Category Archives: Guide

Olympus Pen E-PL8 2022 new camera review.

I like to make sure I really know a camera before I make a review on it, as I know that reviews can influence others. I’ve had the camera for exactly a month now, and I’ve used it almost daily in one situation or the other, and taken hundreds of photographs with it in manyContinue reading “Olympus Pen E-PL8 2022 new camera review.”

Five Reasons To Use Auto-ISO

When I’m going out with the camera, I want to make sure I get the best shots possible. This means taking away as many distractions from the camera as I can, but still retaining all the control I need to get those photos. Over the years I’ve learned that auto-ISO is your friend, and hereContinue reading “Five Reasons To Use Auto-ISO”

Quickly get a workable image in Darktable

Darktable is the go to free photo editing software for many people. It’s powerful and has many features that even paid software doesn’t have. However, when people start learning Darktable, they find it hard to to get a good workable starting point. I decided to write this article to help those many people who feelContinue reading “Quickly get a workable image in Darktable”

Why You Should Always Shoot Raw, Even If You Only Use Jpegs

I’m a strong advocate of getting things right in camera, and I nearly always use the jpeg image from the camera when posting to social media and using images on the website or printing. However, I also always shoot in raw as a backup to those wonderful Fujifilm raw files. This article is a greatContinue reading “Why You Should Always Shoot Raw, Even If You Only Use Jpegs”

Landscape Photography: How To Photograph Waterfalls (Part 2)

Introduction Waterfalls are a magnet for landscape photographers, and even those who wouldn’t typically designate themselves as landscape photographers love a waterfall. They are undeniably photogenic and very difficult to resist, and are usually always at their prettiest at this time of year, in autumn, when the colour palette explodes. Getting the most from aContinue reading “Landscape Photography: How To Photograph Waterfalls (Part 2)”