Beginner’s guide to night photography

f/13, 1/4s, 63mm, ISO160 Most of my favourite photographs are ones that have been taken in low light or at night. While I don’t profess to be an expert. This is what I do: What you will need: a camera, in this case I am using a DSLR with a lens hood (to block out […]

Neutral Density Filters

Long Exposure All long exposure photography needs some way of reducing the light which is where neutral density filters come in. Types of long exposure photography Waterfalls – to make the water silky Seascapes – to make the water frothy and silky Clouds – to make the clouds streak across the sky Removing people – […]

Lightroom – where do I start?

I shoot my photos in RAW which means I have to process the photos myself. If you shoot in Jpeg, the camera does it for you, but you have less control over the end result. One of my photography friends kept at me for years for not using Lightroom, so I downloaded a trial copy, […]

How to put a Lightroom Catalogue onto an external hard drive

What do you do when you run out of space for Lightroom New laptops that have SSD’s are fast but on the downside their storage space is small. So what do you do when you run out of disk space for all your RAW files that take up so much room? Or what if you […]

You too can Photograph Wildlife

Why is shooting wildlife different to say landscape? Because they move and there is often not much light as the best times to shoot are just after sunrise and just before sunset. When we came to Yellowstone for the first time we had no idea how to photograph wildlife. I was still photographing in P […]

Lightroom processing for newbies

You’ve taken some photos, now what? Adobe Lightroom is a lot cheaper and less complicated than Photoshop and will give you great results. I put off changing from Camera RAW to Lightroom for years, I am so glad I changed. I still find Photoshop better for cloning and removing unwanted items, but the majority of […]