This category is concerned with the craft of photography. Here you will find articles about technique, cameras, lenses, the things the experienced photographer uses to help make an image successful.
The key to managing a large photo library is organisation. Of course this very rarely happens straight out of the gate; new photographers organise pictures randomly, if at all, ending up with images splattered across multiple hard drives, desktops, USB keys, microSD’s and so on. By the time you realise you have a problem, you’re…
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…
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…
Last week I talked a little about Colour Theory in my article How to Take Better Photographs using a Shared Visual Language and realised that it’s a subject that many photographers are intimidated by or confused about. I promised to write a full post on the topic and so today I’ll be describing how you…
This article is simply about hosting. For information on the art of creating panoramas and 360° photography check out these articles: The Ultimate Guide to Panoramic Photography, Levelling Base for Panoramic Photography, The Ultimate 360 Photography Guide Best Software for 360 Photography Setting up a Webserver on Amazon S3 and using Cloudfront to cache content…
Color grading with styles is very different to processing using the basic settings, Contrast and Exposure. Watch and analyse movies for proof! What do I mean by Color grading with styles? Essentially, it’s the process of producing a ‘look’ that can be transferred to other images. Check out my article Create a Visual Style Using…
In this post, I’m going to describe the process of setting up a Mastodon server for photography. Now, Mastodon is not a photography app as such, but I’m sticking my neck out here and saying that it will become as important in the photography world as Twitter. If you’re as tired of the algorithmically challenged…
The art of dodging and burning using Adobe Lightroom has been made massively easier with the introduction of masking tools. In this post we’re going to cover dodging (lightening) and burning (darkening) using the tools available in Adobe Lightroom alone. There are other ways to go about this in Photoshop that I will write about…
In this post, I’m going to discuss using masks in Lightroom, how this feature stacks up against DxO PhotoLab and whether it is easier to use than masks in Photoshop. I must own up to only ever using the Radial and Linear Gradient tools with any frequency in Lightroom, preferring to use a combination of…
N.B. PhotoLab 7 is now available if you’re interested in the newer version please read my DxO PhotoLab 7 Review. The aim of this post is to demonstrate a repeatable workflow for DxO PhotoLab 6 that will enable any image to be processed effectively. With landscape photography, processing begins before you take the shot. And…