Lightroom Tip – 3 Ways to Straighten an Image
In this video, I will show you 3 ways to quickly straighten an image that may be slightly tilted or not perfectly horizontal when captured in camera. Not sure if other people have this issue but I find often that some of my images will be slightly tilting to the right or left but mostly right. Maybe when I am pressing the shutter button the camera is not steady in my hand. This is not an issue when I use a Tripod to shoot the images, they are levelled just fine. So here are three steps: Crop Tool - Use the Rotate and Adjust functionality in the Crop Tool to straighten the image. This tool is...
7 Tips for shooting Vivid Sydney (Night Photography)
Vivid is an amazing event held in Sydney every year during winter and each year it attracts more and more people out and about to see the exhibitions and the light shows put up everywhere around Sydney. Each year it seems to get bigger and better than the year below. Lots of new or budding photographers take this as a new opportunity to go out and practice their craft. However, since its inception most of the Lighting Exhibits have evolved a lot and now are more animated displays rather than stills. So to capture the perfect shot you need to keep in mind the following tips. Gear Tips Gear is...
How to Enhance Autumn Foliage using Luminar – LEAP 07
In this week's episode I take a drone photo featured in VLOG01 and show you how you can enhance the Autumn Foliage using LUMINAR to make it the star of the photo. This week's image was shot with DJI Phantom 3 in Annecy, France. Autumn foliage can make an ordinary landscape into an amazing one as they add beautiful reds, oranges and yellows to your image. Increasing their emphasis in the image can make a nice photo even better. See how I edit this autumn landscape using LUMINAR. You can also download the image file via the link below. Check out the final edited image...
Enhance Foliage in Landscapes using Lightroom
Autumn is a beautiful time of the year when the trees around us show us beautiful colours before they shed their leaves in preparation for Winter. So it's an amazing opportunity to go out and shoot some of your favourite landscapes once again during this time of the year. Once you have downloaded all your beatiful shots on your computer using some simple yet power post-processing techniques in Lightroom, you can enchnance the beauty of these images. The 'Foliage' is the star of such landscape images so it is only fair that we enhance this in order to make it shine. Steps for Foliage...
Let’s Edit a Photo – How to make a Dull Landscape photo Rich and Vibrant in Lightroom – LEAP 06
This is the 6th episode of the LEAP show, a show in which I will show you a complete edit of a photo from start to finish. In this week's episode I take a dull Landscape photo and make it rich and vibrant using Lightroom. This week's image was shot in New Plymouth, New Zealand. The image has some obvious flaws and lacks some excitement but in this video we improve on what's lacking and take it to the next level. You can also download the image file via the link below. Create your own version of the Edit and share in the comments below. Would love to see what you end up...
Why Lightroom Presets Are Important for Editing Raw Photos
A blog post about how creating Lightroom presets can help you edit your raw photos easily and how it opens more career doors for photographers.
10 Winners Announced – Won Ultimate HDR Preset Bundle for Subscribing
Today I have picked live on YouTube 10 winners who Won the Ultimate HDR Preset Bundle for Lightroom. All the winners have been notified via email of instructions on how to obtain their prize!! There were 247 entries during the 4 week period the competition ran and thanks to all the subscribers who took part in this competition. I'm pleased to say that there are now at 163 Subscribers on my YouTube channel. Thanks for subscribing and stay tuned for lots of more videos. If you haven't subscribed, use the button below to subscribe to my channel. <a class="e-widget...
10 Tips on Shooting and Editing Aurora Borealis
Learn how to capture the phenomena known as the Northern Lights on camera with these essential tips.
Let’s Edit a Photo – How to Edit B&W Image in Lightroom – LEAP 05
This is the 5th episode of the LEAP show, a show in which I will show you a complete edit of a photo from start to finish. In this week's episode I address a request from one of our viewers who asked for a video on how to edit B&W Image in Lightroom. This week's image was shot at Somersby Falls on a overcast day which is quite mute but it makes it a perfect candidate for Black and White Images. You can also download the image file via the link below. Create your own version of the Edit and share in the comments below. Would love to see what you end up creating....
This Could Save Your Drone’s Life
I nearly lost my drone out at sea until I tried this trick to bring it back home. Saved my drone’s life.