Its time to make mistakes again!
Monday, 3rd May, posted in Thoughts, 6 comments.Throughout my photographic career I have made many mistakes. I love mistakes, mistakes are my ticket to better pictures. Although, hands up those of you who have made a mistake with an image and then looked at that ever glowing LCD on the back of the camera and thought “I will fix it in Photoshop later”?
Guess who popped by for a visit?
Monday, 19th April, posted in Friends, 8 comments.Now, being up in the wilds of the West Coast of Scotland. 
We don’t get many visitors from our neighbours down south… But LPS regular Michael Sewell and his lovely wife Anne had a wedding to shoot up in Perth the other weekend. So they thought they would pop by on the way back home to say hello…
Happy 4th Birthday, its time for a Spring Clean!
Thursday, 8th April, posted in Thoughts, 7 comments.On April 6th we reached the mile stone of being 4 years old. Yes, I know the archives only go back to August 2009 but thats because the old site got hacked and we had to start again. It was 4 years ago that I setup the first website and thats the date that I mark in the calendar each year. Before that I ran this end of things as an off shoot of my photography website and very soon we will be going full circle. More about that after the jump!
Ready For Your Next Shoot? 10 Settings for Zero’ing Out Your Camera
Thursday, 1st April, posted in Articles, 9 comments.There’s a little ritual that I like to perform on my cameras after every shoot and I call it “zero’ing out the camera”. Put in other words I am setting a baseline or starting point for the next assignment. Let me teach it to you and tell you how I learned to do it.
Should You Ask Permission to Photograph People?
Thursday, 11th March, posted in Articles, 15 comments.I thought I would pose a question this week. Should you ask permission to photograph people in public places? I have posted an image or two after the jump to get the discussion going and I will be interested to hear what you think!
The Photographer’s Wedding Planner for Photoshop
Thursday, 4th March, posted in Articles, 11 comments.My good friend Peter Ellis describes wedding photography as “an all day portrait session at 100mph” and he is not wrong. Following on from the Location Scouting for Photographers post last week. I thought I would talk about how I plan for a wedding. my basic shooting list, and my thought process in relation to the post production and the Photoshop side of things, whilst I am shooting the wedding.
10 Inspirational Photography Websites
Thursday, 18th February, posted in Thoughts, 13 comments.Inspiration is a wonderful tool for making better pictures. So check out these photographers for lighting, composition, subject, theme, expression, colour, post-processing etc. Learn from them and maybe borrow an idea or two, but remember to make those ideas your own… Enjoy!
Creatively Creating Mood with Lightroom
Monday, 11th January, posted in Videos, add a comment.I have been using Lightroom since the first beta launch way back in the day… I didn’t like it much when it first came out for various reasons. But needless to say those reasons dissolved away when Lightroom 2 came out in the summer of 2008, but I did not go back to Lightroom until late 2008 when I started on the Big Picture project.
Converting a Garage into a Studio Part 2
Friday, 30th October, posted in Thoughts, 13 comments.I have put back the smart sharpening article until Sunday… In the meanwhile the conversion of the garage continues with the Greg and I sealing the concrete floor ready for painting. We have put together a little video for you entertainment.
Converting a Garage into a Studio Part 1
Saturday, 24th October, posted in Thoughts, 11 comments.Last Tuesday I started the conversion of my double garage into a photographic studio and I thought I would share the journey that many of us take as that next step from working at home and shooting clients on location, to having a studio where clients can come to us for a portrait session.
Creating a Lomo Effect with Photoshop
Friday, 9th October, posted in Videos, 18 comments.In this screencast I will be showing you how to create a “Lomo” effect with Photoshop CS4. I have included an action from the settings used in the screencast for you to download and try out on your own images.
The Falconer and Owl Composite – Part 2
Thursday, 24th September, posted in Articles, 8 comments.Now that you know how I shot the assignment in The Falconer and Owl Composite – Part 1. Lets take an in-depth look at how the composite was created in Adobe Photoshop CS4.
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