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There’s a dismissive and rather superior position some camera club buffs take – ‘why not zoom with your feet?’. It is well worth ignoring. The focal length of your lens, whether your use a zoom or a range of fixed focal length lenses, decides the exact relationship of elements in the picture including one component . . . → Read More: Never say ‘zoom with your feet’… Share this: 4 comments - (Comments are closed)  DK's ramblings, Lenses - E mount, Photo Techniques  24-70mm, A7RII, Alpha, Cameracraft, feet, lens, Sony, viewpoint, zoom 
There’s been a controversy surrounding Steve McCurry, a photographer I have listened to on the edge of a conversation a couple of times courtesy of Kodak who were always great sponsors and put his ‘Afghan Girl’ on display at photokina 2012 where McCurry’s work was celebrated. Here’s the story – he’s been changing, or allowing . . . → Read More: Is retouching acceptable? Share this: One comment - (Comments are closed) Darkroom, DK's ramblings, Photo Techniques alter, argument, change, controversy, digital, manipulation, McCurry, modification, original, photographs, photojournalism, Photoshop, retouch 
Sony camera sensor technology enables a closer look at some of Mother Nature’s rarest sights that could not previously have been photographed in this way Story: Sony Corporation UK PR release with high resolution images and full metadata – click to view. All images are copyright and may not be copied or reproduced. . . . → Read More: A7RII shoots in Iceland’s glacier caves Share this: One comment - (Comments are closed) NEX System, Photo Techniques, Sony Digital Cameras A7RII, ABC, Amazing Blue, camera, cave, Extreme, glacial, glacier, ice, icecave, Iceland, images, low light, Mikael Buck, photography, Sony Upper: unprofiled (Standard) raw conversion. Lower: using a tunsgten-light generated custom camera profile, combined with a polarising filter, gives a more vivid impression. Most Alpha system users know that some – not all – cameras have a special JPEG mode for Autumn Colours. They’ll also know that if you shoot raw, with no JPEG . . . → Read More: Capturing Autumn colour better Share this: Comments are closed Accessories - 3rd party, DK's ramblings, Photo Techniques, Software Reviews A7RII, Adobe, autumn, camera, checker, color, colour, DNG, editor, fall, polariser, profile, Sony, X-Rite 
It’s been a while since my last review of Sony products here, and not because I have been inactive. The truth is that I’ve spent so much on Sony kit 24/7 working has been necessary, including a good few reviews and tests of the A7RII and lenses appearing elsewhere. It’s a real issue, I now . . . → Read More: Low-cost macro for the A7 series Share this: One comment - (Comments are closed) Accessories - 3rd party, Equipment Reviews, Lenses - E mount, NEX System, Photo Techniques, Sony Digital Cameras 60mm, A7, A7R II, A7RII, Art, close-up, coverage, DN, E-mount, extension tubes, FE, full frame, lens, lenses, macro, Meike, mirrorless, Sigma, Sony 
Twenty years ago I was operating one of the first full service digital photo studios in the world. I had already published, back in 1986, the world’s first desktop published commercial periodicals and won the UK Printing Industries Research Association inaugural DTP Awards, in 1987, for this. We’d bought the first Apple laser printer in . . . → Read More: Sharp vintage glass – and subject Share this: One comment - (Comments are closed) Accessories - 3rd party, DK's ramblings, Flash units, Lenses - E mount, Photo Techniques A7r, Alpha, close-up, ELB400, Elinchrom, flash, lighting, macro, mirrorless, Paterson, Pentax, SMC, Sony, still life, Studio, Takumar 
The Sony E-mount (not FE) 10-18mm f/5 OSS lens can be used effectively on full frame for creative work and within limits for technically more demanding shots. Below, an uncropped A7R shot of the concourse at Abu Dhabi Airport, taken at 13mm setting, f/6.3 with my lens profile as provided below. Check the straight lines . . . → Read More: Using the 10-18mm OSS zoom on full frame Share this: 3 comments - (Comments are closed) DK's ramblings, Lenses - E mount, NEX System, Photo Techniques, Sony Digital Cameras, Sony Digital Csmeras, Uncategorized .lcp, 10-18mm, A7r, ACR, Alpha, correction, coverage, lens, profile, SEL, Sony, zoom 
We shall be sending Frank Doorhof one of our original and rare Alpha Male T-shirts, in black, though I’m not sure we have anything quite large enough to fit him – which goes for his personality too. He’s a great workshop presenter, overcoming technical problems by just cracking on with whatever will work best. At . . . → Read More: Frank’s a definite Alpha Male Share this: 4 comments - (Comments are closed) Cameras (DSLR), DK's ramblings, Events, Flash units, Photo Techniques, Studio Alpha 99, beauty, camera, Elinchrom, fashion, flash, Frank Doorhof, Kelby, lighting, location, Ranger, seminar, Sony, technique, TFC, training, workshop In the latest incarnation of Photoshop, CS6, the Photomerge function is faster than ever before and leverages all the context-aware, pixel matching math of the previous versions enhanced to a degree you’ll find hard to believe. Sony NEX and Alpha cameras have the same technology built-in for their sweep panorama mode, but anyone who’s used . . . → Read More: Go wider than wide with Photomerge Share this: 2 comments - (Comments are closed) NEX System, Photo Techniques, Software Reviews 16mm, CS6, images, NEX-7, Photomerge, Photoshop, stitch It’s now easy enough to find camera profiles – image looks created by independent photographers, as Adobe and Sony do not provide any – which make a big difference to raw processing using Adobe Camera Raw or Lightroom. There are also many fine adjustments you can make within these programs, able to customise the image . . . → Read More: Using Adobe Bridge/ACR for ‘film looks’ controlled by your Alpha Share this: Comments are closed Cameras (DSLR), DK's ramblings, Photo Techniques 77, A77, ACR, Bridge, camera raw, conversion, default, look, picture, preference, profile, Sony Alpha, Style |
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