ShareThe quest for the interpretation of photographs (after the fact or post production), either imaginary or real, through traditional methods was always somewhat limited due to technical aspects and time constraints that basically created a barrier to the Photographer or Artist to represent what he or she had in mind. With digital Photography -  the [...]

ShareAs photographers, we have a tendency to try and to try and bring as much light into a picture as possible.  We are afraid of the blocked up shadows, dark corners, large black areas.  While it’s certainly undesirable to have some of these problems in an image, I’m here to advise you to embrace the [...]

ShareAs our camera and software technology improve, the opportunities to push the limits of our creativity grows exponentially. Not that many of today’s techniques were not possible in days of film, but these advances make it less time consuming and more cost effective  to create photographs that are outside of the box. Such is the [...]

ShareOf all techniques that have come with the advent of digital photography, perhaps the most controversial and divisive is HDR or high dynamic range. Some people love the surrealistic almost cartoon like quality of extreme HDR, others hate it with a passion, in photographic terms it is on a level with the PC and Mac [...]

ShareAs well as being very powerful image management tools, both Apple’s Aperture and Adobe’s Lightroom also have a selection of very useful output tools. In this article we are going to take a look at Aperture’s slideshows, web galleries and books. Slideshows To create a slideshow in Aperture we are going to need to select [...]

ShareIn the early days of digital photography, the very word RAW struck fear in the hearts of the average photographer. Huge file sizes, clunky workflows and non existent cataloguing software, meant a long slow process for those venturing into the realms of the digital negative. How much difference a few years can make. RAW now [...]

ShareI am sure many off us have suffered that sinking feeling of finding precious images missing from a hardrive or even the complete failure of a hardrive. With increasing amounts of images being taken, these days a good back up strategy is vital. Your own strategy is very dependent on how important your images are. [...]

ShareWhile the old adage of “get it right in camera” is something to take seriously, post-production skills are also very valuable. Applying realistic makeup in Photoshop is a skill that could prove valuable for you at some point. Certainly the skills associated with it will help you with your post-production in general. So let’s take [...]

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 [...]

ShareAdding texture to photographs is one of those things in photography that people seem to have strong opinions on. Some people love it, some people hate it and some people just think it’s a bit of fun. Whichever camp you fall into, it’s a post-production skill you should know about so you can approach the [...]