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Lady of the Lake
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Lady of the Lake

This image was photographed in the blue hour (after sunset) so that the light from the lamp would be visible. It was a windy evening, and it was also raining. I asked my model to stand on a rock that was just below the surface of the water. I positioned […]

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Creating Emotional Photography

Photography has always been a hobby of mine, even at an early age. I was born in England, lived in Austria and Yugoslavia before finally coming to Canada with my parents at an early age. All of this travelling around gave me an appetite for travel and adventure at a […]

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Lockdown Photo Projects

2021 is shaping up to be a good year for photographers to learn new skills and try out new genres. Lockdown gives us a good excuse to work on those techniques that we’ve wanted to try but haven’t had the time. Portrait Photography If you’re a portrait photographer, there’s lots […]

Winter Photography Tips
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Winter Photography Tips

With winter upon us, Nikon Ambassador Kristian Bogner shares some winter photography tips for finding the perfect photo location and explains how to use in-camera settings to create images that pop with vivid colour. About the Author Kristian Bogner is a World Class Professional Photographer. His mission is to capture […]

Hahnel Light Effect Kit
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Hahnel Speedlight Kits

Hahnel, best known for making fully compatible batteries for cameras, also makes some truly unique speedlight accessories. They built upon the success of the Light Effects Kit and released the innovative Creative Lantern Kit. I was stoked to get copies of each of these kits to test out. I tried […]

Kristian Nikon Z7II
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Stay Inspired | Kristian Bogner – The Z 7II: A Masters Tool for Creating Any Vision

Nikon Ambassador Kristian Bogner discusses the new Z 7II – A Masters Tool for creating any vision. He will go in depth in how he captured his images using the Z 7II. Click Here for more details about the true power of Z About the Author Kristian Bogner is a […]

Split Grade Printing - ILFORD Darkroom Guides
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Split Grade Printing – ILFORD Darkroom Guides

Welcome to the 5th video in ILFORD series of ‘how to’ darkroom guides which we have created to help you to take the next steps in your black and white darkroom printing journey. Split Grade Printing is a technique that uses more than one Multigrade filter grade to create your […]

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Photoshop Professor Notes – Adobe Camera Profiles – Part 2

Part Two: Creating Develop Profiles in ACR So, as mentioned in the first part of this article, Adobe has moved the Profile menu options from the Calibration Tab to the Basic Tab. I have always thought that this is something that should be done at the beginning of the editing […]

ADOBE CAMERA PROFILES
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Photoshop Professor Notes – Adobe Camera Profiles – Part 1

Part One: Using profiles in both ACR and Lightroom Not sure if you all know this but Adobe Camera Raw, whether invoked by either Photoshop or Adobe Bridge, and the Develop Module in Lightroom are one and the same. They just have different interfaces. So, that being said, whatever functions […]

Uprating HP5 with Semi Stand Development
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Uprating HP5 with Semi Stand Development

EARLY EXPERIEMENTS Many, many years ago I experimented with uprating HP5, I was a student and it fitted the look I was after at the time. In those days, information was difficult to find and I relied on advice from friends. As a student, the mysteries of film and processing were fascinating […]