Love them or hate them digital watermarks are commonplace on photos shared over the internet. From large copyright symbols that nearly obscure the entire image to more subtle corner marking can can sadly be easily cropped photographers feel the need to protect their art. There are a number of solutions to adding a custom watermark to each of the images you export. My … [Read more...]
A Photography Guide to Shooting Movies
Working on a film set is interesting, rewarding, challenging, compelling, frustrating and lots of other words ending in ‘ing’! Pretty much all of the rest of the crew on a film are there for an intense period, working every day for weeks on end. As a stills photographer you drop in for a few days here and there, which can be a blessing and a drawback. I love many different … [Read more...]
How to Move a Lightroom Catalogue (The Easy Way)
Over the last few months I have been aware of the unavoidable need for me to move my Lightroom catalogue to an external drive. My internal harddrive was filling up fast so taking a 250GB external USB drive I decided to move my library over. As usual I started the move at the worst possible time and what should have been a simple task ended up a complete disaster. I … [Read more...]
Installing Presets in Aperture 3
Over the last few days I have been working with Apple Aperture 3. The main motivation for such a move to Aperture from Lightroom is the fact iWork, AppleTV, iPhone and now iPad can sync or access images directly from the Aperture library. The truth is the Apple fanboy in me simply wants everything to work together, after all the ease of user experience is the main reason I … [Read more...]
Adding Winter with Photoshop
There is no debating the power of Photoshop when it comes to photo manipulation and enhancement. Many alterations to photos can be time consuming complicated and delicate work yet adding realistic snow to a landscape photography is actually particularly easy. This quick guide will take you through the steps of adding winter to any landscape photo, but please note the process … [Read more...]