I suspect we all come to color image processing the same way, there are three phases we go through. Firstly the “Whack up the contrast” phase, secondly the global adjustments stage and finally the hopefully measured approach where we deploy the tools at our disposal in the way that serves the image best. I’ve been…
Image Sharpening is a topic about which I’ve seen more disinformation than almost any other processing topic on the internet. Image Sharpening with DxO software is fairly straightforward but there are a lot of choices in the tooling which leads to a certain amount of confusion in users new to the software. In this post…
Along with ISO and Shutter Speed, Aperture is one of the critical triumvirate of settings that photographers in any genre need to master. Understanding Aperture in Landscape photography is perhaps the hardest task as the effect of aperture on different lenses is so poorly documented. For landscape photographers, amongst others, controlling the depth of field…
ISO is one of the three pillars essential to understanding how to get the best from your camera, the other two are Aperture and Shutter Speed. There are differences between the role of ISO in Analogue and Digital, this article will explain those differences before focusing on understanding ISO in digital photography. This article is…
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…
It’s January already, the new year is upon us! YouTube Last year was a good year for my YouTube channel, we’ve hit 5000 subscribers slightly ahead of schedule so I’m very pleased with that. This year I’m going to be shooting more location based, instructional videos. showcasing camera techniques as much as software. We can…