A Selection Of Darktable Styles For The Colour Equaliser

This has been a long time coming, but I have finally managed to get my collection of styles for the Colour Equaliser ready for everyone to use. These are the styles that I use daily in Darktable (version 4 upwards) and they are very easy to use. These 24 styles all have unique uses. ForContinue reading “A Selection Of Darktable Styles For The Colour Equaliser”

Annual Family Pumpkin Carving!

This year, like every year, the family get together to carve the pumpkins ready for Halloween. It is messy, it is fun, and it is a perfect photo opportunity! All photos straight from camera jpegs in Nikon Standard (saturation +2) and cropped to 5:4 ratio. I used the Nikon ZF with the Z50mm F/1.4 lens.Continue reading “Annual Family Pumpkin Carving!”

A Walk Up Drummau Mountain

16,000 steps, a good few hours, 892 feet (272m) and a pub grub later we had a lovely day together as a family. Walking from where we parked at The Loft pub, situated below the mountain, we took the winding paths though sun, rain, wind and the kids being kids, and made it to theContinue reading “A Walk Up Drummau Mountain”

An Autumn Walk With The ZF And Z50mm 1.4 Lens. Straight From Camera.

Today was just about getting out with a few friends, and using two of my recipes (Kodachrome 2025 and Summer Memories) to capture images and having a bit of fun. No editing, no cropping, no corrections, just straight from camera images. We decided to head up to Afan Argoed, through the forest trail, to theContinue reading “An Autumn Walk With The ZF And Z50mm 1.4 Lens. Straight From Camera.”

Mushrooms And Autumn

Autumn is well and truly here! I popped up to The Gnoll grounds in Neath to capture some autumn, and came away with mostly mushrooms. Of course, this is a good thing, because mushrooms are great to photograph. I had my trusty Nikon Z6ii and my 7Artisans 14mm F/2.8 and Tamron 90mm F/2.8 macro lensesContinue reading “Mushrooms And Autumn”