by Steve | Dec 13, 2018 | Post Processing
Most of the time I tell myself that “persistence pays off” and it’s true. However, a bit of luck sometimes comes your way and things just work out perfectly first time around. The trick is to recognise it when it happens! Like in the case of this shot. I took it on my... 
by Steve | Dec 11, 2018 | Post Processing
Here’s a shot I took in July at a spot just down the coast. It required three separate exposures (for the sky, water and rocks) which I then blended together in Photoshop. The reason it wasn’t just two shots (one for sky and one for foreground) is the bright water and... 
by Steve | Dec 4, 2018 | Post Processing
I thought I’d share this shot with you today, it's one of my favourites. The rock in the middle is known as “horse head rock” because from the other side, it looks like a horse. But shooting from this viewpoint, we’re looking at it from behind, so I really... 
by Steve | Nov 20, 2018 | Post Processing
Here's an image that is a classic example of how adding the right amount of contrast in just the right places around the image can make it pop. On this rather gloomy morning, there was a bit of colour in the sky to play with but the RAW files came out really flat and... 
by Steve | Nov 15, 2018 | Post Processing
It's easy to get frustrated seeing the fruits of so much effort capturing a set of photos reduced to a set of dreary, uninspiring, and bland RAW files. It's a barrier that gets in the way of many photographers realising the true potential in the shots they're... 
by Steve | Nov 15, 2018 | Post Processing
When it comes to landscape photography, there are two high points for me. 1) The magical feeling being out in nature, capturing its raw beauty as best I can with my camera. 2) The satisfaction of turning the dull, lifeless RAW data captured in camera, into a HERO shot...