Introduction Being a portrait photographer inherently comes with a responsibility to ensure the model looks their best in the final images. It is important to showcase their natural beauty, but at the same time remove “imperfections” that otherwise may be an unfair distraction. This brings us swiftly on to the subject of retouching; the “darkContinue reading “Using Frequency Separation to Retouch Portraits”
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The First Sunset Shoot Of 2023
I went out for a stroll with my eldest, and never intended to go out for a sunset shoot tonight, but me and Samuel enjoyed ourselves, and bumped into a friend so, armed with my Olympus E-PL8 I took a few photos. My Olympus is not my camera of choice for sunsets, but it isContinue reading “The First Sunset Shoot Of 2023”
Darktable 4.2 Review And Overview
Another year is ending (and ended!) with a new Darktable release, and the free and open source community brings us another stunning release with Darktable 4.2. This is a major update, and not because it offers many new features (it has a few great news features!), but because many parts of it have been re-written,Continue reading “Darktable 4.2 Review And Overview”
My Photography Goals For 2023
I’ve been enjoying photography for a long time now, but I want to enjoy it even more in 2023. For this I’ve set myself some targets in what I want to achieve. It’s going to be a change of direction and way of thinking, because I want to change a few things about my photography.Continue reading “My Photography Goals For 2023”
A Selection Of Darktable Styles – Part 2
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 – Part 2”
One Camera One Lens Photography 