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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
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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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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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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Wildlife Panoramas
When one thinks of panoramas the mind automatically leaps to scenes of great vistas and awesome landscapes. (well mine does…) While working on our new book about lions I started playing about with shooting panoramas stitched from 2 or 3 images … Continue reading
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Don’t Pack Your Camera Gear Away!
We were doing a shoot at St Lucia, Part of the Isimangaliso Wetland Park, a World Heritage Site in KwaZulu Natal. One of the things we were covering was the Santa Lucia launch tour and we’d done the whole thing … Continue reading
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Don’t Let Bad Weather Ruin your Photographs
Despite many attempts by the powers that be, it seems that we still have absolutely no control over the weather. So what is a boy supposed to do when the weather turns and you’ve planned (or commissioned) to do that awesome, great light shoot … Continue reading
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Use Objects to Show Scale
Sometimes it can be very important to use well known objects in an image to show the scale of things. Take this huge pile of sugar at the Sugar terminals at Maydon Wharf. Durban. KwaZulu Natal. South Africa. Hold your finger over … Continue reading
Using a long shutter speed to illustrate movement and speed.
One of the most sort after things in photography is getting sharp images but like so much in photography this can change. Adding blur through the use of a very low shutter speed (in this case 1/8 sec) is a … Continue reading
