The black and white fine art video tutorial – Fluid Time V is a  “making of” tutorial about how I created the image Fluid Time V – Aligning Paths

In this tutorial I present my vision for this image and for the series whose part it is, I analyze the composition of the image and I make a general presentation of the way I processed it with my method Photography Drawing (PhtD). More than just processing, this is a presentation of what happens from when the first idea is born till the finished image is ready to be delivered.
Here is also a link to the same video on VIMEO.

How to create an award-winning series of photographs

This is an insight into how I conceive, compose and process my black and white fine art images to create award-winning series. An overview of how to create (en)Visionography and how to process with Photography Drawing (PhtD) to create images that match your inner world as artists.
More details about how I create my photographs you can find in the book From Basics to Fine Art – Black and White Photography with co-author Joel Tjintjelaar and my recently released video tutorial and processing eBook  Long Exposure, Architecture, Fine Art Photography – Creating (en)Visionography 

Fluid Time V – Aligning Paths ©Julia Anna Gospodarou 2014

You can read more about the image Fluid Time V in my previous blog post about it. Also you can have a look here at the series Fluid Time, an award-winning series (it was awarded in IPA, PX3 and Black and White Spider Awards this year) created using the tilt-shift lens Canon TS-E 24mm f/3.5L II and where the leitmotif of the series is the blur effect this lens can create when tilted., which is, as you might have noticed, a characteristic style of my work over the last one and a half years. I’m explaining in the video why I use the blur effect as a tool to transpose in image my vision for the series and what the idea behind the creation of this series is.

Here is also my essential guide to the tilt-shift lens that can help you understand how to work with this outstanding lens.

TECHNICAL DATA

Technique

Long Exposure base image combined with short exposure.
LE image: T/S LE = Tilt-Shift Long Exposure
– Camera settings:
241.0 sec. @ f/4, ISO 100
SE image: T/S SE = Tilt-Shift Short Exposures
– Camera settings:
1/320 sec. @ f/3.5, ISO 100

If you want to learn more about long exposure photography you can read my Long Exposure Photography Extensive Tutorial that is a complete guide to this fascinating technique.

Equipment

CAMERA: Canon 5D MKIII
LENS: Canon TS-E 24mm f/3.5L II
– tilt-shift lens settings:
8.5 degrees – maximum tilt, 12mm – maximum shift (rise)
ND FILTERS:
– 10+6 stops Formatt Hitech  ProStop IRND Filters  (don’t forget that you can use my code JULIA10 to get 10% discount off any filter or other Formatt-Hitech product from www.formatt-hitech.com)
OTHER FILTERS:
– Circular Polarizer

Black and white processing

– LR5, PS CC , Topaz B&W Effects  (Topaz Labs B&W Effects 2 Full Review) +Topaz DeNoise + Topaz Detail + DxO View Point

Julia Anna Gospodarou - (en)Visionographer

Julia Anna Gospodarou is an internationally acclaimed photographer, architect with a Master degree, author and highly sought-after educator, teaching workshops and lecturing around the world. Founder of (en)Visionography™ and creator of Photography Drawing™, author of the best-selling book From Basics to Fine Art - Black and White Photography , with high distinctions in the most important photography competitions worldwide (International Photography Awards IPA Photographer of the Year, World Photography Awards SWPA and Hasselblad Masters finalist, as well as 80+ more awards), widely published internationally in books and magazines, Julia is passionate about the art in photography and striving to spread it into the world.