Tips and tricks I’ve learnt from personal experience.
Being in the dentist chair is not my favourite place. I think many would agree. I recognise the importance of having a healthy set of teeth and appreciate the many benefits. However much I review these reasons it does not help with the anxiety. Over the years I have developed a system of what I … More The Dentist and Perspective
If you have a digital camera you will recognise the illustration above that may appear as a dial or in a menu on your camera. Scene, vari program or picture modes are pretty much the same thing. They are an easy way to set up our cameras for certain types of photography. I will be … More Feeling in the Mode – Part One
As mentioned in a previous post I have a new scanner for my film negatives and I have been testing it out over the last few weeks. The first image was scanned at a resolution of 2400 dpi and is a 6mb file. The second at 9600dpi and weighs in at 80.9mb file. Despite the … More Epson Perfection V370 Scanner – ongoing review
We have had some terrific sunny days followed by equally beautiful sunsets. Food for the creative photographer. On one such evening I had a couple of opportunities to indulge my creativity. Only these photos are fake. The sun sets on the other side of our house. Here is what I really saw. Flat light not … More Creative??
The question isn’t an enquiry into your well being but rather a question related to the appearance of the colour white in your photo’s. Let me explain. I’ve been revisiting some of the controls on my digital camera to better understand them. One control that I seldom change from its default setting of Auto is … More Are You All White Balance ?
I have been on the lookout for a Zenit E camera, circa 65-85, for sometime now and was finally successful in acquiring one, two weeks ago. My particular specimen was advertised as working which it was, well kind of…. It was in a very good physical condition except for one major issue. The shutter curtain … More Curtains on a Zenit E ?
Both of the images above were taken with exactly the same camera settings. In the second image, I hope you can see that the dark areas inside the tightly folded petals of the rose are slightly brighter and more evenly lit. I did not use flash as I was too close for it to be … More The Best things in Life are Free – Part 2
This week I thought we could play a game of spot the difference. Have a look at the two images below. Can you see any subtle difference? I have provided a clue in the shape of an arrow. Can you see any difference? For the answer go to The Best Things in Life -Part 2
Although I would love to have a literal darkroom the reality is we don’t have the room. So having successfully developed a film my next step is to digitalise the negative which means getting it on to the computer. Enter the world of the digital darkroom. You can’t just use any flatbed scanner to scan … More Digital Darkroom
Part of the appeal of using film cameras is seeing the whole process through from image capture to developing. When I first started thinking about doing Colour home developing I was informed by many that it was difficult. However I have found it to be just as rewarding / disappointing as capturing the image. Here’s … More Home Developing
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