PhotoBlog
This site also documents my return to photography, one image a day, one story at a time.
Quick-tips - How to hold your camera, by Shelley Lake
Shelley Lake is an extremely talented photographer (www.ShelleyLake.com), but more-over she is a Chiropractor! So when she posted tips for holding and shooting, we should all take note... Great images and no personal damage... Shelley, our backs thank you! :)
Macro on the cheap...
Want to try macro photography, but don't have the cash... well here is an option!
Macro photography is fun... but a good macro lens is expensive (as all good lenses are). So if you want to try it, but don't have the cash to do it... just flip your standard lens around... no, i'm not kidding!
Understanding the histogram and how to use it
Given the fact that all modern digital cameras have an LCD screen screen on the back that will actually display the image, what is the point in the histogram? What is the histogram showing us? How is it useful? How to use histograms to their best.
5 easy things that can improve your photography
Photography is easy to start but takes a long time to master. Most of us cannot dedicate vast chunks of time to it, even though we would like to. So we have to squeeze in photo-time between work, home life and other commitments. A question I am commonly asked at my workshops is what can they do when they don't have ? Well, the answer is a lot!
Quick tips - Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop shortcuts
Getting lost in Lightroom and Photoshop? Check out these ultimate keyboard short-cut cheatsheets by http://www.setupablogtoday.com!
As a user of Adobe Creative Cloud, Lightroom and Photoshop are almost permanently open on my computer. These programs are fantastic... but equally fantastically complex, with a veritable plethora of functions, menus and options that can be a maze to navigate. Normally I know where to click to find the settings and adjustments I need, only every remembering a few core shortcuts.............