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  • The Great Photographer Makes the Ordinary Extraordinary

     For a great many people, photography is about amassing technical skills and parading the best equipment. Granted, there are many great images taken by these sorts of people. But there are many bad ones too.More

  • Even in RAW, You Must Take the Best Image First

     Shooting in RAW mode can give you the chance to make better images from the information the camera collects. Compared to JPEG files, RAW files contain more data. With JPEGs, data is lost forever in compression.More

  • Look Through Your Old Images

     It doesn’t matter how old you are, have a look through your old photographs.I mention age simply because many of you reading this will still be relatively new to photography. You may even be very young and have taken charge of your first, or one of your first, cameras.More

  • Our Moral Obligation to Newcomers to Photography

     It is easy for the newcomer to photography to feel a little intimidated when thinking about getting a camera. There is such an array of models to choose from and such a lot of information available about each camera. Unfortunately, there is also a lot of techno-babble talk which can scare the living daylights out of even a hardened enthusiast.More

  • Safeguard Those Images

     You really need to organise yourself if you are going to keep abreast of your photographic activities. If, like me, you tend to take between 200 and 300 images in a session, you must have a system for storage and retrieval and to prevent accidental losses. Nothing is more valuable than the last images you took.More

  • Development of the Variable Aperture

     The earliest snapshot cameras had very simple lenses. They were designed for taking photographs in bright conditions. Anything other than bright sunlight or very light overcast conditions would make acceptable images unobtainable without flash or some other form of artificial lighting.More

  • If Only Camera Store Assistants Were More Helpful

     If only shop assistants could be more helpful. Especially when discussing photography….“Hello Sir, can I help you?More

  • Use Your Viewfinder For A Better Picture

     If you have a compact camera it is quite likely that you either have not got a viewfinder, or, if you have, you don’t use it. The bright LCD screen on the rear of the camera gives a real time record of the scene that it is just about to photograph. Those with SLR digital cameras will still use the viewfinder as the option for LCD preview is not available.More

  • Why Use RAW?

     Many photographers will consider RAW photography at some stage. It is accepted that this can give you greater contol over your images and allow you to produce finer detail and colours.Here are some of the advantages of using RAW:- RAW images lose less information than JPEG imagesJPEG uses a “lossy” compression which means some of the data in the image is lost forever- A RAW image has a greater latitude – this gives better highlights and shadowsYou will be able to get more highlight and shadow detail with RAW- You can use 16-bit output rather than 8 for better imagesThis will result in better images after manipulation- You can choose to set for sRGB or Adobe RGBSome users will welcome the greater colour range available- You don’t need to worry about camera settings such as contrast and saturation.More

  • I Will NOT Be Your Wedding Photographer

     “I’m having a wedding. Can you be my photographer?”Let’s get one thing straight.More