CREATIVE PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS & TRICKS - Creating Dreamlike Photos

[@eileenthompson5958]

You are a lovely person Ray and your voice is just right - I’m so thankful you’re not prone to rush through what you are saying! Thoroughly enjoyable!

[@VisualArtPhotography]

What a nice thing to say Eileen. Thank you and have a wonderful weekend.

[@flyfishnfoto]

Ray congratulations on posting 100 videos.They are fascinating and very creative.

[@VisualArtPhotography]

Thank you thank you and have a great week.

[@voyageruno8938]

This is easily on the best photography channels on KZbin. It's so refreshing to listen to a calm, serious and thoughtful inspirational video among all the confusion of this world.

[@VisualArtPhotography]

What a wonderful thing to say. Thank you and I wish you a great week.

[@markharris5771]

It sounds so inadequate to say thank you for all your amazing videos. You inspire everyone from the newbie to those who have owned cameras for many years. Your videos are always unique and about technique rather than exposure triangle and rules of composition. I know for myself your channel is extremely special. My gratitude goes much further than you will ever know. Congratulations and I’m really looking forward to the next 100.

[@VisualArtPhotography]

Hi Mark. Thank you very very much. You sir, are an inspiration. Take care and be well.

[@markharris5771]

Visual Art Photography Tutorials Thank you, you take care too Ray.

[@grahampayne5073]

Hi Ray, Congratulations with the 4 years and the 100th video. I really do like watching your material and the laid back way that you present it. Once again another great video here with dreamlike photos and tips. I'm looking forward to your next tutorial.

[@VisualArtPhotography]

Thank you so much Graham for the kind words and for taking the time to watch. Have a really good week.

[@maritzas2575]

Congratulations on your 100th video. I love forward to each one. Thanks for sharing your time and talent with all of us.

[@VisualArtPhotography]

Thank you Maritza. Much appreciated. Have a wonderful weekend.

[@adambennett2840]

Congratulations on your 100th video Ray, I think I’ve seen (and enjoyed them all). I really like your composite image of the staircases in this one, amazing vision to create this. Keep up the great work.

[@VisualArtPhotography]

Hi Adam. Thank you very much and take care.

[@cii1072]

Ray, great video. You had some really good examples here. And congrats on your 100th video.

[@VisualArtPhotography]

Thank you!

[@avs4365]

A reminder of how to put the 'Art' into your work - congrats, you really deserve the success, keep well.

[@VisualArtPhotography]

Thanks so much and take care.

[@rosasgonzales9524]

Congrats Ray and thank you for all of your inspiring videos. You are very generous with your talent. As a beginner in photography, I'm always in search of role models and you are one of them!

[@VisualArtPhotography]

Rosas, you are very kind. Thanks so much and I wish you a great weekend.

[@jackieconnell7183]

great dreams and I always enjoy your videos Ray,but opened to see how you put yourself under the mushroom lol.love all your tutorials,keep them coming.

[@VisualArtPhotography]

Thanks so much Jackie. Enjoy the weekend.

[@jackieconnell7183]

@@VisualArtPhotography so what about the mushroom lol

[@julessanchez9216]

Ray, I like your photos of imagination. It’s something that has interested me from the beginning of photography, you can take a thought and create whatever and how far that you may want the direction of your photo to go. I remember in the early stages of learning to understand the camera and all the settings, I took a photo of a red mushroom 🍄. As the years passed by, I thought about that photo and how I wanted to have someone sitting on the top of it. Years ago I was at Audubon Zoo in NOLA, with my mother, sister and wife. They stopped to take a break and have something cool to drink, as I observed my mothers sitting on this round wooden bench, I photographed her without her knowledge, and I knew this would be the photo that I would use to place her on top of the mushroom. The imagination is endless to create new ideas with photos, your videos are very interesting and the photos of your ideas are breathtaking ! I as one love dreaming, and being able to create a photo into that dream state in a awesome experience and very gratifying. Ray, keep up the great work, and our ideas are endless, we never stop learning ....... Thank you for sharing your knowledge and the ideas in this media of art.

[@VisualArtPhotography]

We are a bit of the same mind Jules. Yes, it’s great just to let the imagination go. You never know what it will lead to. Thanks so much for the interesting comment and the very nice words. Have a great weekend.

[@johnscratchley3288]

I always enjoy your videos Ray. Though I have been taking photos for years, you are always jogging my memory and introducing new paths to explore.

[@VisualArtPhotography]

Hi John. You are always very kind. Thank you for taking the time to watch and I wish you a great weekend. Take care.

[@wisconsinfarmboy9232]

Congratulations Ray, it has been a pleasure to watch and learn from you and your easy going approach makes it seem so easy. Have a good day.

[@VisualArtPhotography]

Thanks so much Mark and enjoy your weekend.

[@theovanberkel3524]

Time flies when we're having Ray. Thanks for your inspiration. Keep it up.

[@VisualArtPhotography]

Hey Theo. Thanks so very much.

[@JanA-nj5sz]

Thank you for all the time and work you do on this channel. Much appreciated.

[@VisualArtPhotography]

Thanks so very much Jan.

[@hanssvedlund1381]

Great ideas here. Thanks Ray, as always, for the inspiration!

[@VisualArtPhotography]

Thank you Hans and thanks for taking the time to watch.

[@lisapalzer2511]

Thanks Ray! I really love the stairs composite, great art piece.

[@VisualArtPhotography]

Thanks so much Lisa and have a great week.

[@deckluck372]

I enjoy your topics of your videos. Congratulations on the 100th video.

[@VisualArtPhotography]

Thanks so much and enjoy your weekend.

