Yesterday’s trip to the New Forest was my first photography outing of 2023. However, the weather did not rise to this auspicious occasion and remained dull, Gray and flat all morning. That meant woodland landscape photography was out of the question so I wandered around looking for a suitable alternative subject. I came across a […]
Today I went again to Eartham Woods. I knew I would not have long because the weather forecast was only goodish for a few hours. It’s still fungi season and there were plenty about, but I really struggled to find something that enthused me. Eventually I came across a small group of Fungi that had […]
I am not usually one to get pulled into anything on Facebook but recently I noticed an advert that kept appearing inviting photographers to give Saal Digital’s photobooks a test. The premise was tempting, they would provide a voucher to cover the cost of one of their Professional ranges of Photo Books in return for […]
A quick post comparing various editing software and their ability to open a Raw file to give a good start to the editing process.
I am always trying out different techniques and enjoy learning new things to grow my photography skillset. One such technique is focus stacking. Focus stacking is a method of taking multiple images of the same scene but with different points of focus and combining them to maximise and control the depth of field within the […]
Last November, a friend of mine from the local camera club joined me for a day out taking photos. We had managed to schedule a day for just making images which is always a treat and should happen more often. We headed down to the Isle of Purbeck (Dorset) with a few loose ideas of […]
Let’s face it, there are too many demands on our time nowadays and I have been less than fastidious in maintaining my web site. Having lain dormant for far too long I got a message through the ether that it was going to cease to work if i did not update the PHP settings (whatever […]
Adobe have released a new version of their Lightroom product. It is now at version 4. More information is available here; http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop-lightroom.html
In the Fareham and Portchester Blog I have just uploaded a quick video showing how to use the export settings dialog in Lightroom to resize and rename images… Although aimed primarily at club members, the basic principle can be used for any similar circumstances.
Latest offer from Adobe on Photoshop CS5 for October 2011— Adobe – Adobe Store – United Kingdom – Adobe Photoshop CS5.