A Walk Around The Lower Lliw Reservoir

As the year comes to an end as far as group meetings go, our penultimate meet was in Lliw Reservoir in Swansea, South Wales. Its a location we had visited a different section of a few years ago, so this part of the route was all new to us. I managed to capture the dyingContinue reading “A Walk Around The Lower Lliw Reservoir”

Autumn Park Walk With A Telephoto Lens

Autumn is supposed to be ending soon, but it has not quite reached it’s full potential yet. I took a walk up Margam Park and seen some deer, squirrels, trees, alpacas, waterfalls and more. It was a great few hours, walking 12,000 steps in the fresh air in typical autumnal weather, just enjoying the factContinue reading “Autumn Park Walk With A Telephoto Lens”

Editing Made Simple In Darktable. A Video.

I’m back! Well, I haven’t gone anywhere, but I have not made any videos for a while. I thought I would do this video as so many people give up on Darktable to quickly, so this is a guide to show you how, in just a few steps, you can get great results! I hopeContinue reading “Editing Made Simple In Darktable. A Video.”

Autumn Visit To The City

Swansea is a great place to visit, and in autumn, some of the colours can be spectacular. I ventured out and led a group of 23 of use at Swansea’s Marina area and we photographed the delights of the city. There is always some fantastic to photograph there, and this visit certainly didn’t disappoint. IContinue reading “Autumn Visit To The City”

A selection of Darktable Styles

Darktable has its own presets that are known as Styles. They’re a powerful and useful part of editing in Darktable, and they can be great starting points to give your images a consistent look and feel. As a major contributor to Fujifilm film simulation “recipes”, it’s been at the back of my mind for aContinue reading “A selection of Darktable Styles”