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Banding is one of those things no one wants in their photos, it’s really ugly, and quite often frustrating to get rid of. However, like most things, understanding the problem helps you fix it. What causes “banding” and what does it look like? Banding is caused by a …
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Lightroom has some fantastic tools to help you create great black & white conversions, and while there are a number of ways within Lightroom to convert an image to black & white, I’ll show you the way that works best for me. What makes a good black & …
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Curating your own photography is a difficult thing. You take your entire collection of “keepers”, potentially thousands of images, and condense it down into a very small collection of around 15 that say the most about you, and more importantly, about you as a photographer. In my opinion …
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If there’s one thing every photographer wants, it’s a sharp image! We spend big on expensive lenses and tripods to achieve a high level of sharpness, and whilst those tools help greatly, there’s a lot to be said for doing some additional sharpening in your post processing. For …
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Up until last week I’d been using an old set of JBL On-Tour speakers connected to an Apple Airport Express to play music from my laptop. This was a great setup, and had served me well enough for as long as I’ve had the Airport Express. The Airport …
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