Mastering colour grading is key to creating your own style in photography. This article explores the options available for Colour grading in Lightroom Classic, describing the available tools and explaining what they are for and why you would use them. What does Colour Grading Achieve? Why is the colour straight out of the camera not…
I’ve read a ton of “How to Make Money with Photography” articles over the years and none of them match my own experience of making money with photography, in fact, some of them are just misleading. Making money with Photography in the UK is not easy. However, photography has been good to me, I’ve made…
This week’s highlight and probably this year’s so far, was an overnight photography trip on Mulhacen, the highest mountain in Spain at 3482 metres. It was a long climb, but the descent was far worse. My muscles are still complaining if I try to walk downstairs! Overnight on Mulhacen, laden with camera, lenses, tripod in…
How long has it been since I published Beating Gear Acquisition Syndrome? I lasted precisely one week! Serious packing for overnight photography trips is a new experience for me, in the UK, when I wasn’t working in the studio I preferred to get up early and jump in the car, locations rarely being more than…
Almost every photographer I know suffers at least slightly. Understanding gear acquisition syndrome or GAS, is important if you want to stay in charge of your photography. In 1998 at age 90, the photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson, who was decidedly middle class and used a Leica, observed to the acclaimed and occasionally sharp photographer Helmut Newton:…
Photographers guide to shooting video is a two-part post, this part focusing on kit, and the next part on technique. Video is a Different Skill For photographers transitioning to video, and I absolutely include myself in this problematic category, shooting video exposes the Dunning-Kruger effect in spades. If you don’t already know, the Dunning-Kruger effect…
Why is Aperture so Important? Of all the elements in the magic triumvirate, ISO, Exposure and Aperture I’m increasingly of the opinion that understanding aperture is the most complex and important. And that is why I’m writing this article. I want to focus more on why we benefit creatively from understanding aperture, rather than simply…
I was going to write an article this week extending the recent thread on colour grading into the realm of video. As some of you might have guessed based on the sudden interest in microphones and colour grading, I’m officially launching my YouTube Channel in August. I thought maybe some context might be useful! Chris…