Up until 2018 or so, I was an avid proponent of only photographing in full manual mode, taking control of everything including ISO and white balance. One day, I was chatting to a friend of mine who was (is) a full time professional photographer who asked why I was doing this all the time. WhenContinue reading “Understanding aperture priority (and exposure compensation) to improve your photography”
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Jpeg Files Are Misunderstood – Are They Flexible Enough For Editing? The Answer Will Surprise you!
Many of us take our photographers using raw files to capture all the details, and of course, that makes total sense! However, there is always a vicious lie that you can not recover details from jpeg files. While, to some degree this is correct for some photos, jpeg files far more malleable than you mayContinue reading “Jpeg Files Are Misunderstood – Are They Flexible Enough For Editing? The Answer Will Surprise you!”
An Evening Of Longer Exposures At Southerndown
What started off as a murky, wet and horrible evening turned into something rather spectacular for the briefest of moments. We were lucky enough to capture a beautiful sunset at Southerndown, near Bridgend in South Wales. Southerndown is a village in south Wales, near the coast. It has a beach that is part of aContinue reading “An Evening Of Longer Exposures At Southerndown”
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”
Waterfall country. Pontneddfechan
It was a glorious winters day, with it feeling more like Spring than it should. The water levels were not so high that we couldn’t get to where we wanted to go, and they gave us the opportunity to take some great photographs. Pontneddfechan is near Glynneath in South Wales, and is home to manyContinue reading “Waterfall country. Pontneddfechan”
One Camera One Lens Photography 