Up until last month it had been about a year since I last bought anything remotely significant for my camera bag. I guess there comes a point where you pretty much give up on the photography gadgetry and realise that the camera is simply something you use to …
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Fog, it ruins sunny days here in the far north of Scotland, but for the past week it has been constant. Six and a half days of almost completely uninterrupted fog! I’ve enjoyed it mostly… mostly because it has provided me with some great photo opportunities! Bring on …
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If you can imagine yourself standing on a beach, looking out across the sea at a sunset (something that pleases most photographers), your eyes allow you to see a nice balance between the light and colour in the sky and also what’s directly in front of you. A …
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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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If there’s one thing Caithness isn’t short of, it’s harbours. The first herring boom occurred in Caithness around 1790, but the peak of Herring fishing in Caithness happened in 1907 when 250,000 tons of Herring were landed, cured and exported all over Europe and Russia. This fishing legacy has left Caithness with an abundance of …
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