With digital cameras allowing photographer to shoot freely often the toughest job is to be selective when shooting and editing. We’ve all got hard disks full of images that in reality will never see the light of day, the ability to self-edit is a skill that takes a long time to learn. The picture you …
Often the key driver of the aperture is the power from the studio lights. Whilst some lights have power settings that can be adjusted over a wide range – 5 or more stops – some only have full, half and quarter power settings or 2-stops. As the studio lights are generally more powerful than the …
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 …