With spring gradually creeping its way towards us, it may be a good time to talk about photographing wild flowers. So here are some of our tips to help you get better results when photographing wild flowers. Don’t go out on the bright sunny days. Strange as this may sound, it is better to wait [...]
Emotional, psychological and temperature are all meaningful and measurable aspects of colour. Colour is often thought of as either vibrant or dull, strong or weak, warm or cold and so on. As photographers it’s something we work with on a daily basis. Colour can be something of a challenge to control because it’s as transient [...]
In a previous post, I introduced you to the idea of focus stacking and how it can be used with macro photography. Now I'd like to explain the method for achieving focus stacking in Photoshop. As always, there will be several different ways to carry out focus stacking in Photoshop but the method described here [...]
The role of a wedding photographer is both a rewarding and challenging profession. To the untrained eye, one wedding looks just like every other wedding, however the seasoned wedding photographer knows better. You just have to look at the number of different religions and cultures in our communities nowadays to begin to appreciate that every [...]
Another look at wedding photography, this time I'm going to comment on the couple's affection towards each other. A wedding is a tremendously happy occasion for couples, filled with love and affection. They touch each other, hold hands, giggle and share in magical moments with family and guests. It's my experience that couples want lots [...]
Here is another quick tool tip that will show you how to straighten the horizon in Photoshop CC. Let's be honest, we have all taken a photograph were the horizon has been slightly tilted. If the image in question feature a lot of rolling or mountainous terrain, you may get away with a slight slope [...]
Macro photography takes us into a fascinating world of close ups. Plants a bugs are the most common subject matter for this genre of photography. Macro photography allows subjects to be photographed between life size and up to ten times life size using a wide variety of equipment to achieve this. Extension rings, bellows, macro [...]
Several years ago most Digital SLR cameras introduced the ability to select RAW as a file option and we asked ourselves what is RAW and why should I bother to use it? So a few days were spent researching the file type and downloading some free RAW processing software and we were hooked. What Is [...]
Using the Gradient Tool in Lightroom There has been a gradient tool in Lightroom for several years now and it may possibly be one of the most useful, but one of the most under used tools within Lightroom. In this tutorial, I am going to show you how to make more use of the gradient [...]
This clip shows my Glen Etive time-lapse. This was the time-lapse that was shot using my GoPro camera when I was out for a day's photography on Sunday 1 February 2015. I was looking for a spot where I could set up the GoPro and know that it wouldn't be seen, and more importantly stolen, because it [...]
