February 1, 2012
Blog Archives
Photoshoot From Start To Finish (My Way)
There are literally thousands on photography tutorials on the internet (including mine) that explain the different elements that ultimately make up a photoshoot (resulting in your photos). I have read ALOT of them and most are very useful however, I probably only use about 25% of the stuff that I have learned from tutorials in practical every day shoots.
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iPhone Photography Apps – PEStudio
Continuing my series of articles looking at Photography iPhone apps that I think are essential on every photographers iPhone I am looking at ‘PEStudio’ today….
iPhone Photography Apps – PS Express
There are hundreds if not thousands of iPhone apps dedicated to the photos taken on the phone which pretty much all claim to be able to transform your’ iPhonography’ into amazing images. Quite a few of these are rubbish and the reviews given to them reflect this. There are however a number of iPhone photography apps that are truly awesome, some of them are free of charge and other cost a small fee but all are a great addition to you phones app library..
10 Stop Filter Explained
Today I received a 10 stop ND filter after reading about what can be achieved using it and searching online for a good deal. As far as I can tell there ar 2 main players in the 10 stop filter market, the Lee ‘Big Stopper’ and the Hitech filter (which I purchased). It’s gonna be fun trying this bad boy out!
Understanding Your Camera’s Histogram
Understanding the Histogram on your DSLR is an important element in avoiding under or over exposed images when you get to your post processing. Although most DSLR’s have an LCD screen for you to preview your photographs prior to transferring them to your PC for post processing, it is difficult to be absolutely sure if … Continue Reading
Exposure Compensation Explained
Pretty much any camera these days, whether P&S or DSLR come with a whole range of different settings designed to make your life easier and automatically calculate the many different variables in the scene you are taking a photograph of, sometimes however, these maybe slightly wrong and need some guidance from you…..
iPhoneography Resources
With the growing trend within the photography world to use your iPhone camera to capture more and more images and the gadgets and apps that you can acquire to aid in the post processing on the go, there are some really great resources being created on the web to assist in this genre of our art as well as on line groups and galleries…
Sigma 17-70mm f2.8-4 Review
My Sigma 17-70mm F2.8-4 is another lens that I have owned for some time, in fact, I purchased this at the same time as I got my current Canon 50D. I opted to go for the camera body and this lens over the normal camera/stock lens’ package as I had read many great reviews of the lens online.
GoPro Camera’s – What Can Be Done
From cameras specifically designed for attaching to surf boards to one’s for auto sports GoPro offers a range of equipment to capture action from either a first person point of view by using their helmet mounted cameras or a chance to get as close to the action as is possible with a camera by mounting in on bikes, cars, surf boards, poles and pretty much anything!
