Michael Shainblum
Michael Shainblum is a photographer, filmmaker, and educator based in San Francisco, California. He has been working professionally as a photographer and filmmaker for 17 years since the age of 16. He has been commissioned by clients such as Disney, Nike, Samsung, Apple, and Google. He also shares his knowledge via his Youtube Channel, workshops, and video tutorials.
Tutorials:
Start To Finish Photography Editing Tutorial: Creating Dark and Dramatic Moods
by Michael ShainblumLandscape Photography processing tutorial: This video shows my entire start-to-finish process for my Dolomites image. In this video I discuss the reasons for taking the image the way that I did. The gear and tools used to create the photo. Then we go through my process of creating dark/dramatic moods in Adobe Lightroom and syncing multiple files. We then take the images into Adobe Photoshop to mask them together and add final touches to make the photo really shine. The video also covers dodging/burning, color correction and basic web sharpening. Runtime 1 hour and 14 minutes. This file size is almost 4GB so please be patient with the download and make sure you have a good connection.
Astrophotography and Star Photography Processing Tutorial
by Michael ShainblumIn this hour long Star Photography Processing Tutorial you will learn some of my favorite techniques for editing the Milky Way. I also talk about shooting techniques I use in Astrophotography and Milky Way Photography. Techniques include image stacking, basic photo blending, Lightroom panorama stitching, correcting panorama distortion in Photoshop, processing single frames in Lightroom and dodging/burning the Milky Way in Photoshop. Astrophotography can seem a bit daunting at first and processing these files can be a lot of fun with a little understanding.
Start to finish processing tutorial: seascape 'sanctuary'
by Michael ShainblumLandscape Photography Photoshop Tutorial: In This tutorial I will explain in detail the step by step techniques, used to create one of my favorite images “Sanctuary”.
Start to finish photography editing tutorial: blending for dynamic range and processing tough situations
by Michael ShainblumLandscape Photography post processing tutorial: In this landscape photography editing tutorial, I will explain in detail the step by step techniques used to create one of my favorite images, “Phoenix”. This will include the overall process from start to finish of how I edit my landscape images. You will be provided with the relevant files to follow along with during this photography tutorial. We will begin with a Lightroom session, focused on basic edits and organizing the files. Then opening those files into Photoshop to include more advanced image blending, dodging, burning and techniques that will allow you to have full control over your images.