Matthew Schwartz – Page 2 – Nature Photography Mastery Academy

About Matthew Schwartz

I'm Matthew Schwartz, the founder of Nature Photography Mastery Academy™ I specialize in fine art nature and wildlife images. I spend much of my time learning new photography skills, techniques, and equipment, as well as developing further mastery of Photoshop. I am a member of the North American Nature Photography Association (NANPA), and several local Meetup Groups. View my photography on flickr

The Power of Local Edits – Part 1- Introduction

In this video, I give an introductory presentation about the basics of Local Edits for fine art photography. The next video in the series will elaborate upon this information. I give a lot of great pro tips and knowledge, so check it out, and step up your editing game!

By Matthew Schwartz|2020-11-10T07:52:55+00:00April 9th, 2016|Categories: Post Processing, Tutorials, Videos|

Local Contrast Enhancement Photoshop Tutorial

In this video, I give a presentation about Local Contrast Enhancement, also known as LCE, for fine art photography, then walk you through the two best methods of doing it. I give a lot of great pro tips and knowledge, so check it out, and enhance your own photos!

By Matthew Schwartz|2020-11-10T07:52:55+00:00February 16th, 2016|Categories: Post Processing, Tutorials, Videos|

Watermark Tips and Photoshop Action Tutorial

In this video, I give a presentation about watermarks for fine art photography, then walk you through how to create an awesome watermark action in Photoshop. I give a lot of great pro tips and knowledge, so check it out, and create your own professional watermark action!

By Matthew Schwartz|2020-11-10T07:52:55+00:00February 6th, 2016|Categories: Post Processing, Tutorials, Videos|

Edge Mask Sharpening in Photoshop

In this video I’ll explain what edge mask sharpening is, and walk you through how to do it in Photoshop. I give a lot of great pro tips and knowledge, so check it out, and level up your post-processing skills!

By Matthew Schwartz|2020-11-10T07:52:55+00:00January 29th, 2016|Categories: Post Processing, Tutorials, Videos|

Behind-the-scenes Processing 1 – Fine Art Bird portrait

[youtube_subscribe_button][youtube_view_link vidlink="https://www.youtube.com/embed/-yJQ2orTtM4"] In my first video I’ll walk you through a behind-the-scenes post-processing session for one of my fine art bird images. As noted in the

By Matthew Schwartz|2020-11-10T07:52:56+00:00January 26th, 2016|Categories: Post Processing, Videos|

I finally found the time to read Part 2 and I love it! I think you will point a lot of people to the right direction with this one Matthew, i.e. anyone who is a bit serious about photography.

Thanks for all the work you put into your publications. They are excellent – both technically, and inspirationally. The writing is clear and precise - but also has heart.

I have to say "wow" again. Very insightful. Again, very well written; and again, brilliant content.

You have a very unique perspective and a lot of what you write echoes with what I have been learning in my own journey.

Love your newsletter, it is the best subscription I have from all photography masters so far!

The article was extremely inspiring and got me up and out to take some photos with more purpose this morning.

This is an excellent article, I deeply appreciate the thought and effort you have put into the photography of wildlife and the article below. You are the master by far!

Thank you for sending me this well written and inspiring article. The images that you have used to illustrate the piece are outstanding. You have put a lot of thought into this and I can see that you are passionate and dedicated about what you do.

I am repeating myself but I loved your latest newsletter about how to improve your photos!