Top Tips for Getting to Know Your Batteries

posted in Articles on December 31, 2009, 12 comments.

I reckon that the way you can tell a professional photographer from an enthusiast is the way they organise their batteries. (Ok I kid). But I did get an email from a photographer a few weeks ago that turned into a conversation about batteries. How do you organise them so that whilst on a assignment you know which are needing recharged? and which are fully charged?

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The Falconer and Owl Composite – Part 2

posted in Articles on September 24, 2009, 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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The Falconer and Owl Composite – Part 1

posted in Articles on September 21, 2009, 4 comments.

Keeping in the spirit of last Thursdays screencast about making a Channel Mask I thought I would take things up a level and give you a step by step guide to how I created the Falconer and Owl composite starting with the photography, lighting and a behind the scenes video of the shoot.

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