using Photoshop.

Had a great time at Glyn’s lecture yesterday. I had been researching about how to take good portraits. What Glyn shared about techniques (with just one light!) was really encouraging. I was still using Photoshop for my editing, but the techniques demonstrated in Lightroom were amazing. I must sign up to his channel!
— Norman Allen
Thank you Glyn for yesterdays photography workshop. Your expertise and passion made it a truly enriching experience. Looking forward to applying the new skills I’ve learned. Many thanks for your valuable time.
— Chathuranga Gamage
Yesterday I attended a talk/presentation hosted by Glyn Dewis. This presentation was not only hugely informative but presented me with a number of questions to ask of myself. If I were to make comment on one thing from the presenter/presentation it would be the unswerving passion for the subject and inspiring others to achieve of their best.
— Steve Riggs

HUGE thanks to everyone for making me feel so incredibly welcome and for my great friend Anthony Crothers (College Staff / Tutor) for inviting me in.

Updating my TIMELESS Photography & Retouching Course

Since I first released my TIMELESS Photography & Retouching Course there’s been the inevitable updates in both Lightroom and Photoshop PLUS I’ve now fallen in love with using Constant Light when taking portraits.

So taking all of this into account, I thought it was only right that I should record some new content to add into what is already, by far, my most popular course.

LIFE TIME UPDATES

If you have already enrolled in TIMELESS, then you have LIFETIME UPDATES at no extra cost, so the new content will automatically appear in the Course Curriculum and you’ll see it and be able to watch it when you login from Monday 25th March 2024.

PRICE CHANGE

After the 25th March 2024 update has been added in, the price to enroll will be increasing for new students due to the course now containing even more content …

  • Current Price (up to 25th March 2024): $32.40 / £27.60 / €32.35

  • New Price (from 25th March 2024): $40 / £35.40 / €41.50

To enroll in TIMELESS at the pre-update price before the new price is introduced, check it out using the button below …

SONY ... WHAT WERE YOU THINKING? 🔥 ZV-E1 Overheating FIXED but it COST ME MONEY

I love my ZV-E1 for filming video content and for LIVE Streaming but even in the lowest recording settings it overheats!

This is now fixed though thanks to a Cooling System I weas recommended …

Links mentioned in the video …

Tilta Cooling System ( LINK )

Tilta Full Camera Body Cage ( LINK )

Westcott Cyber Week Sale 2023

The great folks who make and sell my Vinatge Grey Canvas by Glyn Dewis background for when taking portraits AND the samefolks who make and sell the lighting and modifiers I use, currnetly have their CYBER SALE WEEK running until Monday 27th November 2023

Looking through some of the items I’ve noticed up to $200 OFF lighting kits, and various other discounts on Modifiers, Backgrounds, LED Lighting Kits and so on …

Presenting at the YPU Keighley Day 2023

Back home now after a fantastic weekend in Yorkshire having been sponsored by Adobe to present at the YPU (Yorkshire Photographic Union) Keighley Day.

L to R: Yours Truly, YPU President Richard Littlefair, YPU President Elect Christine Hodgson and Ross McKelvey

Great to meet so many nice people who had made me feel so incredibly welcome from the moment I arrived on the Friday evening.

Wonderful too, to finally spend some quality time with Ross McKelvey who was also presenting.

He ‘took to the stage’ for the first part of day and it was so good to be able to kick back and watch as he firstly talked through prints of some of his wonderful images and then shared some of his retouching techniques.

Yep … a great couple of days spent with some great people PLUS a BIG thank you to Rufus Deuchler from Adobe for putting my name forward.

I'm now a Brand Ambassador for Calibrite

Proud to announce that I am now a Brand Ambassador for Calibrite

I've been using Calibrite (formerly X-Rite) calibration products for a number of years to make sure that what I see on my screen, and ultimately edit, is accurate with regards to colour, brightness and contrast, which then leads to the best possible print.

Very happy to have been approached because those that know me, know that I never approach a company; I've always believed that if you put the work in and are consisent then it's only a matter of time before good things happen.