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Keith | Article, Articles and reviews, Black and white, Image Editing, MacPhun, Skylum, tutorials | No comment

Keith Cooper’s City Light Luminar presets

Keith's 'City Light' presets for MacPhun's Luminar photo editing software. Developed for architectural images when converting from colour to B&W. Before and after examples, and how they differ from 'straight' B&W conversions. Also using them as a luminance adjustment for colour images....

22 November 2017

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Keith | Article, Articles and reviews, Composition, Lighting, Macro, Northlight Blog, Product photography, tutorials | No comment

Macro photography for a trade stand

Macrophotography setup for producing photographs of small electronic components for the Electronica trade show. Photographs of components along with brightly coloured gummy bears on a polished metal surface....

28 November 2016

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Keith | Article, Articles and reviews, Composition, Image Editing, Personal views, Printing, tutorials | No comment

Print of a photo of a sunset from my loft

Photographing an interesting sunset out of the loft window at home. How a simple photo, basic processing and printing produces a 22 inch by 33 inch print. Why any problems in making great prints probably doesn't come from deficiencies in equipment and software....

09 October 2016

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Keith | Article, Articles and reviews, Composition, Image Editing, Photography Ideas, Printing, tutorials | 6 Comments

Tutorial: A large black and white print of the harbour at Staithes

Looking at the whole process, from photography to printing, Keith's tutorisl shows how he produced a 22" x 43" wide angle view of the harbour at Staithes in N. Yorkshire. Includes details on image stitching, B&W conversion and using masked adjustment layers....

23 September 2016

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Better scenic and landscape holiday photos

Keith was recently asked for a few quick and -simple- tips for better scenic vacation photos by a local business group. A few basic ideas that have stood the test of time and help create better looking landscape photos....

15 August 2016

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Keith | Articles and reviews, Colour management, Fotospeed, Hardware review, Lighting, Product photography, Review, tutorials | No comment

Kaiser tabletop photo kit review

'Easyfit' tabletop product photography kit with shooting table and two continuous lights with diffusers. Basic product photo setup and examples of use....

06 July 2016

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Basic Photoshop Elements tutorials

Basic image adjustment tutorials with Photoshop Elements. Using just the most basic tools that are essential parts of image editing...

19 January 2016

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Keith | Article, Articles and reviews, Composition, Fisheye, Image Editing, tutorials | 8 Comments

Why I use the Fisheye-Hemi plugin

Fisheye lenses are great, with their extreme wide angle and their distinctive perspective, but sometimes you want a bit more. The Fisheye hemi plugin provides some interesting variations...

14 June 2014

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Keith | Article, Articles and reviews, Image Editing, Innova, Nik, Printing, tutorials | 2 Comments

Making a giant print from an 11MP image

Producing a very large 3m x 2m print from an 11 megapixel camera image. Looks at the whole workflow, and how different types sharpening at different stages is vital...

08 March 2014

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Keith | Article, Articles and reviews, Canon printer, Printer articles, Printing, tutorials | 2 Comments

Replacing Canon large format printheads – iPF8300 / PF05

Replacing a Canon large format printhead on the 44" iPF8300 / PF05 printer after one fails. Canon large format print heads are a consumable part and fully user replaceable....

25 January 2014

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