Trick Photography and Special Effects

Fellow Photographers,

Have you ever seen an amazing photo but could never figure out how it was taken? How would you like to have the ability to create photos just like the one you saw? We're talking about photos that catch people's attention as soon as they see them.

Photos so bold and unique that the people viewing them will be caught dumbfounded, shocked, and in awe. If you would like to learn how to use your camera in such a way that captures images that stand out against the crowd, keep reading this page.

My name is Evan Sharboneau and for the past several months I've been compiling a comprehensive how-to guide that explains the techniques some of the best photographers use to create jaw-dropping images. In this e-book I break down each of all of their tricks and demonstrate exactly how you can replicate their results, step-by-step.

This e-book has 190 pages and contains over 300 creative photographs created by some of the most talented photographic artists worldwide. Each part or "module" in the e-book has chapters and sub-chapters, so it is laid out in an easy-to-read format.

This ebook contains

The basic universal settings of every camera: Aperture, Shutter Speed, ISO, and white-balance and how to master them for both day and night photography. These are essential settings that every photographer must know how to use before starting.

Dozens and dozens of light painting techniques with descriptions and examples

The secret tool that allows you to "airbrush" light onto any object with amazing accuracy

How and when to use Maglite® flashlights, LEDs, Laser Pens, Glow sticks, Glow-in-the-Dark Paint, Fire, Sparklers, Steel Wool, External Flashes and Flash Gels to create mind-blowing psychedelic light-painting photographs.

How to create complex symmetrical physiogram patterns, straight out of camera

How to take smoking hot photographs of fire and sparks! An in-depth tutorial on how you can use steel wool to capture amazing long exposures of sparks flying at high-speeds is also included.

How to create abstract yet beautiful illuminated background textures that you can place on top of other photos to give it that "worn down grungy vintage" effect.

How to make and use "external flash stencils" to project any shape in any color in mid air

How to capture beautiful landscape nature photographs of lightning and star trails

How to blend several light-paintings together and transform them into complex "light-stitchings". This is the only trick in this module that requires Photoshop.

The secret technique used to create mysterious glowing orbs

How to take any blurry abstract photo and transform it into an intricate design

How to light-paint perfect circular shapes in any environment

How to take long exposure photographs during the day with the use of special filters in order to blur any sort of movement over a long period of time. Waterfalls are a classic example, but this also applies to clouds, beaches, and trees moving in the wind.

Remember that almost all of the effects in this module are not computer generated, so you won't be be needing ANY kind of Adobe Photoshop software. The only thing you need is a basic DSLR camera. Even some point-and-shoot cameras will work too.

Module 2: Trick Photography and Special Effects

This module goes over the mind-blowing special effects and optical illusion techniques that add drama and surreal creativity to your images. Adobe Photoshop software is recommended for this module but isn't 100% essential for all the tricks. This module will show you how to blow people away with Optical Illusions, HDR Photography, Infrared Photography, 360 Planetoids and Tunnels, The Droste Effect, Spiral Planets, Time-Displacement Photography, Birefringence, The Orton Effect, The Harris Shutter Effect, and Multiple Exposures.

You will learn things like...

How to stop taking boring images and use HDR Photography to turn any dull photograph into a dramatic hyper-realistic image that "pops" with fantastic color and depth. This is extremely useful for capturing what your eye actually sees.

Module 3: Photoshop Projects
This module is filled with Photoshop-oriented projects. It is easy to follow and the tools are simple to use. You'll learn how to create shocking images using Multiplicity Photography, Levitation Photography, Floating Fruit, The Invisible Man Technique, Fake Tilt-Shift Photography, and Flesh Manipulations. There are also several "image-and-description" pages included. These are pages where I show you an image, and then tell you exactly how I made it.

If you don't have Photoshop, don't feel left out. I tell you where you can get it for cheap at the beginning of the e-book and
also give you a free alternative. In this module, you will learn....

How to use layer-masks and blending modes in Photoshop to combine multiple photos together (trust me, mastering just this one technique alone will give you an unlimited amount of creative ideas flowing through your head!)
How to use Photoshop to create "The Invisible Man". Two different step-by-step projects are included.

How to take beautiful Levitation Photographs and edit them from start to finish. This technique makes anyone appear to be floating, flying, or levitating in any environment. You will also learn how to add realistic shadows underneath and behind the model's body.

How to use photo-manipulation to digitally twist, bend, morph, and transform body parts to create your own creepy surreal monster
How to create multiple copies or 'clones' of any person in any environment

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This ebook contains

Module 2: Trick Photography and Special Effects

Module 3: Photoshop Projects

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