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03
May
Photoshop? What Photoshop?
If you want to see the accompanying video to this piece first, click here. Regular readers of my blog will know that my biggest bugbear with digital photography is the amount of time spent getting square eyes in front of the computer (That Damn Machine-TDM) in post production. Well here is one for the...
28
Apr
Advanced Exposure Blending
Ever since I realised that digital photography meant mastering digital editing (AKA that-damn-machine (TDM)) I’ve been looking for ways to use Photoshop as effectively as possible in my photography. As much as I resent time spent in front of TDM I do love turning my RAW files into the final piece I...
19
Apr
Picture Processing - Reaching Saturation Point
This week I've had my head down in front of TDM (That Damn Machine) processing lots of photographs that have been sat twiddling their cyber thumbs on my hard drive for a good few months now. Even after three days I've only put a dent in it but, hey, we're...
13
Apr
Porth Nanven, Cornwall at Sunset
A day spent processing my landscapes is a mixed affair-on the one hand I'm delighted to see my RAW files, shot out on location at the time come to life as final photographs, on the other I have strained eyes, stiff legs and only my cat, Harold, for company. To be fair,...
09
Feb
Digital Photography Workflow-You gotta have a system!
I’ve been teaching degree students on the BA in Photography at one of the local Universities and one of the first lectures I gave them was on finding their own digital photography workflow. It seemed important that, in order to see photoshop editing (being any and all image adjustments made prior to...
28
Jan
New post production workshop
I've just devised a brand new digital photography post production workshop. Unlike other workshops, this one will also cover some practical photography techniques designed to show you how to capture the best images and digital file informaiton bfore we then process it through our 'digital darkroom' and turn it into a finished print...
11
Dec
Why RAW is good for you
Most digital cameras (except compacts) have a series of file formats you can choose to shoot in one of which will be RAW. It’s a bit unfamiliar to the uninitiated but this post is all about what it is, how to use it effectively and what it can do for your photography. ...
01
Dec
Valletta, Malta
A trip to Malta on behalf of a Environment Plus CIC earlier this year allowed for some travel work in the evening and mornings and, on my last night there, a perfectly clear sky promised a stunning ‘magic hour’ when the lovely evening tones in the sky go deep blue and before night sets...