Although I already had the book of the same name, which accompanies the exhibition, there is absolutely nothing to compare with being in the presence of the actual photographs by mid 19th century greats, Lewis Carroll, Julia Margaret Cameron, Oscar Rejlander, and Clementina Hawarden.
Read full article...My end of the year round up is a selection of some of the pictures I have enjoyed making the most over the past year. To share their blushes, I have left out family portraits…naturally they would be at the very top of the list – pictures that bring back memories of the events of the year, from the birthday of my grand-daughter in January to the birth of my … Read full article…
HDR photography gets better all the time…but still we see lots of HDR processed photographs around that have loads of artefacts, in particular haloes, edge effects and strange unrealistic colours. I have been using HDR techniques for some years now and, during that time, my preference for software has changed as the software packages have improved. Back in 2009 I found Picturenaut to be a good free HDR package. HDRi … Read full article…
Christmas came early in Saddleworth and I was very pleased to take delivery of the new Pentax K5-IIs two weeks ago and gave it a first try-out on commercial clients’ jobs over the following couple of days. It’s a while since I upgraded my camera and I was pushed into this purchase when a piece fell out of my K7 lens mount a couple of days before, leaving me a … Read full article…
