This is the first in a series of tutorials where I will l demonstrate some of the tools and methods I have used over  the years to enable me to produce images that have gained awards both nationally & internationally.

During the first tutorial I will discuss and demonstrate the basics which I feel are the necessary building blocks to enable you to move forward to more “advanced techniques”.

Each subsequent tutorial will build on the one before culminating in a workflow that is easy to understand and can be used on a variety of images from landscapes to portraits . I will also demonstrate and discuss how to put together different elements from your own photographic library to create images that are both imaginative and eye catching.

In the first tutorial I will cover the following (These are, in my opinion, the essential basic building blocks) :- 

• Working with a…