Nikon 1 AW1 Diving This winter, I took part in a coral reef surveying project in Cambodia with Coral Cay Conservation. I was involved in a similar project in The Philippines in 2010, when I took with me, a Ewa … Continue reading
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Digital image capture has extended the scope of image making by enabling the photographer, unhampered by the prohibitive cost of film, to adopt a much more experimental way of working. A new world of possibilities has opened up by using … Continue reading
WHY WORK IN 16-BIT? JPEG is a lossy 8-bit format. An 8-bit image has 256 levels of brightness, from 0 (black) to 255 (white). A 16-bit RAW image has 65,536 levels of brightness or, put another way, 256 mini levels … Continue reading
This is a shot I took the first time I used a Holga lens with my Canon 5 D Mark II. Some people like using a Holga for the vintage photo look it gives to images; I like it because … Continue reading
I find this one of the simplest and most effective ways of converting a colour image to black and white. First, open your photo and then add a Channel Mixer adjustment layer by clicking on the icon at the bottom … Continue reading
Have you wasted more time than you care to think about trying to get the colours of your prints to match the image as it appears on your computer screen, throwing numerous disappointing prints in the bin wasting expensive … Continue reading
Technique Behind the image DIGITAL AND FILM How was it shot? Colleen’s kit EOS 350D EF 100mm f2.8 Macro lens Various Extension tubes Focusing rail Captivated by the close up world of macro photography, Colleen Slater specialises in photographing flowers submerged underwater, … Continue reading
I’ve been waiting a long time for the Canon 5D Mark II. A couple of years ago I decided to wait for an upgrade from the first camera in the 5D series reasoning that as they were taking a … Continue reading