How I photographed these star trails at the Nabatean ruins of Shivta

I’ve always been inspired by the night sky. But I always thought that it would be difficult to shoot. And I guess it was not easy way way back, but today’s tech makes it easy twice: new sensors are extremely sensitive to light and are producing great high-iso, low noise results. This opened up a whole new […]

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Creatives Against Depression: How it feels and how to progress

Depression? In order to make this hit home what it’s like living with depression I’ve written this article twice. The first half is during my mindset when I’ve been depressed, how I feel, what I think. The latter is my reflection upon the previous article when I’m in a better mindset. It took me 9 […]

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Canon Charges for 7 New Online Classes

Canon has announced 7 new online classes priced between $19.99 and $59.99 are available on their online learning page. This marks a departure from Canon’s free Digital Learning Center or DLC. Offerings Here’s a list of the first classes in the new online learning area of Canon. Understanding EOS Camera Operations Photo 101: How to…

Problem Solving | Photofocus Podcast |June 11th, 2016

Problem solving podcast with Scott Bourne and Pepper They go into depth on issues you have probably faced and used their knowledge and experience to get great images.  Great location however, conditions aren’t ideal, what are your options? Pepper and Scott go into issues such as light, dynamic range, composition and post processing to help…

4 steps for planning your photography project by Benjamin Von Wong

If you’re ever looking for inspiration, you really can’t go wrong with Benjamin Von Wong, and just a quick scroll down the homepage of his website will instantly show you why. But, if you needed some more convincing then I present this video, brought to you by the folks from the Cooperative of Photography, featuring Benjamin […]

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5 Ideas when faced with ‘blah’ light… but a GREAT location

Lately I’ve been working on a project which includes capturing ‘post card’ type images in and around San Francisco. A huge challenge with this project is that I’m doing on my own time, which ain’t much, and it means that I can’t often visit the best locations at the most ideal times. This presents a problem to…

This is what your histogram is for and how to use it

The histogram is based around a fairly simple principle, but one that many still struggle to get to grips with.  Put simply, it’s a graph showing the relative proportion of brightness levels throughout your image. In the latest video from Rocket Jump Film School, cinematographer Jon Salmon talks us through exactly what the histogram is and […]

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