Tag Archives: Photography

Wow, lots of tutorials here. Everything from explaining sharpness, depth of field and histograms to diffraction! Plenty to digest.

This page explains everything you need to know about your camera’s aperture! If you’re in a hurry, the smaller the F number, the more light gets through the lens!

Enough Already! – why one photographer turned his back on digital and went back to shooting film.
Joey Terrill: from Hasselblad film to Canon digital – lovely equipment, but he gave it up for the temptation of digital!

Yes! Lomo is fun! Especially when you take a photo with a decent camera and then apply the effect later!

218 people want to become a better photographer. Don’t we all, don’t we all.

A good photography bag is essential when out and about, especially for DSLR users who have to carry around a lot of photography kit with them. I have a Lowepro backpack, and it’s perfect for lugging my gear about!
I may look into buying another wider camera strap too. It’s next to impossible to comfortably carry a heavy camera around my neck with the current strap. It usually goes over my shoulder.
There’s something to be said for all those lightweight compact digitals floating about!

In this short essay Michael Reichmann demonstrates why digital photography is sharper than film, all other things being equal. It’s all about the clumps!
Good thing too because film is dead apparently.

Thoughts on a Sharpening Workflow – if you don’t know about sharpening, have a read of this lengthy article.
The author makes the case for 3 sharpening stages in a successfull workflow.
Be aware however if you excessively sharpen an image you’ll lose detail and introduce halos around contrasting elements of the image.
I generally leave sharpening to the end, and apply an unsharp mask just before saving.