Earlier today I contacted an Ebay seller about a Kodak Easyshare compact camera they had for sale. It was cheap, from memory about £5 plus a small postage fee, a total of perhaps £8 or £9 in total. The “trusted seller” listed it as untested because “he didn’t have any batteries”. It was also being …
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Are your photos bombing in club competitions? Here’s how to improve your chances of success! Club photography competitions are a lottery at the best of times. What you think is a great photo also has to resonate with a judge to have any chance of winning. Put a foot outside of convention when it comes …
Photographing Dartmoor PART 2 Camera, Lenses & Gear In my previous article – you can read this here – I spoke of the joys of walking and photographing Dartmoor, particularly in spring, autumn and winter. Here i want to talk a little about the camera, lenses and gear I used as well as the editing …
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What makes a good photograph? Here are a few personal thoughts on how to read an image I like images that tell stories and for this reason, I tend to lean towards documentary and candid photography although I personally like to call this, observational photography. When I have a camera in my hand, I am …
5 ways to win in club photography competitions. Don’t leave it to chance, maximise your chance of taking a top spot! Like other members of my club I enter our internal club competitions. Some of these entries, if good enough, can then find themselves in external competitions and even international competitions. I don’t particularly enjoy …
An old Olympus Trip and a 35mm Film Disaster Relying on your experience as a photographer doesn’t mean that you are not going to suffer disasters as my recent encounter with an old Olympus Trip camera loaded with 35mm film proves! Background Recently I found an old Olympus Trip camera in one of our unused …
As a candid photographer, as well as someone who is well versed in exterior / location based portraiture, there will be times when something catches your eyes as you aimlessly wander around. This happened to me yesterday. Unusually I wasn’t sporting my normal street camera, the diminutive Lumix GX-80 as I hadn’t intended to go …
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Most photo editing software seems to support only a few cameras with direct tethering from within the application. One such product that I use is On1 PhotoRAW 2022. This supports just two camera brands, Nikon and Canon. Fortunately I am a Nikon user so I am able to tether the D600 to PhotoRAW without too …
A real quick post here guys as this issue was stumping me until I found this page – https://www.darktable.org/2014/08/using-x-trans-cameras-with-darktable/ – at which point it all became a little clearer. Basically, and as you can see from the image below, my jpeg and RAW files when read by darktable are light years apart. The jpeg is …
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One of the most annoying things associated with photography is getting the white balance (WB) wrong, especially at night or under artificial lighting. While auto WB should help to overcome most lighting issues, it does pay to make sure that you use the right WB option available to you in camera for the situation you …