Keith | Articles and reviews, Article, 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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Review – Macphun Snapheal CK

Snapheal helps remove items from images, as well as fix blemishes and other unwanted features. Offers different removal algorithms and specific image adjustment and retouching tools. Works as a standalone or plugin application....

01 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

Keith | Articles and reviews, Composition, Hardware review, Review, Tripod & Camera mount | 3 Comments

MegaMast – a 28 foot camera tripod/mast review

Carbon fibre tripod takes up to 6lbs of camera gear up to heights of 28 feet (8.4 metres). Tested with CamRanger wifi based remote control unit for cameras. Full pan and tilt control with acces to camera settings and live view on iPad/Phone/computer...

04 December 2014

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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Review of Kuuvik Capture V1.3

Review of Kuuvik Capture V1.3 camera tethering software. Apple Mac app that allows for direct control of Canon cameras, with many novel workflow features...

19 May 2014

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Using a shift lens – why not just fix verticals in software

Using a shift lens to correct image geometry, such as converging verticals, seems like a lot of expense. Why it's better than doing it in software...

25 October 2013

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PPL TSE-Adapter – lens shift review

The PPL TSE Adapter attaches Canon TS-E shift lenses directly to a tripod mount. This lets you shift the camera not the lens, eliminating parallax errors...

05 April 2013

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

Making a black and white photograph

The whole process of making a large black and white photograph, right from stopping to take the photo, through to final fine-art printmaking....

18 February 2013

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Autopano Giga 3 review update

Review of Autopano Giga from Kolor. Version 3 update is faster, adds additional functionality for stitching images and the projection geometry used for output....

11 February 2013