Plan it, Take it, Make it
There are a lot of posts on-line regarding the difference between taking and making. Most say you take a picture and make an image. Much of the debate seems to have roots in an Ansel Adams quote “You...
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Virtual Photography
Keeping in the spirit of the last post, which focused on simulation, I thought I would say a few words about, what I call, ‘virtual photography’. In today’s digital world, other than a few who still...
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Happy 2nd July!
A simple post this weekend, dedicated to all my US friends: Independence Day! Wiki tells us that Congress debated and revised the wording of the US Declaration, finally approving it on July 4. A day...
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And in colour...
A simple post to complement the last post's B&W image.This time an A6000, ISO 100, 30 second exposure.Post processing made use of the Photoshop-CC 2015 dehaze tool, piccure+ to bring out the...
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Further explorations in Infra-Red
As infra red photographers know, post processing takes a little bit of thought. First, the captures are rather flat and second they will also have a strong colour cast. In previous posts I have spoken...
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A Simple Farewell
After nearly 8 years living in the US, I send this simple post from LAX as I leave friends and colleagues.
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Further Advances in Luminosity Masking
In past posts I have spoken about the luminosity masking (LM) tools created by Tony Kuyper. Tony’s latests effort, version 4, is, in my humble opinion, simply, the best and most powerful LM-based tool...
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A selfish post
As some know we have just returned to the UK after some seven years in the US. From a photography perspective, after a week or so, the biggest difference between our last US location, Cedar Crest in...
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The National Trust: now photography friendly
After some eight years living in the US, returning to the UK is like learning about a new country: things have changed. Some for the better, some for the worse. One of the things that has really gone...
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Going Square
As all photographers know, compositional ‘theory’ is one thing we need to be very aware of. However, with so many so-called ‘rules’, one question is what fits best with what scene? As a photographer...
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Sometimes detail and colour matters
In a previous post I talked about The Vyne, near Basingstoke. The beauty of The Vyne, and in fact any other National Trust property, is the chance to photograph detail. Sometimes in an image you wish...
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An Evening with Will
“Well, God give them wisdom that have it; and those that are fools, let them use their talents.”― William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night In the last post I talked about our local National Trust property:...
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Hidden Detail
Sometimes full detail in an image can be a distraction: overpowering the eyes and not allowing the viewer to naturally find their way through the scene. Then again, sometimes, detail has a impact of...
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Turning down the Tone
Like many photographers I jumped on the ‘HDR band wagon’ a couple of years ago. Since those early tone mapping days, which tended to end up in rather ‘over processed’ images, the algorithms have...
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Filters aren’t just for your lenses
Unlike in the film days, with digital we are ‘protected’ from the non-visible parts of the spectrum, ie the infra-red end and the ultra-violet ends. Most DSLRs have various ‘filters’ in front of the...
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A new perspective
I would wager a pint of beer, IPA of course, that anyone reading this post with a dedicated macro lens, ie with a magnification of unity, will be shooting at 50mm or more, and many will have a lens at...
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Further experiments in Wide Angle Macro Photography
Just a few words on my continuing (indoor) experiments with the new WA macro lens. The set up was a simple still life in the kitchen. I set the focus on one pencil and applied a little shift on the...
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Just keep on experimenting
As some know, we recently returned to the UK after some 8 years in the US. For me, the real downside of our return has been the fact that all my photography equipment was ‘locked away’ in a 40ft...
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More ad hoc experiments with the Venus 15mm Wide Angle Macro (WAM)
Although the Venus 15mm WAM has the potential for 1:1 macro, in reality this feature is difficult to realise in reality, as the subject is only a few mm from the front of the lens. Thus the lens needs...
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Fireworks!
In all the years we were living in the US I never tried to take images of fireworks on the 4th of July, when the Americans celebrate something or other. This Saturday was Bonfire Night in the UK, where...
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