Getting the best out of HDR Photography involves knowing how to set up bracketing in your camera and how to use an HDR processor such as Nik HDR Efex or the Merge tool in Adobe Lightroom to blend the photographs together. What is HDR? HDR the technique stands for High Dynamic Range and the technique…
Color Efex and Viveza I’ve been looking closely at Color Efex and Viveza, two plugins from the Nik Collection recently. I’ve dabbled with Color Efex in the past, but in terms of a coherent Color Workflow with Nik Collection plugins, well I didn’t really have one. Until now. Video I have a playlist on YouTube…
In landscape photography, the issue of focus and the related issue of depth of field lead inexorably towards trying to get to grips with hyperfocal distance. In this article I am simplifying hyperfocal distance so that the principle can be easily used by landscape photographers to get sharp focus front to back. It’s not what…
Beginner, Intermediate and Pro – what do these terms even mean? Photography for beginners is the same as it is for Pro’s. Fundamentally both are using a set of near identical tools to create an image. Misleading Hierarchies Beginner, Intermediate, Pro are the common categories used to create a hierarchy of educational materials in almost…
We’re approaching that time of year when a major release is due, we’re on Nik Collection 6.9 today, late Spring will probably see 7.0. So, I thought I’d do a level-setting post because, over the years, the Nik Collection has evolved from a collection of filters to a much more comprehensive set of grading and…
This week, I climbed half a mile to the Piedra de los Pajeros above Puente Palo to photograph the snow-covered peaks above Lanjaron. The climb necessitated snowshoes, and progress was slow and hot—the temperature in my house was half what it was outside on the sun-drenched high slopes, and I found myself shedding layers rapidly….
Windmills, Snow and Gigapixel Panoramas This week, with the help of the Mountain Nomads, I found a location that has eluded me for months: the Atalaya de Marchal. The Atalaya de Marchal is a watchtower built by the Moors on a hilltop outside Conchar, just off the Albenuelas road. Its purpose was to spot incoming…