March 18, 2012
Blog Archives
Another Advantage Of Beer Bottle Tops!
What do you get if you have too much time to spare on a Sunday, have a spare mini fish tank and some old bottle tops laying around……..
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Guest Post – Black and White Photography: A Few Things To Know
I am pleased and proud to feature the below tutorial from a friend of mine (and FPR), Jeff Byrnes. I have known Jeff for sometime now since I interviewed him regarding his photography and website (Lenshare.com). Jeff is busy working on a new site currently and so I was extremely grateful when he agreed to write this article explaining black and white photography and post processing….cheers Jeff! ;)
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
Abstract Water Images The Easy Way
After experimenting with the coloured water droplets in my previous post I thought I would try again. It didn’t take too long before I found myself more interested in the chaos and random nature of the water surface……here’s how I set up and carried out the shots.
HDR Resource Roundup
Everyone has heard of HDR photography by now. HDR stands for High Dynamic Range and is used to capture the entire range of tones in an image from the lowest low lights to the highest high lights. The technique can be used to create almost cartoon-like images which has caused a huge debate all over the internet for the last few years…
Photo Effects Video Roundup
I love playing around with the effects of a photo. Trying to achieve a result that ‘pops’ is becoming easier and easier thanks for some great products and tutorials!!
Water Photography The Easy Way
There are loads of images all over FLickr and alike featuring coloured drops of water close up. The random nature of water makes for a different photo each time and it is not as hard to set up a small ‘set’ to capture ‘the Chaos Theory’ in action!
Superb HDR Related Tutorials For Photographers
There are literally millions of tutorials scattered throughout the internet for producing HDR images or a similar effect. More often than not they are a little bit brief or the end results do not quite live up to the promised effect. I have listed here, what I consider to be the ‘best of breed’ tutorials that I have used and learned from.
LenShare HDR Article Featuring ‘Me’!
I was lucky enough recently to be asked to provide a photo and a few words on the much discussed subject of HDR for LenShare.Com. My thanks to Jeff who runs LenShare for including my work and I strongly recommend a visit as it is a great site and resource of all things photography!
