by Steve Arnold | Jul 27, 2016 | How-To, Photography Basics
Following this question about capturing moving water and giving it that soft silky look in your images, someone specifically asked me what shutter speed you should use to get the “best” effect. As with most things photography… There’s no one-size-fits-all answer. But...
by Steve Arnold | Jul 26, 2016 | How-To, Photography Basics
I wrote this recent post to answer a common question I receive from subscribers, and based on the replies I got it seemed to go down quite well. So to piggyback on that, here’s another question I get every once in a while: “How can I get that blurry water effect...
by Steve Arnold | Jul 26, 2016 | Photography Discussion
Have you ever been about to shoot a landscape, patiently awaiting that fleeting moment of perfect light… The moment arrives, you take your first shot then you take a quick look at the back of your camera at what you hope will be “the money shot”… Only to...
by Thomas Boldt | Jul 26, 2016 | How-To, Photography Basics, Photography Tutorials
Digital cameras are incredible devices, able to see and capture things that even the human eye can’t distinguish. On the other hand, our eyes work fluidly and seemingly automatically, while cameras tend to need a bit more instruction about exactly how to...
by Thomas Boldt | Jul 25, 2016 | How-To, Photography Basics, Photography Tutorials, Photoshop
Modern lenses are incredibly powerful tools, masterpieces of optical manufacturing. Despite incredible amount of care that goes into their construction, they’re not always perfect. Like most things in life, when it comes to lenses, the best quality optics are...
by Thomas Boldt | Jul 21, 2016 | How-To, Photography Basics, Photoshop
While this is a beginner’s guide, it might get a bit technical at times, so you’ll have to forgive us for that. Colour profiles are a fairly technical subject and there’s no real way around that, but we’ll do our best to make it as simple and...
by Steve Arnold | Jul 21, 2016 | How-To, Photography Basics, Photoshop
There are almost as many different ways of creating image files as there are different styles of photography, but in almost every case the JPEG format is king. Most of the files you see or share online are stored in the JPEG format, and it strikes great balance of...
by Thomas Boldt | Jul 21, 2016 | How-To, Photography Basics
Precision is one of the most important aspects of photography. From the careful alignment of a series of glass lenses all the way through to the detailed attention required for proper post processing, precision is the guiding principle. So it’s naturally pretty...
by Thomas Boldt | Jul 17, 2016 | How-To, Photography Tutorials, Photoshop, Techniques
It seems like every time we turn around, there’s a new feature added to Photoshop CC. The latest update at the end of June brought us several new features that we’ve looked at in detail, including the impressive Content Aware Crop tool. Today we’re...
by Thomas Boldt | Jul 17, 2016 | How-To, Photography Tutorials, Photoshop
As we’ve mentioned before, Curves is probably one of the most powerful tools in Photoshop when it comes to contrast adjustments. One thing we don’t mention quite as much is that it is just as capable at managing colour adjustments, and allows an impressive...
