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Contrast, colours, and curves, oh my!
Curves is one of the most powerful tools a photographer has in his or her arsenal. You can do a lot more with curves than you can do with the Levels tool. In fact, most photographers who embrace...
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The quiet revolution in photography
Shutter speeds? Yaaawn. ISO speeds? Oh-god-not-again. Megapixels? Oh puh-bloody-lease, that’s so 2003. The newest frontier of digital photography is dynamic range – and it’s arguably the most exciting...
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Enough with the megapixels already
I’m all for camera phones – for a photography nut such as myself, there’s nothing quite as awesome as always having a camera in my pocket – but things are getting a little bit silly now. Earlier this...
View ArticleFront focus? Back focus?
Many of us trust our autofocus implicitly – because it’s just one less thing to worry about, really. But what when the lens starts to do weird stuff? My mate Chris over at DSLR Blog has the skinny… If...
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How safe is your digital reputation?
If the Evil Bunny gets hold of your Facebook, all hope is lost. We live in the digital millennium, in a world where your passwords are protecting so much information, that it’s probably wise to start...
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Translating the mode wheel
Your camera should be on P, A or Av, S or Tv, or M. Everything else is banned henceforth. If you look at the top of your SLR camera, you’ll probably find a little round dial, which has a whole load of...
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A zoom lens is never wide or long enough
I was taking photos at Angkor Wat in Cambodia yesterday with my Olympus E-P1, and noticed something about my pattern of taking photos: Most of the time, I’m taking pictures either fully zoomed in, or...
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The power of iPhone HDR
There’s no doubt that HDR is a popular form of photography (I did a bit of a how-to, if you’re not familiar with it), but mostly, I can’t help but thinking that it’s a bit of a specialist field....
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How the iPhone copes with only having a f/2.8 aperture
If you ask any photographer whether they would be willing to take photos with a fixed focal length lens, many would say ‘yes’. Prime lenses are as old as photography itself, and there are many...
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How can a lens have a ‘speed’?
A faster aperture allowed for a faster shutter speed in the low light A rather anguished plea appeared in my Twitter feed last week. A relative new-comer to photography was perplexed by the use of the...
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Did you know: Bulb Mode!
I’ve been doing a lot of talking about Bulb Mode with people recently – as this is relevant to how the Triggertrap Mobile App does stuff like HDR and Star Trail photography modes – but it only recently...
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What was an optical low-pass filter and why did we need one?
Fujifilm tried it with the X-Pro1 at the beginning of 2012 and carried on with the X-E1 in autumn 2012 and the X20 early 2013. Nikon’s D800E had a go, too. Pentax did it with its K-5 II s in 2012 and...
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