Darktable Simplified – The Portra Look Made Easy

I have been publishing images in a style and technique that I have been working on over the months. The idea is to make them look a little like “Portra” film, well, the skies anyway! After many people asking me about this, I decided to make a short video, along with this guide. As alwaysContinue reading “Darktable Simplified – The Portra Look Made Easy”

Hensol Woods, The People & More. In “American Color” DT Styles.

Today we made a visit to a woodland in the South East of Wales, known as Hensol Woods near Cowbridge. Generally I’m out of love with landscape type photography, so today was a challenge for me. Of course, I love being out, and mingling with other people, so that part was easy! I decided toContinue reading “Hensol Woods, The People & More. In “American Color” DT Styles.”

An Informal Selfie Shoot

I’ve been really lacking inspiration for photography lately. I go out weekly, take photos, but have no desire to do more than a couple of edits. I’ve been trying to make videos from these outings, and I have been taking video, but I’ve just lost the mojo to put everything together. So, I thought IContinue reading “An Informal Selfie Shoot”

Fujifilm raw files and why they can look underexposed in Darktable

Many users of Darktable are Fujifilm camera users, and thankfully Fujifilm raw files work nicely with Darktable. However, I had some comments from Darktable users where they say that Fujifilm files can be underexposed by seemingly a lot once you open them in the darkroom. Here is your answer to why this is! I’ll giveContinue reading “Fujifilm raw files and why they can look underexposed in Darktable”

Making Darktables Quick Access Panel Much More Efficient With A Few Simple Changes!

The Darktable quick access panel is a great idea, and you can perform almost all of your editing just using this panel. However, there is room for tweaking and making it much more efficient with just a few simple changes. As you know, working from the bottom of the quick access panel, everything is orderedContinue reading “Making Darktables Quick Access Panel Much More Efficient With A Few Simple Changes!”