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Shooting on Location in Tampa

We kick things off with a visit to the beautiful city by the bay. In our first episode, we explore the streets of Tampa and capture the city skyline from several locations. Magic hour unfolds as we shoot sunset, blue hour and the night sky. Discover the beauty of this vibrant city through the lens as we start our journey with a little urban adventure. 

Critical Thinking – Location Deep Dive

In this episode, we examine each of our cityscape locations in detail. A lot of thought goes into why we shoot the way we do. We discuss the fundamentals light, composition, timing and how everything comes together to make a great image.

Lightroom – Editing Your Cityscape

In this lesson we jump into Lightroom and start to bring our RAW images to life. We utilize the development module to edit our cityscape images into beautiful fine art photographs.

Lightroom – Editing the Sky

In this module we use Lightroom to edit a special series of images which capture the Tampa sky. The final images will be used as raw materials for sky replacement lesson at the end of the course. 

Lightroom – Export Settings

In this short lesson we discuss the virtues of exporting our RAW images in 16 Bit color in order to generate perfectly smooth gradients for large format fine art images.

Photoshop – Automatic Panoramic

In this lesson we use Photoshop to automatically generate a panoramic image. This technique can save a lot of time, but it comes at a cost. 

Photoshop – Hand Made Panoramic

Learn to hand-stitch your own panoramic images in Photoshop. We discuss the many reasons why this technique is vastly superior to the automatic method.

Photoshop – Finishing Touches

In this lesson, we lean into our creative editing techniques with Photoshop. Learn to sharpen your image like a pro, and paint with light to bring out amazing details in your cityscape.

Photoshop – Sky Replacement

In our final lesson, we learn a simple, yet highly refined technique for replacing the sky in your cityscape image. Learn to take full creative control of your photography and build the images of your dreams.

Lewis Carlyle is a landscape and portrait photographer living in beautiful Colorado Springs, Colorado. A travel writer and documentary filmmaker, he has spent years hiking in the backcountry of America’s most spectacular wilderness areas.

Today, Lewis serves as Creative Director of Premium Light Academy. A founding member of this new online tutorial platform, he brings a cinematic approach to educational content. Lewis firmly believes that photography has the power to change the world for the better. His work is dedicated to that dream.