A Global Photography Resource
Posted by Tony on May 5, 2012
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Geotog.com is a new global photography resource aimed at traveling photographers. A new photography resource directory aims to feature photography related resources around the globe to global photographers. Geotog.com main focus is the google map where visitors can view photography resources and services in any area. The website, Geotog.com is the brainchild of photographer Tony Prower. The name is a play on the word “Geotag”, meaning a location marker for website content and “Tog” a short term for “PhoTOGrapher”. The new directory aims to provide...
Read MoreCold climates
When you are taking your camera into cold conditions, it will be wise to follow a few simple precautions to protect you and your gear. Feet One of the most important thing to protect! They are, after all, what is going to get you out of potential danger. You need to think about protecting them first and foremost. Cold climates can present several different dangers to feet. The first is cold. It is important to keep your feet warm and dry as possible. It is worth investing in strong hiking boots which have good waterproof qualities. If you can, finger a bit of waterproof wax around all the...
Read MoreNight Photography 2 – overcoming the darkness
Posted by Tony on Nov 27, 2009 in Photography Techniques | 6 comments
So you have the night photography bug. You sit twiddling your thumbs in the daylight hours waiting for the light to fade so that you can go out and leave your camera perfectly still with its shutter open for many tens of minutes. You are not...
Read MoreExposing to the right
Exposure is a critical element in photography. Until recently it was common practice for landscape photographers to slightly underexpose image to increase highlight detail and increase saturation. But there is a new school of thought which suggests over exposing just short of blowing out the highlights will actually give you a better range of colours. Film In the days of film, I used to consistently under-expose by half a stop because the slide would retain more colours and so the resulting image would have a richer saturation. Digital With digital images, it was commonly practiced to boost...
Read MoreAdvanced Photoshop – Dramatic Mono Conversion
in Photoshop Techniques | 2 commentsThis tutorial looks at ways to convert your image to black and white using the tools available in Photoshop CS3. There may be work-arounds for other versions of photoshop or other image editors, but the work horse in this tutorial is the powerful ‘Black and White Tool’ in CS3 which has a great selection of filter pre-sets. To emulate this without the tool, you could try blending channel levels. The first step is to prepare your image. Black and white has a higher dynamic range than colour so it may be advisable to create a HDR from multiple exposures or even tonemap a single...
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