The Blue Hour is that period of time just before the sun rises and just after the sun sets. Depending on location and time of year, it lasts for different periods of time. However it is a time that is a great inspiration to photographers. Blue hour can also be problematic to shoot correctly. The […]
Photography Post Production Articles
Improving your photos in the darkroom and on the desktop.
Many of us know and understand the benefits of shooting raw files. Chief amongst them are the ability to set white balance in post production and the possibility of extracting more exposure data from an image. Typically this might be pulling back blown highlights or expanding dynamic range. Whilst there are numerous different post production […]
There is no denying that photography can be an expensive hobby. Along with the cameras, lenses, flashguns and tripods we also need computers, drives for storage and of course software. You can save money on the hardware items by buying used, but what about the software? Lightroom, Photoshop, Capture One and many more are all […]
How often do you use Lightroom’s local adjustment tools? These three powerful tools rock the smallest adjustment to big details across areas of your image. The main sliders in Lightroom’s Develop module apply changes to the total image. When working with local adjustment tools, you’re making changes to targeted areas within the image. What are […]
Do you have a large unruly collection of images scattered over multiple hard drives? Are you locked down at home with little to do? If so, this is the article for you. Adobe Lightroom is probably the most advanced image cataloging software on the market. Its power, however can often the fact that there are […]
Saturation in images can be a very tricky thing to get right. If you shoot raw, then your image files will not have any extra Saturation added to them. If you shoot jpeg, then depending on your settings your image could be under saturated or unnaturally over saturated. In order to get the very best […]