Blind Leading the Blind
I’ve been using Photoshop for quite some time now and over the years I’ve soaked up my fair share of knowledge.
When I started writing this blog, I figured it would be quite a nice idea to pass on some of the stuff I’ve picked up along the way.
However, I haven’t updated the blog in quite a while. This is mainly due to the fact that I’ve become somewhat disillusioned with the world of educational blogging.
It’s really easy to get hold of a copy of photoshop these days and it seems that everybody wants to show you how to use it. I first started this blog because I felt like I had quite a lot of really good advice to offer. Trouble is, so does everybody else. So how will you, the casual reader know if my advice is worth taking or not?
See, I’ve discovered that the internet can be a hotbed of misinformation. There are so many people out there that think they are qualified to teach others. On the one hand they should be applauded for their effort and some people really seem to appreciate their tutorials. But on the the other hand I’ve seen a lot of people share their bad habits and poor techniques. They post poorly constructed and poorly executed videos bumbling their way through techniques that they really haven’t got to grips with yet. Can beginners learn anything from beginners?
I’ve seen my fair share of tutorials and I’ve spent a long time learning various techniques and discovering professional working practices and I’m at a stage now where I can see when someone is teaching something that demonstrates a basic lack of knowledge and understanding. But how can a beginner determine a good tutorial from a not so good one? How can they tell which techniques are best? How can they tell if the advice being offered is valuable or amateurish? How will they choose what information to absorb and what to disregard?
Well, chances are they won’t. They’ll read through and follow tutorials with blind faith and enthusiasm and for the most part won’t realise the bad habits they could be picking up along the way.
So what can I do to stand out in the crowd and be noticed? How will anybody know that my blog is worth reading? If the techniques and advice I offer are any better than anyone else’s?
Well, I had an idea…
I never really liked the idea of step by step tutorials, they seem so rigid and structured. Different images require a different approach. I’ve always preferred the idea of general tips, tricks and techniques and I figured the best way to show really good techniques…
Is to show really bad ones.
If I start out by showing you the way I’ve seen some people demonstrating certain techniques and then explain a much better way, hopefully you’ll understand exactly why it’s better to do things a certain way.
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