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Photoshop Tutorial - Manually Set...

10 Mar Photoshop Tutorial – Manually Set Black and White Points

Recently one of my Photoshop tutorials I posted on YouTube was featured on PetaPixel. It’s a neat little tutorial that shows you how to manually find the black and white points of an image and then define them within curves. The effect can be quite... [+]

Guest Blog - Travel Photography...

03 Mar Guest Blog – Travel Photography Guide by Carl Ashley

Welcome everyone to the first guest blog post as part of an ongoing series on my blog. It’s been a goal of mine for a while now to start a guest blog series as I feel it’s a great way to promote other photographers that... [+]

The Magic Cloth Technique - DIY...

02 Feb The Magic Cloth Technique – DIY Graduated Neutral Density Filter

I came across the magic cloth technique a few years ago when researching graduated neutral density filters but never actually got around to trying it. Recently a friend linked me to the stunning work that Tony Brackley-Prower had achieved by using this technique and was... [+]

How to Photograph Waterfalls -...

16 Nov How to Photograph Waterfalls – Tutorial

Photography Tips: Waterfall Photography Waterfall photography is one of my favourite styles of photography as it combines my love of nature and long exposures.  I’m a sucker for standing waist deep in a freezing stream capturing a photo. It’s strangely relaxing especially when you have... [+]

Photography How To: Licensing your...

30 Jul Photography How To: Licensing your Photography

Uhh…? Just to be clear, I’m no expert on image licensing but I wante to share my limited experiences to assist others and hopefully promote some discussion on licensing your photography. This is more focussed on liaising with clients rather than licensing your photographs through... [+]

Adobe Lightroom Video Tutorial -...

17 Jul Adobe Lightroom Video Tutorial – Split Toning

A while ago I created a Lightroom video tutorial on using the split toning tool. This tool is one of my favourite features introduced as part of Lightroom 3. Whilst the split toning effect has been possible in Photoshop for some time now, I still... [+]

Image Blending - Photoshop Tutorial

21 May Image Blending – Photoshop Tutorial

Recently I wrote a small photoshop technique article covering image blending for Popular Photography magazine and thought it might be of interest to readers of my blog. I don’t blend images all the time but it’s a nice technique to have up your sleeve when... [+]

Photoshop CS5 Curves Tutorial

15 Nov Photoshop CS5 Curves Tutorial

A quick tutorial using Adobe Photoshop CS5 on how to remove colour cast from filters or performing general colour grading. I hope this is implemented in Lightroom eventually as it’s the one thing that has me opening Photoshop.

Guide to Daytime Long Exposures

16 Feb Guide to Daytime Long Exposures

A small buying guide and photography tips to assist you in making the right purchases to photograph daytime long exposures. Using strong neutral density filters will allow you to shoot 1-5 minute exposures during the day depending on the conditions. If you’re bored with photography,... [+]

Simple Landscape Photography Tips

11 Nov Simple Landscape Photography Tips

These are just a few things that I take into account before going on a shoot. They aren’t rocket science I’ll admit and are actually quite simple but I hope they help a little.

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