It’s been a fairly photo free week for me as I’ve been busy with work and other things. I’ve only managed to take pictures with my mobile phone, like this one of the low sun shining in onto a wall in the kitchen. However I did get a copy of Glyn Dewis’ fab Photoshop Workbook…
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Previously, in Part 1, I talked about some expensive cameras. So what’s the best way to be able to afford a camera worth £25,000? How about selling a photograph for £2,500,000. Today I want to point you to this post on 500px which talks about the most expensive photographs ever sold. Given that photographs are easy…
This Saturday is the inaugural World Cyanotype Day. Cyanotype is a simple printing process, originally developed to copy engineering drawings (blueprints) that also made its way into the photography world. You can find out a bit more about Cyanotype from Wiki. It is possible, and by the looks of things fairly easy, to produce a…
A prime way to improve your photography is to practice. Taking pictures every day, or at least several times per week, will help you to better understand how your camera performs. You will get used to the best settings for different situations and learn to change your camera settings quickly almost without thinking. This ability…
There are all manner of different ways to learn photography and learn about photography. I bought a polystyrene head to practice lighting head shots for example. One of the ways that I enjoy most is the podcast. I subscribe to a number of audio and video podcasts that roll out episodes every week (sometimes more…