Just got back from a trip to the Costa del Luz, we found a fantastic location called Los Canos de Meca, a tiny village on the beach, our apartment was literally 50 metres from the waves. The point of the trip was to celebrate a friend’s 60th birthday. A momentous occasion embraced with enthusiasm by…
I’ve been shooting a lot of black and white images lately, using techniques ranging from infrared conversion to black and white with Silver Efex. For this who don’t already know Silver Efex is the black and white conversion plugin that comes as part of the Nik Collection. Black and White with Silver Efex I wanted…
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…
DxO Labs celebrates its 20th anniversary! Everyonegets 20% off for the next 20 days DxOLabs invites photographers to celebrate its 20th anniversary by offering 20% off allof its products for the next 20 days. From June 18th to July 7th 2024, all software purchased from the DxO website will be sold at a 20% discount….
I’ve been meaning to write this article for years now, but never got around to it as the weather here in Spain keeps me outdoors, shooting! The unholy trinity of Aperture ISO and Shutter speed. Three settings that are inextricably linked together and absolutely determine how your photograph will turn out. An overview of this…
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…
The Andalucia Acequias Relief! Here in Andalucia we’ve had the wettest spring in memory and the water restrictions have been lifted. What this means in practice is we can refill our swimming pool, use more than 200L each per day and relax in the knowledge that our tap water will not be restricted this year….
Of all the essential photography skills you should learn, composition is probably the most important, swiftly followed by narrative. In this article I’m going to try to convey how this works in real life and why it is not to be confused with narrative. Composition and Narrative When you first pick up a camera, having…