A Little River Walk

I did not realise that my last post was my 500th post! I would have had big celebrations, but never mind! Continuing my month of only using my Z6ii along with the Viltrox 85mm F/1.8 lens, we have these photographs from a little walk today. All images were taken wide-open at F/1.8, because this lensContinue reading “A Little River Walk”

The Question I Always Get Asked – Why Do I Use Darktable?

I keep getting the same question, time after time, from all kinds of photographers. “Why Mark? Why do you use Darktable so much when you have plenty of more advanced paid software?”. Today I will answer that question as best as I can. Before we begin, let us take a look at what Darktable actuallyContinue reading “The Question I Always Get Asked – Why Do I Use Darktable?”

New Darktable Black And White Portrait Shoot Edits

I have just finished a few new portraits in black and white from a recent shoot with Mark Davies. Here are the images taken with the Nikon Z6ii and various lenses. I will be attending a couple of portrait shoots again very soon, so watch out for more! In the meantime, tomorrow (Tuesday 1st April)Continue reading “New Darktable Black And White Portrait Shoot Edits”

A Walk In The Spring Sun

I did not really go out to take photos of anything special today, just a few snaps of my local area in the lovely (but chilly) Spring sunshine. All images were taken on the Nikon Z6ii with the Z24-70 F/4 lens. I was going to use the straight up jpeg files, but I do enjoyContinue reading “A Walk In The Spring Sun”

Black And White Edits Of The Rosie Portrait Shoot

If you remember my last blog, I shared images of an hour long portrait shoot with our model Rosie. This blog is look at the black and white edits of the shoot. The black and white edits always take me a bit longer, as I like to get a lot more contrast out of theContinue reading “Black And White Edits Of The Rosie Portrait Shoot”