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Photographers are an odd bunch, they spend loads of time reading about making great pictures, they spend time researching their purchases and then they forget the reading altogether since their new lens is just ace and everything is good when the use it. Know your lenses Many of us have a standard zoom that goes …

Colour management comes from a complex science and complicated mathematics, but actually it’s not hard. Key steps to consistent colour Set-up your monitor correctly Use a hardware device to measure the colour and build a profile for your monitor Make sure your software is set-up correctly Use the profiles that come with your printer / …

With the studio workshops running I thought I’d share a few links to some interesting websites that show not only great pictures, but also explain a little about how the effects are achieved. Light an outdoor scene with classical lighting – Joey L / popphoto.com Beers with the Old Masters – Rembrandt & Vermeer – …

If you read the website on your mobile phone you might get a slightly different view of what’s here, and that’s because the site knows you are using a phone so makes it easier to display the latest content for you.   This is actually a good thing, since if you are looking at your …

I wish this was a subject as simple as the heading suggests, in the days of film cameras the choice was rather straightforward , even simplistic, you chose a brand that you liked, and if you were technical an ASA rating and off you went. Now we have well over 20 pieces of plastic that …

On 24/Jan David Newton gave a talk to the club about his approach to landscape photography. There was a great selection of images and many tips for the members to take in, a few points are listed below. Landscape images don’t have to be landscape format, vertical landscapes are equally important. If shooting for magazines then …

When images are projected in competition the projector sets the size and aspect ratio of the image, typically most projectors use a 4:3 aspect ratio. Many digital SLR cameras capture images in a more landscape format with a 3:2 aspect ratio. Even portrait orientation images are shown on the same projector with black bars added …

Alan Taberer found this interesting article , about the judging  of photographic competitions by the late Eddy Sethna FRPS AFIAP.