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One of the first things you are told when getting into photography is to buy protective filters for your lenses. These would normally be an ultra violet filter but you may also have been suggested a skylight filter. The latter are no longer recommended for digital photographers as they can introduce a slight colour cast […]
1) Swap the color of any object Swapping the color of an object, within Photoshop, is so ridiculously easy,when using masks, that you will probably go crazy and start swapping the colors of everything in your photos. Here we go. Step One Open your photograph, into Photoshop, and decide what color you want to swap. […]
The intention here is not to discourage you, but to invite you into pursuing photography with your own voice. And also to help you not to feel guilty if you ever find that one of your beloved images was created almost the same way fifty or more years ago. Not everyone can become a great […]
The world of photography continues to delight and amaze us all with the work produced by some of the leading photographers working in the field today. This weeks list of tutorials, special features and great photography is a selection of posts and pictures hand-picked by Toad Hollow Photography. We really hope you enjoy these weeks […]
Photography, as we all know, is about capturing light. And where there is light, there will be shadows. It is these shadows that add some wonderful characteristics to your photographs in the form of perspective and dimension. The characteristics of light falling on the subject – direction, color, intensity of the light – determine the […]
I get relatively anxious when I’m about to meet new people, but it no longer feels like an unbearable challenge. It wasn’t always like this. The feeling used to be particularly intense – my self-consciousness often prevented me from taking photos I truly cared about. As a young artist with little experience, I wasn’t sure […]
Have you heard of the desert lake in Australia with extremely high concentration of salt? Well, it is the Lake Eyre and Murray Fredericks, an Australian Photographer has made at least twenty journeys since 2003 to the centre of this lake. This lake is the lowest natural point in Australia and is at approximately 15m […]
I don’t blame the cat. Truly I don’t. But when I glanced over to my desk at the exact moment her hind leg brushed my Nikon 24-70 f2.8, she adopted several new names. For a moment my lens was a parody of another cat. The one owned by a certain Mr Schrödinger. It was at […]
What is your opinion on self-portraiture? It might be a form of art you’re unfamiliar with, a genre you admire from a distance, or even something you’d like to experiment with one day. It might put you off because you’re afraid of appearing vain or because you simply don’t consider yourself good enough for it. […]
The storytelling nature of photography no secret. It has been used for a century to narrate stories in a very peculiar and effective way. Narrative photographic projects have great power, and regardless of the level of experience and maturity of the photographer, they are very appealing. Photographic essays invite us to research a topic or […]