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We’re excited to let you know about our Phototuts+ photography tip competition, giving you the chance to win $500 to put towards new camera equipment! You just need to submit a short video or screencast that showcases your favorite photography tip or trick!
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How good are you at evaluating your own work? In the marketplaces it’s great to have reviewers to ensure your work is of high enough quality, but if you only rely on their opinion, you’ll find things slow going.
In an excellent Phototuts+ tutorial, Antoinette Seaman shares six principles that enable you to learn to be your own critic. While the tutorial is aimed at photographers, the principals are relevant to creatives of all types.
Phototuts+ is Envato’s tutorial site for learning all aspects of photography. If it’s your favorite Envato site, give it a shout out in the comments!
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Over on the Tuts+ Premium blog, Skellie has listed 20 Must See TED Talks for Creatives. This is one of them.
“Erik Johansson creates realistic photos of impossible scenes — capturing ideas, not moments. In this witty how-to, the Photoshop wizard describes the principles he uses to make these fantastical scenarios come to life, while keeping them visually plausible.”
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I’m excited to let you know that Lomography.com and Phototuts+ will be joining forces once a month to bring you the best in film photography tips, tricks and tutorials. To celebrate, we’re launching the first collaborative contest open to all Phototuts+ and Lomography.com readers!
The Lomographic Society International is a globally active organization dedicated to experimental and creative snapshot photography. Boasting over a half-million members across the world, the concept of Lomography encompasses an interactive, vivid, blurred and crazy way of life.
Today, we’re launching the first (hopefully of many) contests. In order to enter, you’ll need to find a Phototuts+ tutorial that you like. Use your trusty film camera to execute the tutorial. Then you’ll upload those images to Lomography.com. It’s as simple as that!
We’re very excited to let you know about a new photo retouching competition, in partnership with Nik Software and Creattica! Read on to find out how you can put your photo retouching skills to the test and win some fantastic software…
Phototuts+ is Envato’s tutorial site about photos and photography.
Phototuts+ is a source of learning on all aspects of photography. We pump out regular tutorials on composition, equipment settings, post-processing, film photography, retouching and much more. If you love photography, you will find a treasure trove of useful advice at Phototuts+.
Our tutorials are the best on the web, hands-down – that’s why over 4 million people visit our network of tutorial sites each month.
Whether you’re a beginner just learning how to use manual focus, an intermediate photographer grappling with post-processing and perfecting your images, or an advanced photographer working with lighting rigs and sets, you’ll find plenty of fascinating tips of the trade here.
Visit the site today! Is Phototuts+ your favorite Envato site? Let us know why in the comments.
Cameras, lenses, theology, travel and humidity. This week we meet the Phototuts+ team. This post is taken from the Phototuts+ Team page on the site.
Sometimes, it’s easy to forget that actual human beings create the content here on Phototuts+. We are in fact real people, and not just photography loving robots. In addition to numerous part time contributors, we have a team of talented and passionate artists creating all kinds of tutorials and content teaching all things photography from lighting to post processing.
Browse this page to get to know us better and feel free to say hi on Twitter or on Facebook. Also, if you would like to contribute content to the site you can learn more information on our Submission Page.
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