Tutorial 9, Chapter 3 - Gun

Ok I know I promised to keep the show length down but I had so much competitiony goodness to tell you about this week that I kinda over-ran my 30 minutes again. Sorry! But on the bright side this week you get the chance to win a ColorVision Spyder 2 PRO in our first ever PhotoWalkthrough Challenge! The topic of the challenge is "Colour" and all you have to do to win is take a photo inspired by that topic, upload it to Flickr and tag it with "pwchallenge1".

On today's show we convert Michelle's image to a gradient mapped sepia tone and add even more grunge using those Nagel brushes. And at the end I finish up by quickly showing you an image by Agnes Liu that does a similar job of distressing a photo. Inspiring stuff!

• Michelle Jones Photography
• Agnes Liu on Flickr
• The PhotoWalkthrough Colour Challenge - win a Spyder 2 PRO!

Tutorial 9, Chapter 3 - Gun

Tutorial 8, Chapter 4 - Flower Triptych

Today we have the final chapter in the Flower Triptych tutorial. Slightly shorter than usual but packed with goodness. Today we duplicate images, modify our gradient maps, paste our three images into a single document, play around with smart objects and finally print our images. Hope you enjoy it.

Tutorial 8, Chapter 4 - Flower Triptych

Tutorial 8, Chapter 2 - Flower Triptych

This week we improve the background of our image and cover some spot editing and contrast work that really brings out the vibrant colours in our flower image.

• The Candid Frame - Interview with John Arnold
• The Tips From The Top Floor Photography Workshop

Tutorial 8, Chapter 2 - Flower Triptych

Tutorial 8, Chapter 1 - Flower Triptych

24 hours later than planned but this week we see the start of another new tutorial. This time I've chosen a bright colourful image inspired by Andy Warhols iconic Marilyn Monroe image. Perfect for the hot summer we're having here in the UK. This show covers how to examine the brightness values in your image and how to apply a colour altering gradient map.

Also this week I spend a couple of moments talking about the Tips From The Top Floor photography workshop, run by Chris Marquardt. Chris has kindly asked me to come along and help out so if you'd like to improve your photography and see beautiful southern Germany take a look at the workshop page. Getting to Germany is very affordable and you'll have a whole week to indulge your hobby and learn! I hope I'll see you there.

• Tips From The Top Floor Photography Workshop
• Adobe Lightroom Beta 3

Tutorial 8, Chapter 1 - Flower Triptych