Techniques to ensure your images contain no burned-out or black areas Why would keeping image contrast down be important? Surely, images with lots of contrast have punch and the power to grab a viewer’s attention? That’s true: you really don’t want to have flat, lifeless images, devoid of energy, something typical of truly low-contrast pictures….
Making sure that you really see what is in fact right in front of you When we consider photography and the art of seeing, it may seem blindingly obvious that photography is about capturing for all time something that we see. We see something. We like it. We pick up a camera. We point it…
A software plugin that enables film emulation in digital images In this article we’ll be reviewing Dehancer, a software plugin that allows photographers and videographers to make their digital images and videos appear as though they were shot on film. My review was originally given as a You Tube video, and you can watch this…
Minimising the time needed to swap over camera lenses The art of changing a camera lens is not something that gets discussed very much, which is kind of surprising, because it is rather fundamental. Perhaps it’s just too basic for most to bother about. I talked about this recently in a video blog, and you…
On the 35th anniversary of becoming a professional photographer, Nigel Hicks gives a retrospective talk about just some of his work My latest online talk was entitled 35 years a pro photographer, and was a retrospective look at some of the photography projects I’ve worked on during the 35 years of my career. Of course,…
