This EASY Photoshop tutorial creates STUNNING fine art abstract photos

[@JasonSturgess]

seen a few Drone photos using this effect looks cool so going to give it ago myself Thank you.

[@christinabutterworth2546]

KZbin was listening 😃 literally looking at some shots like this on insta and wondered how it was done 2 hours ago. Many thanks will have a go 😃👍

[@infinitelyblessed1778]

I have a flamingo print that has this type of effect for the background, absolutely gorgeous!!

[@garryblackburn]

I've just tried out this technique after watching the video and I'm really pleased with the resulting image. Thank you for sharing.

[@BasBerkhuijsen]

Bedankt

[@garycooney6370]

Heading to the beach in a couple weeks. Can’t wait to try this.

[@AndrewLanxonPhotography]

Hope you enjoy it!

[@Ms007JBond]

Awesome video... and stunning image!! LOVE the effect and can't wait to try it! Thanks so much for sharing!!

[@markcamm5330]

I was nowhere near as careful as you in establishing my image, and it actually still worked! What a marvellous technique. Once I get a stronger grip on the basics I can see a whole new world of abstract/painterly images opening up. Thanks for such a detailed and enjoyable video.

[@andyallard5990]

Excellent Andrew beautiful picture you are the man🎉❤ And happy New Year to you look forward to seeing lots of you in 2023

[@BradleyProulx]

I did this technique with a lighthouse in the backdrop and it was one of the first pieces I sold locally! Thanks for the tips!

[@jjhphotography]

I've been wanting to learn this technique since I first started seeing it earlier this year. Crazy how 'easy' it is but love how much you can do with it.

[@kaye_rubi]

awesome end result - thank you for sharing

[@AndrewLanxonPhotography]

Thank you for watching!

[@joefriday4171]

Thank you Andrew for this new (to me) technique. I have quite a few photos that may be in need of this treatment.

[@stuartlauchlan7061]

I have seen images from other photographers using the techniques, but haven't tried it personally. Your instruction is easy to follow, so I will have to give it a try. Meantime, thanks so much for sharing.

[@SightseeingStan]

Simple but super effective technique! Loved it!

[@AndrewLanxonPhotography]

Thank you!

[@DJ-Wehrli]

What a great tutorial, well done mate

[@AndrewLanxonPhotography]

Thank you!

[@califmike2003]

Got to learn this technique, that looks so so cool , love the abstract look.

[@annehealy7926]

I use this quite a lot

[@debbiewitt7028]

Thanks Andrew always like learning something new in Photoshop.

[@TheOlandex]

Yeah - cool effect. I like it and will have to give it a try. BTW - I also keep a bottle of single malt by my computer :)

[@msingrey14]

I absolutely love the look that this technique creates. Thank you for the new video about how to achieve "the look".

[@brettwooderson7442]

I saw your original video and have tried it. These days I actually look for scenes to do it to whilst out.

[@AndrewLanxonPhotography]

Thanks Brett!

[@danielriis4884]

Looks good! I will definitely try that

[@devinmcculloch7231]

Thank you I usually ICM but will try this also

[@martincregg]

Fabulous!

[@adventuresofjandk]

That was awesome

[@57sapke]

I love the technique and will certainly use it. Great video, thx. 👍

[@AndrewLanxonPhotography]

Glad it was helpful!

[@happymystic9800]

Very informative video, thank you for that. Cheers …

[@sirpatmcc]

Great video and well explained. Thank you.

[@philbennett1908]

Great tutorial, thanks for sharing. I have just the image I can use to try this on. Thanks 🙏🏻

[@paulasimson4939]

I'm gobsmacked at how easy this is and how fantastic it looks. Thank you!

[@AndrewLanxonPhotography]

Thanks Paula, I really appreciate that!

[@peterc2248]

Great fun. I just tried it on some bland beach photos I took a while back in Wales. You need the 'right' image though :-)

[@bobwiegers]

I think the blur effect is great, so thanks for the heads-up on that. I'm unconvinced by the figure in the foreground however...too much uncanny valley for me.

[@edmundhayes7982]

Great tutorial

[@ronj5714]

I hope I can copy doing this- I am a total newbie on photoshop. 😆

[@gary9771]

I’m a new subscriber. That bottle of Macallan 15 on the shelf let’s me know we both enjoy a good whisky. Anyway, I like this technique, I’m sure I have lots of throwaway shots that this might help. Looking forward to seeing more of your work!

[@AndrewLanxonPhotography]

Thanks Gary, and welcome to the Channel, you're clearly a man of good taste (in both youtube channels and whisky!)

[@KaReEdCa]

This just gave me so many ideas.... I guess when looking at the second image, one could use transform to creduce their size as well making them less prominent on the image. Got to give this a try

[@MrJalan123]

Great thank you I was looking so long to get such lecture to edit my pictures as fin art ❤ I will shear my results with you in Instagram as I start following you great work please keep it up

[@colinbrewer6507]

Very clever Andrew I can see I'm going to have to have a go at this love the effect 👏

[@warrenlloyd7532]

Very useful video Andrew, well done

[@AndrewLanxonPhotography]

Glad it was helpful!

[@tomfisher7387]

Absolutely brilliant! Thank you for sharing it!

[@EdBacon]

Try moving the shadow layer just above the Background layer and use layer blending to add some texture to the shadow.

[@tunisiano3236]

perfect!

[@Janshere]

Thank u so much for helping me

[@BJV-Video]

Nice. Maybe You could make the couple with the dog smaller

[@richritter]

I used the technique from your first video on a couple, it does make a good "fine art" look. Will use your shadowing technique on some. Thanks for a great video and technique!

