‘The best laid plans of mice and men’ as the old adage goes – how many times have you set you camera up to take that spectacular scene in front of you only to realize it could look even better with a filter over your lens? You rummage around your camera bag only to remember […]
Photography Post Production Articles
Improving your photos in the darkroom and on the desktop.
Once upon a time photography was in large part about remembering complicated rules and equations and a fair amount of luck. The more you knew of the equations and rules the less luck was involved but even if you knew it all you could still have your shoot ruined by unforeseen weather conditions. But the […]
If you have been looking to expand your photographic creativity or add a new wrinkle to your repertoire, something you may want to consider is double exposure photography (or multiple exposure photography). Double exposure photography has been around for virtually as long as film cameras have been around — it’s not hard to imagine some […]
Most photographers would agree that whenever possible getting the shot right in camera should be the goal. However, there are going to be times when this is impossible or when mistakes are made. Perhaps there is a distracting element in a scene that just can’t be avoided, or the horizon is a bit crooked in […]
From the moment we’re old enough to play games with other children, we’re told that cheating is bad. The same principle follows us throughout the rest of our lives, but as we grow it takes on far greater implications and applies to so many more situations than a simple schoolyard game of hide-and-seek, hopefully exhibiting […]
Sharpening your images is a bit of a science and there are quite a few aspects that need to be considered. You can sharpen for printing, for web maybe for display on an iPad. On top of that, different resolution images will need different settings. Combine this with the fact that current incarnations of Photoshop […]
