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Where is Your Subject Looking and Why Does it Matter?
When posing a portrait subject, two important questions to ask yourself include: 1. ‘where are they looking?’ 2. ‘what impact does this have on the shot?’ Where your subject is looking can have a real impact upon your image and how those looking at your image view it. In many instances your subjects eyes determines […]
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Useful Lightroom Plug-ins
In previous articles you learned: how to create a photo website using the Koken plug-in for Lightroom, how to use The Fader plug-in to add an opacity slider to Develop Presets, and how to upload photos to 500px using their own plug-in (scroll down to read that section). Today I’d like to look at some […]
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How To Photograph Reflections In Water
One of my favourite things to do when I travel is to go on a quest to find a body of water that has a reflection of a landmark. Photographing a reflection creates a unique image of an often photographed subject by adding interest and depth to your photograph. The next time you travel add […]
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How to Find and Use Scripts in Gimp
When I first started using Gimp to edit my photos (because I couldn’t afford Photoshop), I remember getting jealous when Photoshop users would talk about the Actions they used to edit their photos. While Gimp doesn’t have Actions, they do have scripts, and while there might not be as many Gimp Scripts as there are […]
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Nikon D810 vs D800E ISO Comparison
After I received the Nikon D810 in the morning today, I thought about posting an article on the ISO performance of the camera and how it stacks up against the Nikon D800E. After Adobe announced the release of the Camera RAW 8.6 RC, I thought about using the Adobe converter for the Nikon D810 RAW […]
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How to add frames to photos in Photoshop
I have been experimenting with frames in Photoshop lately and decided to post a quick tutorial or howto on adding frames to your photos very quickly. Although there are many ways to frame images, this method works for me and is very simple and straightforward. Here is how I create a photo frame: 1) Open […]
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New Zealand – A Photographer’s Dream
I had the opportunity at the end of 2013 to re-visit New Zealand for three week self-drive holiday and take a wide range of photos. Since New Zealand is on the ‘bucket list’ of many photographers, I thought I would share some thoughts on which areas of the country provide some of the best photographic […]
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10 Questions to Ask When Taking a Photo
What goes through your mind in the moments as you raise your digital camera up to take a shot and before you press the shutter? If you’re like many digital photographers you’re not thinking about too much – you just want to capture the moment and then move on. However getting in the habit of […]
