Beware the poor Photoshop touch-up jobs!
I was sent this as a post on Facebook from my ol’ mate David The Letterman from A to Z Illusions.com! Just a very short post to show a photo from a pro magazine (as I am led to believe) … Continue reading →
Do You Have a Photography Checklist? You Should. Here is a Quick Start
How many times have you started a photo shoot – be it a personal or business one – and suddenly realised the White Balance setting was on cloudy (it was a sunny day!), the file save size was medium (you … Continue reading →
Smooth Panning of a Tripod
This is a very neat trick when you are making videos! Just find a rubber band and give this a go! This video link was sent over my my good ol’ mate, David the Letterman from A to Z Illusions; … Continue reading →
What is ISO?
There could be said to be two names for ISO! Just to confuse the issue! Way back in my early days of film photography the title was ASA. This was a setting that allowed the film to be exposed at … Continue reading →
Just undertaking an update!
Here we go again! One minute you think “My ol’ site looks ok” then you find a new look and it really seems to date the old. Well, thanks to the good ol’ Backup Buddy we can move wherever we … Continue reading →
How Can I find Time to Take Photos?
I was asked a question just the other day by one of our subscribers… I’m so busy with my daily work as a student, that I can’t find time to look towards my camera. Please give me suggestion how do … Continue reading →
How NOT to Choose Your Wedding Photographer –
How NOT to Choose Your Wedding Photographer by Kara Wahlgren freelance writer and photographer, www.kiwiphotostudio.com Published on The Huffington Post – a great little article about Weddings! You may already have seen my article earlier on this site about a … Continue reading →
10 Reasons Beginner Photographers Should Try to Learn With Manual Film Cameras
I just had a great article sent in on learning to use cameras………….with Manual Film Cameras! Yes – you heard right: “learn with a film camera!” THAT is how I learnt way back in film days and processed all my … Continue reading →
RAW vs. JPEG: Digital Camera Image Formats
Another Article from PictureCorrect Posted: 12 May 2013 12:22 AM PDT There is much confusion among new photographers as to which format, JPEG or RAW, is best to use. The problem is there’s no one correct answer to the dilemma. … Continue reading →
Low Light Photography Tips
I receive regular updates from the PictureCorrect website and they are ALL very useful to any photographer, whatever level they are at. The related site at PictureSocial is a place where photographers can set up their own pages and blog, … Continue reading →
Stonehenge Visit – May 2012
Back in May 2012 we decided it was about time that we took a look at one of the iconic landmarks in the UK – Stonehenge. Having not been there for many years, it was a good opportunity to “catch … Continue reading →
Garden Photography and The Garden Residents!
We have been living in our present house for 14 years at time of writing. In all the time here we like to think we have developed a really nice garden environment. We arrived to view the place all that … Continue reading →
Photographic Inspiration with Alphabet Photography examples
YEARS ago I walked into a camera shop in Dorchester, Dorset – my home town…..nothing strange about that you’ll say. Well, true, but the poor guy in the shop was not expecting a chap to walk in that had just … Continue reading →
The “Unusual” View.
When you get a chance to do something a bit “out of the usual” – it’s well worth having a go! September 2010 and we had the chance to go out on the SS Waverley – sailing from Weymouth to … Continue reading →
Fill the Viewfinder
How many times have you taken a photograph only to see in the resulting image a very small indistinct version of what YOU saw in your mind? The problem here is that the mind and eye are very selective. Try … Continue reading →