If you look online on your social networks such as Facebook and Twitter you will often see your friends and colleagues posting pictures of their food concoctions in a proud display. With a few easy tweaks your food photography can stand out from the crowd with ease. Food photography can be simply beautiful in its simplicity. Just look at any of the popular celebrity cookbooks … [Read more...]
How To Edit A Photo Without Knowing Anything About Photography
Advancements in digital photography have made it so even the most novice photographer can take stunning pictures. Certainly, professionals can still create the most striking images in the least amount of time. With these tips, however, anyone can create a photo worth posting online – or even printing and putting up on the wall (if you’re old fashioned like that). These are not … [Read more...]
Bespoke Social Media Buttons in WordPress
When designing my photography website (using Wordpress with a Photocrati template as a base), I tried a number of different plug-ins for my 'contact me' and 'follow me' icons without much success. I didn't find any that did what I wanted them to do - if you want custom buttons in your header like the one on my site then maybe think about this option. I wanted buttons to … [Read more...]
Remove Spots, Birds And Maybe Sharks – From Inside Lightroom
In 2010 I wrote an article called Lightroom Spot Removal Tip for Outdoor Photo Gear. It's now 2012 and Lightroom is on version 4. So many tools have been added, changed, removed and improved. One of my favorite and most utilized tools in Lightroom is still the spot removal tool. Using this tool is another block from having to open Photoshop - and I really appreciate … [Read more...]
Macro Photography Without A Macro Lens
In this article you will see that you don't necessarily need to spend a lot of money to photograph closeup. Telephoto for Closeups I'd like to start with an idea that isn't considered too often. Using a telephoto lens, zoomed to the furthest focal length to catch an object up close and personal. For example, quite often I use my Nikon 24-70mm or 70-200mm lenses to capture … [Read more...]