One of the things that I love most about the Olympus EM5 is the stabilization. It allows me to shoot at some ridiculously slow speeds that just shouldn’t be possible. Sometimes I do set the camera to burst mode and fire off 5 or 6 shots. Doing this I can be pretty sure that at … Continue reading Friday Image No.97
Author: thelightweightphotographer
I am a Landscape Photographer based in the North West of England. Unlike most photographers I believe smaller and lighter is better when it comes to cameras and equipment.
Infrared Processing
A few people have written me recently asking about how to process Infrared images and how I go about processing mine. If you’re interested, I created a short tutorial and accompanying video which are posted on Lenscraft. These explain how the image above was processed. Enjoy
Monochrome Forest
The Friday image this week seemed to draw a few favourable comments so I thought that I would post another similar image. I have also included the colour image below, but this time I personally prefer the colour image. I can’t say why this is but the colour image seems to have more depth to … Continue reading Monochrome Forest
Friday Image No.96
Whilst on my recent road trip I captured this image. What I like is that it could have been anywhere and that I didn’t need to travel to the US to shoot it. My wife thinks I’m mad travelling all that way to take pictures of leaves. I suspect some of the people passing by … Continue reading Friday Image No.96
Embrace the Shadows
Recently I found myself in an art gallery looking at some of the paintings. I can’t recall why I was there and it’s not something that I ordinarily do. As I stood, staring at an amazing landscape painting, a realisation struck me. The painter was simply using techniques to create the illusion of light. These … Continue reading Embrace the Shadows
Friday Image No.95
For the Friday image this week, I wanted to share another shot from my recent trip. The rock in the frame is rather famous (I could find a Wikipedia page anyway https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haystack_Rock) and is called Haystack Rock. It’s located at Canon Beach in Oregon which is a fantastic place to visit. It's a little like … Continue reading Friday Image No.95
Don’t Forget Camera Calibration
There is an often forgotten panel at the bottom of the development controls in Lightroom’s Develop module and that’s Camera Calibration. Here you can select the profile that’s used to convert the RAW file into an image. It sorts out how image data in the RAW maps to colours and tones in the finished image. … Continue reading Don’t Forget Camera Calibration
Friday Image No.94
I’m really excited to share this image from my recent trip to America. The location is called Thor’s Well at Cape Perpetua on the Oregon coast. I first came to know about Thor’s Well whilst browsing US State Park images on Pinterest just a few months back. As soon as I saw this I was … Continue reading Friday Image No.94
Road Trip America
Back at the start of May you might recall I wrote a short piece about the equipment I would pack for a trip I was planning to make. Unfortunately, (for me at least) the trip is now over and I'm back in the UK. Whilst I have been trying to write and reply using a … Continue reading Road Trip America
It’s that Tree Again
Someone recently mentioned that you could do a book on this iconic lone tree. Whilst I don’t often visit the area, on this last trip I do seem to have photographed the tree quite a few times in different conditions. Here’s one from the end of the day. The Photographers Ephemeris said we were in … Continue reading It’s that Tree Again
The Lightweight Photographer 