Coming soon - Lightroom B&W Preset Pack With the success of my Free Lightroom Presets which are receiving plenty of downloads, I've decided to release some of my more premium Black and White presets. I've handpicked my 10 favourite presets that can be used both on Landscapes and Portraits. Here is a preview of some of the presets. Previews...
Battle between Good and Bad What is a bad HDR? HDR has gotten a bad reputation amongst many purists who believe that a HDR does not represent the true photo that was captured. Although this is true that camera only captures certain range of light in one exposure, but if you think about your eyes they certainly capture a lot more range of light...
It's Official - Most Popular Preset Every since its release back in March, my Punchy HDR Preset for Lightroom (v4) has been the most popular by far. Many people who have downloaded it have emailed me back saying how much they love the preset. The other presets like Instagram Preset, LR5 Light Leak Preset, LR5 Punchy HDR Preset and LR5 Afternoon...
Discover how to create some amazing black and white photos using the Nik Silver Efex Pro 2 plugin with Dan Hughes. http://youtu.be/E5wvaiVFA2M Silver Efex Pro 2 is the pinnacle of B&W processing for any style of photo, whether that be a Portrait, Landscape or HDR. There are so many options and presets available out of the box to help...
Nik Software now part of Google has just slashed the price on its entire set of plug-ins. The whole collection which was retailing for $499, is not available at 70% off for only $149 USD. I'd been thinking and rethinking for awhile whether to invest the hefty $499 in this suite as it's pricey for me (as a hobbyist photographer) but when I saw the...
Background Whenever you travel to a popular destination, you want to get great shots of these location. Often the problem seems to be getting a clean shot of the subject without unwanted people or tourists walking into your photo. One of the easiest way is to get their very early or go very late when most people would have gone already, but that...
In this digital age of photography, it is cheap to take a lot of photos. People often comment amongst family and friend. I came back from my holiday with 2000+ photos. That does not really imply that you have 2000 amazing photos. The truth is probably 50-60% will be keepers the rest get deleted straight away. But this doesn't happen very often....
Assign a Camera Profile to your photos once you import them in Photoshop Lightroom to give yourself a good starting point for making your photos looking even better.
In this tutorial, we explore how an iPad can be used as a backup device for your photos when you are on the go and travelling.
Quick tip: Set your Owner Name in your DSLR Camera and have it embedded into your photos
If you prefer to shoot your photographs in RAW (not RAW+JPEG) rather than JPEG, you need to use ZoomBrowser, Photoshop, Lightroom or other tools of choice to convert your images to JPEG. If you’ve ever wondered “there must be an easier way”, well there is.