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Wilson’s Wharf – Durban

We are down in Durban to attend the 2012 Indaba Tourism Expo and after a day of meetings, media registration and so on we found ourselves down at Wilson’s Wharf at the Durban Harbour. It’s one of our favourite spots … Continue reading

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Video Tips

One has these moments every now and then (and they get more and more infrequent as the years pass). We were on a Photo Safari the other day (http://www.africaimagery.com/workshops.php) and it occurred to me that I could record short video … Continue reading

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Lightroom 4 Tip

Have just now managed to get Adobe Lightroom 4 (LR4) downloaded, installed and my Lightroom 3 catalogue converted. A glitch! The new and updated adjustment sliders in the Development Module didn’t seem to match what I had been playing with … Continue reading

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Adobe Lightroom 4

Adobe have just released the full version of Lightroom 4. And I’m thrilled about it! I have been playing with Lightroom 4 ever since they launched Lightroom 4 Beta and I have to say there are some awesome new fetters … Continue reading

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Canon 5D MkII Firmware 2.1.2

Canon has just released their upgrade to the firmware in their EOS 5D MkII. This upgrade optimises the camera’s performance when using UDM 7 cards. Click here to download the update. Join us on open of our exciting Photo Safaris.

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Lightroom Tip

Here’s a quick tip for those using Adobe Lightroom: The editing panels, particularly in the Develop Module, can be a little narrow in their default position making the adjustment sliders a little less sensitive than they could be. It’s quite … Continue reading

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From Rhodes to Plettenberg Bay

This account picks up the story as we leave Rhodes in the Drakensberg Mountains of the Eastern Cape after our one night stay en route to Plettenberg Bay and Cape Town. We have friends (Chris and Julie Marias) living in … Continue reading

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Howick Photographic Workshop.

It started off as a rather small, informal little workshop for a previous participant (Tammy) on one of our previous workshops and also for the son of some friends who is heading back to university in the next day or … Continue reading

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Lightroom Shortcuts

I use Adobe Lightroom for the vast majority of my image editing and have found that these days I only really use Photoshop for stitching images into panoramas and for the more involved edits where I have to use layers … Continue reading

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500px Plugin for Lightroom.

Wow, now this is a useful one: 500px (a wonderful site that allows you to post photographic portfolios and images and follow and interact with other photographers) has just launched a publish plugin for Adobe Lightroom. For those of us … Continue reading

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