[@AndrewLanxonPhotography]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@duncanmeechan5694]

I loved this, and I will be giving it a go. Thanks Andrew, another super useful video you have given us 😁👍

[@AndrewLanxonPhotography]

Thanks Duncan, really appreciate it!

[@DolorsHoms]

Thank you very much for your tutorials and your work. I have a problem at the beginning of the tutorial. I don't save the selection with the patch to be able to use it later. could you explain what I'm doing wrong. Thanks

[@olodumareh]

One thing wrong there: from that angle, the reflection of the person should actually be SHORTER, not longer than the person itself. The original only gives the ilusion of a bigger reflection because the person´s image is being reflected on several layers of water (the little waves) but if you are standing in a single layer of water (such as a calm pond, or even if a mirror was spread on the ground) that reflection has to be shorter than the image of the person itself, when viewed from that angle... Try it out and fix that (just for fun), you´ll get a much more realistic result in the end 👍

[@lilyhicklin]

Living on the coast, I'll quite often use intentional movement to create an image, especially when there's not too much colour in the sky at sunset. However, I have used this technique recently with some amazing results.

[@AndrewLanxonPhotography]

I do love a bit of ICM on the coast. Always a balance between getting a total blur and having enough left that you can still get an understanding of what you're looking at. I like doing it this way sometimes in post as I have more control.

[@mark1hancock]

Great video but your in picture commentry covers some of the controls when you up the speed to 500% so it is hard to follow along, or at least I missed something?

[@PeteEdmunds]

Agree. I couldn’t see where the 500% setting was made.

[@odisseyproducciones222]

Thanks so much for this amazing tutorial Andrew!! I have a question you might clarify for me: Regarding the edits Tomas Fotomas does, for instance, Im just watching some pics he uploaded to IG today (March 5th 2023), how does he tackle the waves in a manner they stay as they were and they are not affected by the path blurr? Meaning, in the specific pic i mention, the wave tube still keeps its roundness and the barrel braking on the water stays the same to (the water splash seems to not be affected by the blurr). Wonder if Im explaining myself clearly enough..Thanks

[@cb9831]

Thank you so much for this. As a Ps user, completely for photos, I can't follow your button selection for the 'shadow' creation onwards - could you possibly re do the process with this in mind ? Just for us idiots ! I don't have any experience of transferring items between images but have been using Ps for Photo processing for 15+ years Any help appreciated !! It's all a bit too fast from about 5:19 onwards & I cant see your mouse / key strokes !! I use ICM a lot - but this allows me to fix areas within an image & I love it !! Thank you

[@robbiegernandt331]

Yes, agree. All good and easy to follow up to that point. "5:19 onwards & I cant see your mouse / key strokes !!"

[@guillaumeledique3401]

Just wondering why you didn't apply a blend if on the shadow? Wouldn't that create an effect closer to the original shadow where the difference in light on the shore will break it up? Love the technique though!

[@dani_da_vision]

What about doing this in lightroom using minus 100 texture brush for instance ? And you could paint aroung the figure, and i also believes you can isolate subjects there too

[@AndrewLanxonPhotography]

Removing texture in this way would probably help give a 'smoother' look to parts of the image but it wouldn't create the motion in the blur in the same way, which is a big part of the success of this technique.

[@Manwithnoshirt]

On some of Thomas Fotomas's photos he has retained details in a wave, is that done by using the pen/magnetic tool to subtract it from the selection similar to how you do it for people?

[@CBressanPhoto]

Given that the shadow is being reflected by whatever on the ground, wouldn't it (the shadow) also blurred?

[@MikeCaffyn1]

Good lesson thanks. Hate to be picky but that's a reflection, not a shadow. They are modelled very differently.

[@starryj63]

Quick question…. Seems that people or animals are the best subjects for this technique. Have you tried jetty’s, piers etc?

[@vitoralves1884]

Hey Andrew, how can you do it with a wave? A bigger object..

[@janicesugden5603]

I love your tutorial! Being a complete numbat with photoshop (despite having it for many years), I am stuck where you say 'copy' 'paste'. I know Cntrl C, Cntrl V, but when I use them here it places a copy of the person in another area of the image. It does not give me a choice. Where am I going wrong please?

[@rickkremer0525]

great video, but I have a silly request.. Is there anyway for you to repost this but place your video on the bottom left hand side... please... I am desperately tyrying out your technique. Which btw is stunning.. Thank you

[@robbybenz]

Just can't seem to add a gradiant to the shadow layer mask

[@FlorenceRobbiano]

It seems interesting but I am stuck at the second step with the patch tool. My background is selected. I do a rough sketch around the figure but it actually duplicates de figure instead of making it disappear. I have checked I have exactly the same things as you checked for the patch tool. This is frustrating 😂 PS : Erratum, I found the problem. Destination was selected ;)

[@dolorshoms6457]

Can you speak de solucion for me.thank you

[@FlorenceRobbiano]

@@dolorshoms6457 It is written in my comment. You need to deselect Destination. ;) Have a nice day!

[@marraentezary6952]

My photoshop is just like yours but it doesnt have the icon that removes the figure :(

[@nicasiophotographer8322]

like sound you clip

[@GPadugan]

this isn't a photo, it's digital art. and that's great. but don't call it a photo. the actual photo version done in camera would only blur things that are moving. the beach should remain sharp as should the person. The other shot you showed with the dog would look better if done this way. Also, with the amount of digital art being done on these images, why not just scale down the people and dog in that second photo to create the same feeling? Why not just erase the people and keep the dog? where do you draw the arbitrary line?

[@AndrewLanxonPhotography]

I'm not sure this is the video for you in this case :)

[@jessquinn6106]

Wow, From real life to a fake world in seconds.

[@fotogfitzfoto412]

It's pronounced lass-oh, not lass-oo.