Learning to Create Spectacular Special Effects with the PhotoMagic ebook

Now that you got control of your camera, let’s try spectacular. How about special effects photography using PhotoMagic?

Remember why you got into photography? It was because it was fun, right? You had fun doing it. It was unlike anything else. It was exciting. Delightful in its possibilities.

Like childhood. Free of restraint. You didn’t care what you were doing, or how it looked. Just as long as you found those magical moments. Moments that were different from everyday life.

So let’s get back to fun. You’re a storyteller. Your images speak with more than formulas and prediction. Sometimes they need to reimagine. It might be time to learn some new techniques.

PhotoMagic will teach you how to recreate 11 of the most creative and simple special effects that won’t take forever to master. You’ll learn how to light paint. Use aperture masks. Recreate slow shutter zoom. Understand multiple exposures. And 7 others.

After learning these techniques, you’ll be able to apply wonderful, unthought of wrinkles to your own “normal” everyday photography.

Don’t be stuck making the same image, over and over again. Here are 11 special effects to expand your creativity.

For example, and I’m ashamed to admit this, I didn’t know how to light paint. Yes, it may seem simple to you, but honestly if you haven’t tried it then let me assure you. It’s harder than it looks.

There are many tiny variables you have to consider. Not to mention getting the shot look pretty. You have to expose your background, which most of the time means you have to expose for a dark sky and bright landscape.

Then you must expose for the sparks. These are bright. Very bright. This is fire – in essence.

So how do you do put together all these unlike parts? Well, first you got to know how to get the right light, and how to illuminate these sparks in a visually impactful way.

Then you have to get a good night sky photograph. That’s a whole challenge onto itself. Now, you have to get your sparks properly exposed. That’s just the shooting part. Now, you have to post-process.

I could go on, but that would take some pages. Here’s the cool thing. This PhotoMagic ebook are those pages. You’ll read about each step necessary to successfully recreate 11 cool special effects.

For every effect, you’ll get the needed background information. The gear necessary. And an explanatory walk-through guide to completing the shot. Meaning, each effect will be broken down into 3 important building blocks.

How the shot was taken: You’ll get the particulars to each effect. The settings, the techniques. And of course any special requirements that must be met. For the light painting example, you’ll learn what to buy – you’ll need steel wool! – and you’ll learn each step from start to finish that’s goes into making the sparks and dark sky sync together.

Processing the shot: After you got your images, you’ll need to put together the final form. Post-processing is key. Every special effect will be different. But you’ll learn all the digital darkroom secrets to finishing your shot. For example, you’ll learn how to composite using Screen Blending mode to combine multiple exposures for amazing star trails.

Variations: Now that you mastered the techniques, it’s time to expand. You’ll get examples of different uses for each of the effects. You’ll also get videos, advice, and uncovered tips learned from mastering the techniques. And links to websites that’ll show you new and innovate ways to combine these special effects to your regular photography.

“Photography is a creative pursuit. Capturing an image as it appears to the eye is only one way and possibly the less fun approach to creating photos. Like any other tools, the tools of photography can be used in limitless combinations to push the boundaries of creativity, and some of the most striking images are made when those tools are used for things their original inventors could never have imagined. Such is the way with special effects photography.”

So what is covered in this e-book?

• 11 Chapters devoted to 11 different special effects
• Learn how to shoot Star Trails, Panoramas, Water Droplets
• Recreate Slow Shutter Zoom, Light Painting, Multiple Exposures
• Get step-by-step guides, gear lists, camera settings
• Understand new creative techniques to improve other areas of your photography with PhotoMagic