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Douwe (Dex) is a professional senior
graphic designer based in Sydney.
Born and raised in The Netherlands,
he relocated downunder in 2003
and now calls Australia home.
Photography is a strong passion for Dex
and he picked up his first camera at the age of 12.
Over the years his hobby has evolved from taking
family snaps with his grandfather’s camera, to
creating black and white fine art in the digital age.
In recent years his focus has been
on mobile phone street photography.
Dex prefers to shoot in monochrome
as he simply finds it easier to capture the
essence of a scene in black and white:
colour is just a distraction.
He won the black and white category
in Australian Photography Magazine’s 2015
Photographer of the Year
and has since become a judge
for this well respected competition.
For a taste of Dex’s work visit
www.monochromevisions.net
We are exited to have Sandra Dann present to us about all things textures. We are looking forward to seeing how this can help in our own photography.
Sandra has an online shop with many great resources and products. Check her out at:
https://www.sandradimagery.com/sandrad-shop
Using textures to enhance your images is way of bringing life to photos that would be otherwise sitting in the archives. Using Textures is more than putting a texture over a photo at the end of the processing workflow. You can use textures at the beginning, to add depth of colour or add a tactile appearance. I love creating art, mixing textures and elements together and working in photoshop is the way I can do this. I get excited when I have a photograph and I start adding textures, changing, and bringing it to life in ways I never imagined. This really makes my soul come alive and gives me direction in my art. This workshop is for the Photographers, any creatives – who want to learn to combine colour and texture to create Creative Images.
In this workshop we will cover:
- When to use Textures for your creative images
- What photos work or not work for Textures?
- What kind of Textures to use for your creative images?
- What texture to choose for a tactile appearance
- Creating Texture Art – using multiple textures, brushes, and other techniques
Here are some images where I have used Textures in my workflow to create Texture Art, the possibilities are endless.
NEW to 2022!
We are excited to start a Mobile Phone competition in 2022. This will give everyone a chance to shine and use their photography skills using a medium we have and use everyday. Sometimes the phone is all we have on us and why not use it?
Members will get a chance to evaluate, leave comments and choose which image they think is their favourite. The image with the most votes wins for the month!
SandraD Imagery gives you the creative tools you need to develop your creative self further.
SandraD Imagery’s Shop has Fine Art Textures, Photoshop Video Tutorials and Photoshop Products that can make it easy to take your work to new levels. I am passionate about offering you the tools to help push you creatively or find that creative soul inside of you.
I am an Award Winning Photographer, Creative Digital Artist using composite techniques to create artwork. However, I am more than a Creative, with a background in Adult Education my love for teaching is still part of me and I offer On Line classes sharing my experience and knowledge teaching Photoshop and Mentoring others so they can develop their skills and vision.
One of my favourite quotes by Edgar Degas “Every artist dips their brush in their own soul, and paints their own nature into their pictures”. My artwork and products I create has a little piece of my soul entwined in it.