Digital Noise : Is This an Actual Problem?
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Does anyone actually need Noise Reduction? The answer is no, if you get things right in camera. Learn why.
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Continuous or Single Shot Autofocus?
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In this article, I take a deep dive into selecting which autofocus mode to select
Read MoreThe Lens That Fits How You See
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I have found a particular angle of view that fits how I see best. Let’s talk about that and find out if you have a lens that just feels “right”.
Read MoreMy Surprising Return to Prime Lenses
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In an interesting review of focal lengths that I tend to go to, I’ve discovered that I could be best served by prime lenses.
Read Moref/8 and Be There - The Classic System for Fast Image Making
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Back in ancient times when I started as a photographer, I learned at a seminar from a qualified photojournalist about this magical system to be able to make fast images, the true snap shot, with and interchangeable lens camera and without having to focus for each image.
Read MorePhotographing Blooms
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The biggest challenge with photographing flowers is that flowers are inherently already beautiful, so what can you do to better that? Moreover, they are a popular subject and so how do you make your work stand out from the rest of the stuff that will flood the Internet and Social Media?
Read MoreReflector Guides When You Provide the Source
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Hi folks. Many photographers are familiar with the idea of the reflector and some use them as a way to create fill without bringing another light source. However, the usage guidance changes when the primary source is man made instead of the sun.
Read MoreThere's Nothing to Photograph...
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What if you wanted to do that without the expense and challenge of going somewhere? What if your time was limited? What if you were in a rut, and just wanted a push or pull to get moving?
Read MoreChanging Mood with Tint and Shade
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In this article we expand our understanding of the influence of colour on mood by considering tint and shade
Read MoreThe Separation of Light and Mood
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For most of us, we recognize that different colours imply or influence moods. As visual creatives we associate colour with light, because without light, there is no colour. However it is important to understand that in human physiology, light and colour are handled in different parts of the brain. We will explore this in this article.
Read MoreThe Two Kinds of Travel Photography
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Any of us who have travelled and taken a camera while doing so understand that there are fundamentally two different kinds of travel photography. Let’s discuss that.
Read MoreStreet Photography : The Most Challenging and the Most Lasting
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Let’s spend time on the doing of street photography
Read MoreThe Hype Around Film
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The amount of hype around film photography is enough to make this old film photographer puke. Let’s cut the crap and see where shooting film can be beneficial and where the hokum lies so you don’t step in it.
Read MoreFlambient vs HDR
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Referring to a proven and functional process with a new stupid name does not make the process either new, or unique. Or the person writing about how it changes everything remotely approaching intelligent.
Read MorePatterns and Repetition - They Aren't The Same At All
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Patterns and repetitions are two very different approaches to telling your story, despite sounding the same. Join me to learn the differences and challenge yourself to find them both.
Read MoreSubjects in Motion - Where Are They Going?
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When photographing motion, we MUST provide a space for the moving subject to move into.
Read MoreCapturing Motion - A Development Assignment
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In this development assignment, I am encouraging you to build skills and images in your personal development work around the topic of capturing motion.
Read MoreThe One Light Exercise
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This very specific exercise is a boon to learn to see how light works to help facilitate your story and turn a two dimensional image into something more compelling. It should be an integral part of your personal development process and reference toolkit.
Read MoreChiaroscuro as a Tool for Dramatic Photographs
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In keeping with the idea of getting things right in camera, I want to propose an assignment for personal development using a technique first made evident in the Renaissance and the Baroque periods using the technique called chiaroscuro
Read MoreWrapping Up Photography in 2024
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It’s time for the end of year perspectives from me, your somewhat fearless and grumpy host.
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