A Masterclass in Wildlife Photography

Are you a budding nature/wildlife photographer? Want to improve your skills? If so then the BBC Wildlife magazine may have the solution for you. They’ve put over 20 of their masterclass articles on their web site in PDF format to download. These cover a huge range of topics and subjects around the art of wildlife [...]

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Photography Geekiness!

When I first started getting into photography in a more serious way, one of the hardest things for me to understand was the aperture values. What did this f-numbers actually mean? It also didn’t help that a large aperture is represented by a small number! Whilst I still don’t claim to be an expert and [...]

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Quick Monitor Calibration

A well calibrated monitor is essential when processing your photos so you can ensure they look their best. I use a Huey Pro but if you don’t want to buy additional equipment, here’s a quick way to make sure your brightness and contrast look right. Photo Friday have produced a neat page to test and [...]

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Think before you Photoshop

Now-a-days with increased use of digital cameras its far easier to post-process images without having to know your chemicals and the sometimes arcane skill set you needed to do similar things in the dark room. However just because you can Photoshop your images to within an inch of their life doesn’t mean you should! Digital [...]

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