Zoom out in your mind
Have you ever noticed the way in which you seem to be able to focus on just one object of a scene (say a spoon on a table or a shop’s signboard on a street) when in fact your eyes…
Learn How to use Photoshop
I’ve often heard people look at a photograph exclaim, “Oh, that’s photoshop!” when what they really meant was “Oh, that’s retouched!” making the name “Photoshop” synonymous with “digital retouching”. Now, Photoshop is by no means easy to learn and the…
How to Take Better Party Pictures!
There are party pictures; and there are party pictures. This is why you need to know how to make yours stand out from the crowd. This series of tips is for compact digital camera users who want to make sure that everyone…
Megapixel Myth: Do You Need More Megapixels?
The rush for more megapixels has been on for quite a few years now. More pixels are being packed on smaller (or same size) sensors every day. So what does this really mean? Do more megapixels actually mean more better…
A Better Picture
Three years in the Advertising business has convinced me that ideas are really powerful and that a photograph that has a strong idea is the most powerful tool to convey a message. A strong idea is always brought out in…
It’s the Photographer, Not the Equipment
Camera Equipment. The Never-ending Quest! For many years now, I’ve been a person who’s been caught up in the equipment game… partly because my father – a frequent traveller to european countries – is an equipment enthusiast and for as…
RAW IS RAW
Sorry about the bad WWE joke! We’re talking about digital photography today, and the ‘RAW’ we are talking about is the RAW image format! The New World of Digital Photography Welcome to the world of Digital Photography. This is a world where film…
Digital Takes Over Film for professionals too..
Where have all the dark rooms gone? Gone to graveyards, every one… Yes, that’s what is happening today… every one of the professional film developing and printing studios, especially the manual ones, have closed down… replaced by computerised labs that…
Digital Panoramas
Creating panoramic images is fun; especially when you can use a digital camera. The time consuming and painstaking process of developing, scanning, colour matching and only then stitching the images together. With digital images, you can take the photographs, stitch…
It has got to connect
Photographs have an unnatural power over people. They create an image, taking reality and amending it according to the wish of the photographer. When you take a photograph, remember this. The photographer is all powerful. How your subject is interpreted…
We’re off to a Blazing Start
Hello and welcome to a brand new experience. This blog is great if you are a photographer or a photography enthusiast, it will feature tips, techniques and theory relating to photography. You can also expect a dramatic increase in the…
