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…
Walking in Andalucia is all about finding the hidden trails and Barranco de la Luna in the Lecrin Valley is a priceless example. Preparation Barranco de la Luna is a location I discovered on Wikiloc whilst looking for canyon type walks. The wikiloc entry had some decent photographs attached so it was possible to determine that…
Stage 1: The Source The Ruta de las Fuentes y Atalaya de Conchar is one of a number of spectacular walks in and around the village of Conchar in the Lecrin Valley. Some are suitable for mountain bikes, others not. This one, or at least this stage of it is probably too much for anyone…
Exploring Andalucia has been a pet project lasting (so far) seven years. My first exposure to the concept of Andalucia came from a song by sometime Velvet Underground member John Cale, “Andalucia” on the album Paris 1919. It’s a wonderful song and it’s a theme Cale returned to several times in his career. It seeped…
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…