Home of the 10-Channel Workflow for Digital Photography
I’m Lee Varis, photographer, educator and digital imaging artist. I have maintained a website at this domain for over 15 years. I have divided my 40 years of experience almost equally between traditional film-based and digital imaging photography. This gives me a unique perspective on the evolution of photographic technology grounded in the tradition of old school craft.
Iceland Photo Tour
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Join Bobbi Lane and Lee Varis for an adventure in the land of fire and ice to capture the spirit of nature in the amazing intersection of light, land, water, and sky! Iceland is one of the truly uncorrupted places on the planet, and we will have unprecedented access with our private luxury vehicle and knowledgeable support from Focus on Nature. More information
Photoshop II – Digital Imaging for Photographers
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Photoshop II – Digital Imaging for Photographers International Center for Photography
New York, New York Buy TicketsJoin Lee Varis, an award-winning photographer and Photoshop guru, in an intensive course designed to take your Photoshop skills to the next level. Varis shares advanced techniques for RAW processing, color correcting “by-the-numbers,” selections and masks, retouching, black-and-white conversions, and sharpening. The goal of the class is to develop the skills necessary to craft a good photographic “master file” that can be repurposed for different applications, whether for Web delivery, prints, books, or magazines. This course is recommended for photographers who have a basic understanding of the Photoshop interface as well as working knowledge of input-output and computer workflow. More information
Tanzania V.I.P. Photo Safari
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Great opportunity for 4 people to join us on a V.I.P. Photo-safari in Tanzania, for a luxury experience of the Serengeti, with Discovery Photo Tours. Only 4 guests per jeep! Signup before its too late—mention Bobbi & Lee when you signup More information
Venice Carnival Photo Tour 2019
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In February 2019, Bobbi Lane and David Nightingale, assisted by Venice-based photographer Fabio Thian, will be running their eighth Venice Carnival Photo Tour. This is an incredible opportunity to photograph a truly unique event, with three respected and dedicated photography instructors who will provide you with a wealth of individual instruction and attention during this visually stunning event. More information
Hi Lee you mentioned a new 10 channel workflow course some time ago any news?
All I can tell you right now is that I’ll have something ready by the end of this year!
Ahh THIS this year! Look forward to it .Are you planning on doing anything in the UK in the future? Anyway, thanks for all the great tutorials you give out, it is very generous of you and most appreciated.
Nick Bruce.
Lee, I get warning about your site possibly being Hacked. Don’t know if it is significant, but I cannot access your Menu – or to be more specific: On LeeVaris.com there is a button called “MENU”. It don’t work for me anymore.
Tom
LeeVaris.com is a url that was used for 500px galleries – this “site” is technically no longer available, and will probably disappear at some point – 500px made some changes in their infrastructure so this remnant probably doesn’t work properly any more – you can access the galleries from my main website: http://www.vars.com from the “Galleries” menu at the top.
Hey Lee, it’s Don from the OC. Wished you’d never abandoned us out west! I mean who needs love…lol? Let’s do another 10 channel workflow/calibration class out here soon. Paul’s Photo? I can fill it just from the two camera and critique groups I help with. Cheers!
Hi Lee, I purchased “The big deal” Bundle but when I try to access your “Photo-Illustration in Photoshop” it says I have an invalid code or its expired. It says on the redemption instructions that the codes will be valid until 25/8/15. Please advise – Cheers – Andy.
Sorry, I fixed the issue – your code should work now!
Great, that worked – Thanks
Hello, I was watching one of your tutorials on you tube (skin softening using high pass) and you mentioned that this procedure was not in the new “Skin” book. What is this book? What is the full title and do you know the title of the most recent version? Thanks very much for your help!
Skin: The Complete Guide to Digitally, Lighting, Photographing
and Retouching Faces and Bodies – 2nd edition
ISBN-10: 0470592125
ISBN-13: 978-0470592120
Paperback, 368 pages, Aug 2010 — get it on Amazon!
Hello Mr Varis, I just found and watched the youtube tutorial you have on removing red blotches of skin . First I would like to say thanks you its a great technique that will save me tons of time. I am curious to know if you have ever attempted to use the same method to ADD color . Like some skin tan for example. I recently had a model who has some tan to her face but her arms are very white / pale
Him Lee, I purchased the Big Deal Bundle, but with all the info available, I have not yet downloaded your content “The Fundamentals of Photo-Illustration in Photoshop”. can you please extend the download deadline?
If you have registered for the course (clicked on the enroll in course button) you should have lifetime access! There have been a number of major changes with the web server where the course is hosted and it seems like the download procedures have changed. If you are actually registered, and not just using the Big Deal link, you should be able to access all the videos—I’m still looking into the downloading aspect of things! Did you start the course yet? Free access through the Big Deal link has expired, and I’m not really in control of that—I should know more about downloading the videos if you are registered in a few days!
I previously purchased “The Fundamentals of Photo Illustration” and have forgotten my password. I ask it to let me generate a new password, but I get nothing. I waited a week thinking it might only be during weekdays, but nothing has happened this week. I did not purchase through the Big Deal link. I was using the course just fine until I lost my password. Regards, Wanda
Wanda, I do not have your name registered as a student, your email does not show up in the list—did you use another email to register for the course?
Dear Mr. Varis: Previously, I purchased the online course “Photo Illustration”. However, I have forgotten my password and now I cannot access the course. It will not let me generate a new password. What do I do? Regards.
Hi, Bruce. I watched you very nice tutorial about getting rid of moire in digital photos and I followed it exactly, but at the end, I don’t get rid of just the patterns, no matter which combination I try.
I am on Win7 64bit and PS CC2018.
Please help. Thanks, Dan
Bruce?
There is no Bruce here – just me, Lee Varis — not sure what to recommend without seeing the problem image. Perhaps you can put the image in a Dropbox for me & I’ll take a look!