[@robcoates4394]

Congratulations on #100 from one of your 30,000 subscribers! As always, inspirational and down to earth.

[@VisualArtPhotography]

Hey Rob. Thanks so much for everything and have a great weekend.

[@chrislj2890]

The picture at 2:48 looks like an impressionist painting: Love it! Really imaginative work Ray, you never fail to impress.

[@VisualArtPhotography]

Hey there Chris. Hope all is well and thanks so much.

[@michaelmoore6481]

Good to see you are still submitting this channel to KZbin. A quick question, how do you achieve the glow effect?

[@VisualArtPhotography]

Hey Michael. This effect can be created so many ways. The simplest is to use a software that has a “glow” tool. You can also take the same image twice, one in focus and one out of focus, combine them in a software like Photoshop using say the multiply blend mode and you’ll get the effect. What I usually do is take my image into Photoshop, duplicate the layer, blur the top layer then use the multiply blend mode and tweak the exposure.

[@michaelmoore6481]

Thank you for the advice, I will try these techniques in photoshop and also try Topaz Studios. Keep these excellent videos coming. Kind regards.

[@daboo2]

Great tips! Thanks for the vid.

[@VisualArtPhotography]

You are more than welcome Dale. Glad you liked it and enjoy the rest of your weekend.

[@temp24Lno5]

Thanks Ray. You always inspire me to try new things. I only have Elements 11, so I am fairly limited and I don't always comment, but I do watch all of your videos. There's always something in them that I can use, so thank you very much for all of your fantastic videos. Joan

[@VisualArtPhotography]

Thank you so very much Joan. It’s wonderful that you enjoy the channel and take the time to watch. I wish you a wonderful weekend.

[@michael-mvtd]

I just came across your channel today... Very well done videos I've seen so far. In one where you demonstrated spot lighting on flowers using LR I think you mentioned you don't like to do videos on processing but I'd love to see how you do compositing such as the multiple staircases and the image used in tip #8 of this video. Lots of layers in PS I presume but how do you pre-visualise and how to balance the lighting from different captures. Keep on going to 200!

[@VisualArtPhotography]

Hi Michael and thanks for the nice words and encouragement. Pre-visualization is a really personal thing that is different for everybody so it is almost impossible to explain. I will say that practicing helps a lot. Have a great week.

[@3atmey]

Love your videos, you deserve more viewers but that doesnt matter, just keep doing what your doing man. Cheers :)

[@VisualArtPhotography]

Cheers to you! And thanks.

[@hgkpereg]

Congrats. Looking forward to the next 4 more years. Warm regards from Austria

[@VisualArtPhotography]

Hello there Henry in beautiful Austria. Thanks so much and have a fantastic weekend.

[@ValerieHollifield]

Congratulations Ray! I have really enjoyed every episode!

[@VisualArtPhotography]

Thank you Valerie and have a wonderful weekend.

[@carolsenske9572]

Your videos are alway a learning experience for me and I appreciate them more than words can say! Thanks you:>) . I especially liked the many staircases in this video, but all the suggestions tweek my curiosity.

[@VisualArtPhotography]

Thanks so much Carol for the kind words. Enjoy the weekend.

[@pgcknaphill1892]

I love the crazy stuff. Recently I've been photographing Lichens for work, but I'm amazed by the potential of shapes & colours they contain

[@VisualArtPhotography]

Here here! I can relate to that.

[@mariacyou9265]

Thank you. Your passion, knowledge and enthusiasm is what teach me to become better photographer🙏 Best regards from 🇨🇦

[@VisualArtPhotography]

Hey there Maria. Thanks so much for the nice words. Have a wonderful weekend.

[@jfwtechnologytravelandphot6536]

Congratulations. Thanks for the hard work you do for us.

[@VisualArtPhotography]

Thanks kindly.

[@jimruppel476]

Congratulations. I always look forward to your videos.

[@VisualArtPhotography]

Thanks very much Jim. Have a really good weekend.

[@louloua5252]

i love it !!! thanks a lot

[@VisualArtPhotography]

Thank you!

[@MileyonDisney]

Thanks for another great video. I really liked the staircase and darkness photos.

[@VisualArtPhotography]

Thank you very much and have a wonderful weekend.

[@jeanninebrien4466]

Congratulations love your videos, thank you!

[@VisualArtPhotography]

Thanks so much Jeannine. Have a wonderful weekend.

[@richardcoomber9909]

Especially like. the factory buildings and that complex composite. How long did that take you? The edit would make a good video

[@VisualArtPhotography]

Thanks Richard. Yep, that composite took quite awhile and I worked on it over a couple of days. I even had to do things like “turning on the lights” of those lamp posts. There were a ton of layers in Photoshop. Anyway, thanks again and have a great weekend.

[@Enrique-the-photographer]

I’m afraid to even try to put this tutorial into practice, my dreams always have to do with my mother in law, which of course turn into nightmares that are very difficult to recreate in a photograph. LOL. Great ideas Ray, very nice video.

[@VisualArtPhotography]

Enrique Enrique. You must love your mother in law very much because I know you’re not a bad man. It sounds like you are lucky to have each other but maybe I’m “dreaming” 😳 Anyway, I always get a great kick out of your sense of humor. Thanks so much and have a really good weekend.

[@bxfishing2929]

AWESOME👊👍😊

[@VisualArtPhotography]

Thanks!

[@Northern_Visions]

Thats pretty cool im inspired !

[@VisualArtPhotography]

Thanks so much!

[@OhBombii]

I wanna talk with those 3 guys who disliked this, a serious talk 😂, great vid!

[@VisualArtPhotography]

Thank you very much and have a great week.

[@Philippe1952]

Six guys.