Today there was a break in the rain so I took the opportunity to go for a walk. Ordinarily I would take the RX10 for such outings as I don’t need to worry about leaving anything behind. It’s a great all in one camera. Today though I decided to take the Panasonic GM1 with its … Continue reading The Rain Has Stopped
No Photography but More Filters
Happy New Year. I don’t know what the weather has been like where you live but here it has been dreadful of late. It has rained and then rained even more. Between Christmas and New Year many areas around here were flooded with record levels being recorded in every river in Lancashire. To give you … Continue reading No Photography but More Filters
Focus Stacking
One of the great advantages of small sensor cameras for the Landscape photographer is the increased depth of field that can be achieved, even at relatively wide apertures. For example, I shoot most of my landscapes with the Olympus EM5 set to f/8.0 where the image quality is still excellent and depth of field … Continue reading Focus Stacking
Friday Image No.76
I thought for this week’s Friday Image I would share a photo I shot during a recent holiday in Dorset. This is the beach just outside Bournemouth and was one of the few times that it stopped raining. The wind however was ferocious pretty much the entire time. I have decided to share both the … Continue reading Friday Image No.76
Gamut Warnings in Photoshop and Vivez
I was recently editing an image with Nik Viveza when I noticed some silvery dots appearing. When I zoomed in to 100% magnification I could see these dots a little larger and they seemed to be covering areas of very saturated colour. The Gamut warning feature was back, or perhaps it never went away. Gamut … Continue reading Gamut Warnings in Photoshop and Vivez
Friday Image No.75
I have been very pleasantly surprised recently, at just how well the Merge to Panorama feature is working in Lightroom. The image you see above is three vertical shots taken on the Olympus EM5 at 12mm. When I first tried the stitch I used Photoshop, which made a complete mess. This version though was done … Continue reading Friday Image No.75
Plaiting Fog
Here in the UK there is a term “plaiting fog”, used when something is very difficult to do. One example of this is photographing and enhancing fog and mist. In a previous post I mentioned that I had been processing a number of images that featured mist, or at least they had when I had … Continue reading Plaiting Fog
New Book Launch – Black & White Mastery
I’m pleased to announce the launch of my new book “Black & White Mastery: Adobe Lightroom Edition”. The book is aimed at the beginning and intermediate black and white photographer, who wants to get the most from Lightroom. No other plug-in’s, software or filters are involved; everything is done in Lightroom. As with all my … Continue reading New Book Launch – Black & White Mastery
Friday Image No.74
After a long layoff from producing Stock & Calendar Photography, I decided that it’s time to work through my huge back catalogue of image. I have been busy picking those I like in order to process and keyword the images. I have to admit that I have surprised myself with how much I like some … Continue reading Friday Image No.74
Sensor Cleaning
To be quite honest I had almost forgotten about the problem of sensor dust and dirt until recently. Since I began using the Olympus EM5 in April 2013, I have cleaned my camera sensor a grand total of 0 times. Yes that’s ZERO times. It has never shown a single spot on any of the … Continue reading Sensor Cleaning
The Lightweight Photographer 