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Category: Photography stuff
Myth No1..”Photoshop is cheating all my photos are ..Straight Out Of Camera” (SOOC)
The wail of the newbie, announcing some sort of purity of image as it arrives SOOC, and without meaning to upset anyone, is utter tosh showing more a lack of understanding of the photographic process than an informed decision.
Circular polariser (CPL) Just what does that do
Well it does a number of things depending on its angle to the source of light the general use is to enhance colours (skys do well) and to reduce or control reflections on water and…
ND Calculator App No Android or Apples required
Been meaning to do this for a while a little aid to calculate the exposure offset when using ND filters covers ND2 to ND1024 (1 to 10 stop) I have made the print to fit…
Downloading originals from my flickr account
Well I was stuffed I went all over my flickr account looking for some way to download my images in bulk but could find nothing and it was a real faff clicking through one at…
Focal Length angle of view and full and crop sensors
Ok just another way to explain things in a very simplified way. A lens has a focal length that is the distance from the focal point of the lens to the surface of the sensor…
Why where my shots Blurry
Image Stabilisation doesn’t like Tripods I took some shots using a long exposure this morning using live view to get focus on my wee tripod but they came out blurred Now in the past I…
Whats the best Software to edit my photos
Here are a few different image editors some free some not free there are many others Image Editors Photoshop by Adobe The most expensive and an industry standard the top editing program with loads of…
Understanding exposure in one picture
Understanding exposure is fundamental to photography I have below a diagram hopefully useful in making it easier to understand. The values in the diagram are relative and different cameras have different ranges but the same…
Top tips for SNOW photography
Firstly make sure your wrapped up Exposure Compensation set the EC at +1/2 to up to +2 stops as the onboard camera metering will attempt to expose as mid grey. Histogram and Highlight alert…