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More work on highlights & colour in photography

Sep 28, 2018 | photos & digital art

I'm a bit embarrassed. Since the eye opening lesson on manual control last week (see Photography experiments with highlights & shadows) I've been working with all sorts of settings on my camera. I've been wowed by the sharpness and brilliant colours that have been...

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Photography experiments with highlights & shadows

Sep 20, 2018 | photos & digital art

I've been struggling lately. . I hit a plateau where my lack of knowledge became frustrating. I kept fighting my camera trying to figure out ISO | shutter speed | aperture settings. The mighty trio baffled me. I've been flipping between AV and TV modes, trying to...

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Harbourfront expedition & some awesome photos

Jun 11, 2018

Ok, I'm biased. I think the photos from my Friday trip to Toronto's Harbourfront are pretty good. Lots of great landscape and activity to play around with and the weather was wonderful. The last time I was down at the Harbourfront, I nearly froze my tail feathers...

It’s here! Nik Collection 2018 by DxO

Jun 6, 2018

When DxO acquired Photoshop plugin suite Nik from Google (read about it here), they said they were working on a full update for the package and would hopefully release it sometime in 2018. Well, it's here -> NIK COLLECTION 2018 BY DxO. The 7 plugins sell for $69,...

Photographing The Esplanade Toronto

Jun 4, 2018

Picking up where I left off last week, I headed down to The Esplande and Front to test out my focus and sharpness skills. I took over 400 shots and had a handful that pleased me. The exercise was to work on colour balance, overall focus and sharpness of the subject....

Improving photo exposure & focus with buckets ‘o seeds

May 30, 2018

I've been mulling over photos I took last week, brooding over the lack of sharpness, and decided it was time to backup and refocus (no pun intended) on remedial skills. I spend time composing shots, but not enough on the basics of exposure & focus. My shaky focus,...

Still learning the basics of photography – streets of Toronto

May 27, 2018

I was wandering around the Queen | University area the other day and was struck by the sheer volume of people everywhere. I hung out on the corner of University and Queen Street for about 30 min doing nothing but snapping crowd shots. By the time I got to Union...