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…
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…
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 the image I’m using as an example here is a case in point. I didn’t just happen across these trees,…
In this guide, we will be focusing on Catalog Management with Lightroom Classic. Adobe Lightroom Classic is the tool preferred by most professional photographers. Let’s take a closer look and figure out why that is. Adobe Lightroom Classic vs. Adobe Lightroom Adobe Lightroom Classic is the freestanding version of Lightroom that is still favoured by…
360 Photography Guide I started to play with 360° Photography around five years ago when I created a project called Funky Frankwell to promote small businesses in the Frankwell district of Shrewsbury. To differentiate the project I created 360° images and in some cases virtual tours of each business so that viewers could take a…
The end to end Infrared Photography Guide demonstrates how to do infrared photography with DSLR or Mirrorless cameras. We’ll discuss camera conversion and technique as well as processing techniques using Lightroom, Photoshop and the Nik Collection. Infrared Light The light and colours that we can see, visible light, occurs on various wavelengths contained within a…
There is a new version of PhotoLab available, most of this content applies equally well to version 6. Read my review of PhotoLab 6 here. Today I’m going to discuss the Local Adjustments in PhotoLab 4, but first a disclaimer – some of the links at the end of this article give you a link…
Read my DxO PhotoLab 6 review here. The contents of this post apply equally to PhotoLab 6. The HSL Tool in PhotoLab 4 is an improvement on the tool in version three and provides a very intuitive way of managing precise colour ranges across an entire image. Video This video shows how I used the…
I’m going to talk about the best software for 360 photography, share my own workflow and show how I created the Little Planet photographs in my Andalucia in 360° series. Please note, I am not affiliated with any of these companies. This is software (and hardware) I’ve been using for years! First of all, I’m…
I’ve wanted to shoot Andalucia in infrared since the first time I encountered the contrast and high dynamic range of the Spanish light during the summer. So I had an old and unloved camera converted and started to shoot in the UK in June. I liked what I produced, but even a hot summers day in…