Photography as I See & Shoot it!
Written by Charles David
BARK.com is a consumer to business “middleman” that puts potential clients in touch with business of all types, photographers included. It’s business model requires businesses to buy credits upfront and then to use these to progress inquiries. While on paper this seems to be a good idea for businesses to sign-up for, this can be […]
Written by Charles David
Skylum are often innovative in their roll-out of software but does their business model smack of sharp practice? Read on for my thoughts! SHORT OF TIME. Here’s a short summary of my article Skylum release Luminar Neo v1.2.0 with Dodge & Burn plus a few bug fixes Still missing is the much needed Clone & […]
Written by Charles David
Some photos just cry out to be saved. Old family photos often fall into this category as they are often neglected until someone comes along and decides to repair or improve what still exists. The photo above, of my family including my mother and father, cousins and my grandmother is one such photo. Languishing in […]
Written by Charles David
I have talked about Dynamic Auto Painter (DAP) before and since then, I’ve spent some time working my way around the system and learning to perfect, well improve the results I have been getting. For the most part, if you leave DAP to do its thing, you’ll either achieve a masterpiece or something akin to […]
Written by Charles David
If you’ve been living under a rock or more likely, just think that the world revolves around Lightroom and Photoshop, you’ve probably missed all of the hype about Luminar Neo. Slated as a the first editing tool to use Ai extensively and seemlessly, Luminar Neo gives you an extensive range of clever tools to produce […]
Written by Charles David
It would be remiss of my not to post something about the Platinum Jubilee which is going on this weekend. Yesterday I had the privilige of being a part of the beacon lighting which occured across the country at 21:45 last night. In Torbay beacons were lit at Corbyn Head, Daddyhole Plain and Berry Head […]
Written by Charles David
It’s all too easy to stagnate in your photography especially if you are not keen on outings to far flung places or indeed, even closer to home. For some of us then, finding ways to express ourselves differently to our peers can be challanging. One way out of this malaise is to look for something […]
Written by Charles David
As a member of one of our local photography clubs I recently visited several places of interest on Bodmin Moor here in the UK. These were Golitha Falls, Trethevy Quoit and Minions and all offer significant opportunities for photographers of all abilities. Minions in particular has a number of good examples of old mining operations […]
Written by Charles David
I haven’t done a lot of portrait photography recently. In fact, I haven’t done any portrait photography for nearly two years, primarily because of lockdown but also because, well, you get lazy as you get older. Besides, although I own a 3-story building here in central Torquay, UK, I have rather cluttered up what was […]
Written by Charles David
I tend to like my photographs to be straight out of camera (SOOC) or if I have to edit them, just trying to achieve a filmic (film camera) look. That’s not to say that I won’t play around with images, just that if I don’t have to all the better. I recently posted some shots […]
