I know this announcement has been hotly anticipated this year, as DxO has consolidated its position as the number one RAW processing software for photographers. Here are the details download links and my reviews for the DxO Black Friday 2023 discounts. DxO Black Friday 2023 Overview Up to 50% off new sales and upgrades for…
In this post I’m going to discuss how to find new views of honeypot locations, and how a byproduct of doing this will enhance your photography and even attract more views. Honeypot Locations Honeypot locations draw photographers, tourists and day-trippers like flies to the proverbial honeypot. There are reasons to try that much harder in…
Is Mountain Photography a thing, a genre of its own or simply a subset of landscape photography? I’ve done plenty of mountain photography in Spain this year and I’m leaning towards the “genre of its own” classification. Mountain Photography in Spain I have spent a lot of time this year in the mountains, Sierra Nevada…
I spent a day out last week photographing Los Cahorros de Monachil, a very straightforward, but absolutely wonderful 8km circular hike in the hills above Granada. The problem I’ve encountered in a lot of my recent adventures is that some of the locations are so far off the beaten track that more time is spent…
As you will have gathered from my DxO PhotoLab 7 review, the film effects and simmulations built into the standalone offering can be extended by using DxO FilmPack 7, the industry leading film emulation software. This DxO FilmPack 7 review takes a look at the technology, the workflow, the way that FilmPack 7 has added…
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…
My favourite RAW processor, PhotoLab 7 has been with us for a few weeks now. I thought I’d give it time to test multiple use cases with challenging images before writing my DxO PhotoLab 7 Review and seeing how the new release stacks up against the competition. The version I have used for this review…
My epic week of landscape photography in Spain at the Picos de Europa began here at dawn in the 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) deep Cares Gorge (Garganta del Cares). Check out Part One, Photographing the Picos de Europa for the no less spectacular Refugio Collado Hermosa and Refugio Cabana Veronica where we shared epic sunsets and incredible cloud inversions…
As I mentioned in the last post, Photographing Cabo de Gata, I’ve just returned from a week long walking expedition, photographing the Picos de Europa. Suffice to say it was an absolute blast, the weather cooperating to provide all of the conditions I’d hoped for and none of the ones I’d feared! The Picos de Europa (“Peaks…
I spent a week photographing Cabo de Gata Nijar Natural Park earlier in September, we stayed in a small hotel on the edge of the park, with desert and mountain views. The park is protected, no commercial building or greenhouses are allowed so it is a real gem, featuring beaches that have appeared in blockbuster…