Author: Jake Hicks

The three levels of sharpening you should be applying in Photoshop – Detail, Global & Local

Jake Hicks

[I thought that seeing as I have a Post-Producition Workshop fast approaching, I needed a blatant excuse to promote it via an article on my site 😀 Well here it is, a look at some of the sharpening techniques I use in Photoshop to give my images a little visual-pop before I publish them.] What […]

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This is what photographers need to know about the modelling industry

Jake Hicks

I think it’s fair to say that most photographers will at some point in their career have to work with models at least once. Whether you’re a still life shooter that photographs models’ hands holding a fork full of food a couple of times a year or an e-commerce shooter that works with models every […]

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3 tools to help you get super sharp manual focus shots

Jake Hicks

Last week we covered three of the main tips to bear in mind when trying to get sharper manual focus images. Ambient lighting, contrasting elements to focus on and actual focusing technique. Although all of these tips are essential in giving us the best possible chance to get more of our manual focus shots pin-sharp, […]

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Tips on Getting Sharper Images with Manual Focus Lenses

Jake Hicks

Ever since Leica presented a camera at the 1976 Photokina with working automated focusing, autofocus technology has taken leaps and bounds in its advancement. Today’s autofocus cameras are nothing short of miraculous to the point at which it’s hard to imagine where the advancement can go from here. But photographers didn’t always have focusing this […]

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The New the Old and the Vintage – Nikon’s ‘Worst’ & ‘Best’ Zoom Lens Comparison

Jake Hicks

I’m going to preface this by saying that this isn’t a lens review article, there are many photographers better suited for this topic, so if you’re after refraction index comparisons and chromatic aberration charts this article probably isn’t for you. This article is however my personal thoughts on three Nikon zoom lenses and their resulting […]

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Models Beware!

Jake Hicks

For the second time in as many months somebody has tried to use my images to deceive models about their skill level in photography. Because of this deception it’s certainly no giant leap to accuse these individuals of ill intent, especially if they are actively seeking out images of models in their underwear in their […]

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Do clients buy our photography or our retouching?

Jake Hicks

Hi my name is Jake Hicks, as someone who does both the photography and the retouching for my shoots, (learn my flow here), I got wondering if clients buy our photography or our retouching? As technology becomes more and more accessible our clients are becoming increasingly more aware of what is possible with image retouching software […]

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