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Greetings Cards
01st December 2021 - 0 comments
The vast majority of cards are sent at Christmas. Why not make an effort for something more personal? It's another outlet to promote or showcase your photography.
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Presentation Styles
25th November 2021 - 0 comments
This is a related topic to my previous blog concerning image style. How we present our images has an effect on how they're perceived.
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Style, What's Yours?
17th November 2021 - 0 comments
Many photographers produce images that are recognisably theirs. Thankfully there's no formula for style, it's down to our individuality, but there are various aspects that combine to create a style
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What's Acceptable?
03rd November 2021 - 0 comments
There's no camera or lens that's perfect, though some may come close. There's always a compromise somewhere. I'll look at a few areas of performance where you need to make that judgement call.
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Fingerprints on Film
29th October 2021 - 0 comments
As a title that's not as slick as the Duran Duran song (you'll be hearing that all day now!) but it does describe one of the pitfalls of the analogue medium.
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Threshold
21st October 2021 - 0 comments
Threshold is one of those image adjustments that may at first seem at best odd and at worst perhaps pointless. There may be some other uses, but here's what I've used it for.
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Diffraction – the Enemy of Sharpness
11th October 2021 - 0 comments
Using small apertures is good for obtaining large depth of field, but go too small and image quality worsens. How bad is the effect and is it worth being concerned about?
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Differential Focus
05th October 2021 - 0 comments
The effect is used to isolate a sharply focused subject against an out of focus background (or foreground).It's a good reason to buy a wide aperture lens.[
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Depth of Field (the Illusion)
25th September 2021 - 0 comments
It's something we often talk about but does it exist? Is it Scotch mist or the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow?[
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Negative Space
01st September 2021 - 0 comments
Negative space is something I use from time to time. It can be a useful tool in your image making. An antidote to in-your-face filling the frame?[
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Flash Filters the Inexpensive Way
19th August 2021 - 0 comments
If you thought plain flash is boring, how about mixing things up a bit. There are flash filter kits out there but they can be quite pricey. Time to look at an alternative.
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Flash – The Horror Story of Photography?
10th August 2021 - 0 comments
Using flash to take pictures fills some photographers with dread. What is it that they really fear?
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Image Enhancement – Still Seen As 'Cheating'?
28th July 2021 - 0 comments
It's a long held belief that using software to enhance an image is the devil's own work. I'm not talking about creating misleading, fake or fraudulent imagery but using simple basic adjustments that many images benefit from.
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Wallpaper (Not the Decorating Stuff)
13th July 2021 - 0 comments
We all have at last one device (well if you're reading this you must have, unless you're on a public device or borrowing from a friend) that you can display your images on.
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A Picture for the Wall
09th July 2021 - 0 comments
We all like to see a 'good' picture on the wall, but just because a picture maybe 'good' should it be put up on the wall?
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Borderless Prints
06th July 2021 - 0 comments
A long time ago when you received your printed photos they all came with a border, Then came borderless prints which are now the standard style. But what if you print your own, what do you choose?
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Calendars
18th June 2021 - 0 comments
Creating a personalised calendar is a great way to show off your photography whether for the family or organisation. The difficult and/or time consuming part is creating the images.
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RAW Processing Workflow
11th June 2021 - 0 comments
It doesn't matter if you shoot RAW or jpg you still need to process your images but there is more to consider for RAW. I want to share my workflow which I've refined over the years to something that works for me.
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A Free Lens
02nd June 2021 - 0 comments
I thought that would get your curiosity aroused. Canon had a promotion in the late 1990s where purchasers of photographic gear could claim a free lens. Which one did I go for? And is it still useful?
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Camera Size
25th May 2021 - 0 comments
The size of popular cameras has varied over the years and continues to do so. You think your Nikon D5 is big? You think your latest Olympus is handy? Sorry to disappoint but you're in exactly the same position as photographers in previous decades.
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