For the last couple of years, I’ve been obsessed with getting things right in camera and using straight out of camera (sooc) images wherever possible. Its 2023 and I’ve decided to start editing much more. Funny thing is, for the last few months I’ve been editing a raw files a lot more anyway, but IContinue reading “My New Techniques For Editing Images (Examples)”
Monthly Archives: Jan 2023
Using Frequency Separation to Retouch Portraits
Introduction Being a portrait photographer inherently comes with a responsibility to ensure the model looks their best in the final images. It is important to showcase their natural beauty, but at the same time remove “imperfections” that otherwise may be an unfair distraction. This brings us swiftly on to the subject of retouching; the “darkContinue reading “Using Frequency Separation to Retouch Portraits”
The First Sunset Shoot Of 2023
I went out for a stroll with my eldest, and never intended to go out for a sunset shoot tonight, but me and Samuel enjoyed ourselves, and bumped into a friend so, armed with my Olympus E-PL8 I took a few photos. My Olympus is not my camera of choice for sunsets, but it isContinue reading “The First Sunset Shoot Of 2023”
Darktable 4.2 Review And Overview
Another year is ending (and ended!) with a new Darktable release, and the free and open source community brings us another stunning release with Darktable 4.2. This is a major update, and not because it offers many new features (it has a few great news features!), but because many parts of it have been re-written,Continue reading “Darktable 4.2 Review And Overview”
One Camera One Lens Photography 