I’m now back from a trip to the US and thought I would restart blogging with some images from the trip. The first area I visited was Death Valley and the photograph shown above was taken at Zabriskie Point in the valley. It's a bit of an odd place to visit in terms of Landscape … Continue reading Back to Blogging with Zabriskie Badlands
Category: Approach
The Black art of Colour Management
In my last post I discussed some of the choices we photographers now have in choosing paper surfaces for printing. Someone raised a question that I responded to about how to get the colours accurate but I think this subject deserves a more in depth answer; so here is a little more on the subject. … Continue reading The Black art of Colour Management
Technology Marches On
Yesterday, for some reason I was looking back at some images I shot a year ago in Norway, including the one shown above. At the time my lightweight travel camera was a Panasonic GF1 which soon after I upgraded to a GX1. At the time I was very happy with this camera and the quality … Continue reading Technology Marches On
LX5 Book Launched
After my previous post, I am no longer feeling sorry for myself and am well on the road to recovery. In fact I am feeling quite satisfied as I have finally completed my book “The Panasonic LX5: How to Achieve Exceptional Image Quality” which has been on the go since November last year. As the … Continue reading LX5 Book Launched
Missing the Obvious Again
I have just answered a question posted on yesterdays blog and it made me realise I am missing the obvious again. This time it was that most people reading my blog have probably never seen a direct conversion from a RAW infrared file. Neither will you probably know what all this problem is with white … Continue reading Missing the Obvious Again
Something Was Missing
Not a lengthy discussion this time as I have such a backlog of work and more importantly things I want to experiment with. I thought however that I would share the above image with you. This is Dunstanburgh Castle in Northumberland. I took the shot on the GX1 I had converted to Infrared and used … Continue reading Something Was Missing
RX100 Processing Error – Oops
In my earlier posting about my experiences with the Sony RX100 I mentioned that the results were very sharp and that when printed looked almost unreal. Well, I have a confession to make in that the error was mine it appears. In the past I have used a number of RAW converters and I often … Continue reading RX100 Processing Error – Oops
Dfine Noise Reduction Book Launch
I am very pleased to announce that my new book “How to Avoid and Remove Image Noise with Nik Dfine 2” is now live on Amazon and priced at only USD3.99 or GBP2.54. The book is organised into three parts: Part 1 examines the sources of noise in digital photography and outlines the steps you … Continue reading Dfine Noise Reduction Book Launch
Micro 43 Infrared is addictive
Over the weekend I spent some time experimenting with my newly converted infrared GX1. My conclusion is that digital infrared is totally addictive. The light was not very good for traditional photography and the sky lacked any real detail. Seen on the infrared LCD however this drab scene took on a completely different appearance. I … Continue reading Micro 43 Infrared is addictive
Infrared Micro 43 Update
Firstly, let me say Happy New Year to everyone. I hope it’s a great year for you. Now, if you have been following this blog for a little while you might be aware that I recently purchased a second Panasonic Lumix GX1 body so I could send my old camera for conversion to Infrared. Over … Continue reading Infrared Micro 43 Update
The Lightweight Photographer 