Plant portraits and the catadioptric lens
Reducing noise redux
A mobile phone is not a camera… or is it?
Bicycle Photography
Even more macro photography
A brief history of RAW editors
Reducing image noise
Why shoot RAW?
Perfect exposure
Macro Photography
White Balance and Color Correction
Lighting for headshots
Lens Filters
Its all about the light
Why Your Camera Lenses Do Matter
Holiday Photography
Why Your Camera Doesn’t Matter
Camera Tripods
Batteries
Plant portraits and the catadioptric lens
While in Japan I encountered a photographic installation of plant portraits in the Gallery Shuzenji Garo. This is a collection of images of Shujenzi through the four seasons, plant portraits and intimate landscapes. One image was intriguing, it had a…
Reducing noise redux
In 2013 I wrote about noise reduction and best practise for minimising noise in images. Since then a lot has changed including much better image sensor sensitivity and image processing software which has become a lot smarter and way more…
A mobile phone is not a camera… or is it?
Today I’ve set out to look at using an iPhone 11 for close up photography as compared to a traditional DSLR and specialist lenses. I’ve not gone to a whole lot of trouble since the whole point of using a…
Bicycle Photography
Your bicycle is beautiful and deserves a beautiful photograph. These are my tips for taking magnificent bicycle images. The profile is the essential beauty shot, the bicycle shown in all it resplendent glory. This one’s easy, right? Prop it up…
Even more macro photography
I’ve been messing about with macro photography for well over a decade now and with some success. But since then technology has changed a lot which has made getting an image way easier. Recently the tripod has been upgraded from…