ShareDigital cameras have revolutionised and democratised photography, great images are now within the reach of anyone who owns a half decent camera and good eye. Sometimes, however, it’s easy to forget modern photography’s roots and what that can teach us. In this article we are going to look at treating your DSLR like an old [...]

ShareA recent article I wrote here on Lightstalking demonstrated how to add life to a flat image.  It showed a fairly mundane image being turned into something somewhat more striking. Whilst writing that article, there was a major controversy brewing in the photographic world, when the Landscape Photographer of the Year, David Bryne was stripped [...]

ShareDespite the current renaissance of film photography, one of the biggest issues facing celluloid fans is getting it processed and printed. Long gone are the days of mini-labs in every small town, today you are more likely to have to send it off to another location to get the processing done. Even more tricky is [...]

ShareFor those of us that inhabit Northern climes, the winter is fast approaching. I am sure many may put their cameras into hibernation for the dark days, preferring the comfort of the digital darkroom to the harsh realities of the freezing conditions, for some, outside. However, by putting your feet up and ploughing through the [...]

ShareIt happens to us all at some time or another, we arrive at a wonderful location to find that the light is flat and uninspiring and the resultant images are somewhat disappointing. So what can we do about it? Well these days, it is quite simple to to create a striking image from something quite [...]

ShareFans of the BBC series, Top Gear will recognize the Transfagarasen Pass as the greatest driving road in the world. It is a 93km stretch of alpine tarmac, ordered by the Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu in 1970, its construction cost the lives of 40 soldiers. It crosses the beautiful Fagaras mountains and at its highest [...]

ShareAnd now for something completely different, as Monty Python would say. Today we are going to have a little fun, testing your observation and powers of deduction by showing you and extreme close up part of three pictures, each with a brief description of how the picture was taken and what obstacles needed to overcome [...]

ShareIn a previous article we looked at various things that you can do with multiple exposures. One of those things was focus stacking. Focus stacking is a technique where you can create a deep depth of field by combining 3 or 4 images with different focus points. There are a number of reasons as to [...]

ShareAlthough I have been driving for many years, I had never tried a 750 mile journey in one day and as it turned out, I didn’t get that far. By nine in the evening I had covered 650 miles from Cologne and was now on the Austrian/Hungarian border, some 100 miles from Budapest. I decided [...]

ShareOne of the best ways to present your images to friends and family is with a slideshow. With today’s huge flat high definition flat screen TV’s a well produced slideshow can convey the drama and emotion of your digital images. As with any presentation, you need to do a little planning and follow some simple [...]