I captured this image in February last year. It was late afternoon and the weather had been dreadful. It had been alternating between rain and snow for much of the day but the poor weather conditions created some wonderful and dramatic light. It was last weekend’s adventure with the heavy rain that made me think … Continue reading Friday Image No.80
Setting Your Expectations
Landscape Photography is much more difficult than most people realise. Sure you spend a lot of time out in the landscape but your also at the mercy of the same landscape. If the weather decides not to play ball, then there is nothing you can do about it. Or is there? Part of the problem … Continue reading Setting Your Expectations
Friday Image No.80
Yet another snow scene for this Friday’s image I’m afraid. It’s another of the images I shot a few weeks back and I seriously need to get out to shoot some new material. Unfortunately, the weather still isn’t good whenever I have some spare time. Fingers crossed for tomorrow when I will try again. Anyway, … Continue reading Friday Image No.80
An Interesting Concept
Last year when I invested in a Sony A7r and Canon L series lenses, I posted a few thoughts about the adapter I was using. This was a Canon EF to NEX adapter which although poor for autofocus maintained the aperture link to the EF lenses. If you aren’t aware, the only way to control … Continue reading An Interesting Concept
Friday Image No.79
I shot this a couple of weeks back when I was lucky enough for a visit to the Lake District to coincide with a good snow fall. This isn’t though one of your grand, well known scenes but just a small layby along the road from Ambleside to Coniston, about 2 miles out of Ambleside. … Continue reading Friday Image No.79
Pulling Shadow Detail from RAW Files
A couple of weeks back I showed a post of Lulworth cove shot at sunrise and passed comment about how easy it now seems to be able to lift detail from extreme shadows with the Sony A7r. Someone mentioned that it would help if rather than me talking about seeming blacks in the RAW file, … Continue reading Pulling Shadow Detail from RAW Files
Friday Image No. 78
I’m sure that any readers currently residing in the UK will agree we have been having some rather odd weather of late. Today it was some 11 or 12 degrees (Celsius) in Manchester which is ridiculously warm for this time of year. Yet only last weekend we had sub-zero temperatures and snow. But the snow … Continue reading Friday Image No. 78
Topaz Texture Effects Discount
Topaz have just contacted me to say they are offering a discount on their new software Texture Effects until the end of January. Rather than the usual $69.99, its discounted down to $49.99 when you use the discount code EASYTEXTURE. Here’s the link http://www.topazlabs.com If you’re not familiar with Texture Effects, it’s well worth trying … Continue reading Topaz Texture Effects Discount
Washing Your Colours
I’m sure you have experienced it. You shoot a nice image but when you come to process it, you just can’t seem to achieve a good colour balance. The image above is one such example. No matter how much I tried to adjust the Colour Temperature and Tint in Lightroom, I couldn’t get it to … Continue reading Washing Your Colours
Friday Image No.77
When I look at this image it’s easy to forget how difficult the conditions were. This is a three image stitch using the Sony A7r with a Canon 16-35 L series lens. One shot, even with the wide angle of the 16mm wasn’t sufficient to catch the entire scene. Metering was another problem. The contrast … Continue reading Friday Image No.77
The Lightweight Photographer 