An Autumn Visit To Craig Gwladys Country Park

Autumn is a wonderful time for photography. The colours, the textures, the mushrooms, the leaves and the light all come together to give us a chance to take photos of natures beauty. Craig Gwladys was the place I visited last week and found the red mushrooms, how things changed over the course of five days,Continue reading “An Autumn Visit To Craig Gwladys Country Park”

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”

Dehancer Review: The ultimate film emulation plugin.

It’s very much in vogue right now, especially among Fujifilm photographers, to try and make their images look like they were taken from a film camera. However, although Fujifilm film simulations are great, and software based LUTs and presets do a good job, they’re all “almost” the look. Here is where Dehancer comes to theContinue reading “Dehancer Review: The ultimate film emulation plugin.”

Is the experience of using a 35mm film camera really different to a digital camera?

It’s funny, all my life I’ve been taking photos. Through a lot of that time it’s been quite a serious past time, while at other times it’s been about capturing the moment and having fun. But I’ve actually stopped shooting 35mm film, and for a good reason. I remember my first “proper” 35mm film camera.Continue reading “Is the experience of using a 35mm film camera really different to a digital camera?”

10 Reasons you buy a Fujifilm camera

Being a Fujifilm photographer is wonderful, but their cameras usually draw a certain kind of photographer, one who has wishes and needs that differ from your usual photography needs. Over the years there have been many reasons noted to as why you would consider going to Fujifilm. Here is a list of the top tenContinue reading “10 Reasons you buy a Fujifilm camera”