Category Archives: Photography
Esther on New Year’s Eve
We seem to have taken a lot of photos of Esther lately. I suppose it’s because she keeps attending events and getting dressed up for them so we feel obliged to capture her in her pomp for posterity. This was … Continue reading
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Gladioli
The light falling on these purple and yellow gladioli caught my eye. They were just in a vase in my lounge. The way the sunlight picked out the yellow ones in particular was spectacular. The effect cannot quite be captured … Continue reading
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The Domain in Spain
This website is on the .es domain, which is the domain for Spain. Obviously, it’s not actually a Spanish website. I was looking for a suitable name for a photography blog and wanted it to be as concise as possible. … Continue reading
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Pondering Portraits
My wife took this portrait of our daughter dressed up for her school leaver’s party. And while it may have been my wife who wielded the camera and pressed the shutter, I think of the end result as more of … Continue reading
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Image stabilisation does not fix everything
One benefit of the Sony Alpha system compared to say Canon or Nikon is that the image stabilisation technology (Super Steady Shot) is built into the camera body as opposed to being incorporated into just some selected lenses. That means … Continue reading
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Lightroom Sony lens profiles: Tamron to the rescue
I had all but given up on being able to use the Lightroom lens correction feature with my Sony 18-250 lens, finding myself a long way down the road to utter exifsperation. Hardly any coverage of Sony lens profiles in … Continue reading
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Edfu portrait
There was a random Egyptian guide-cum-beggar just sitting around at the Temple of Horus at Edfu, Egypt, wearing the traditional jellaba. He was kind enough to let me take this portrait. But he did come scurrying after for a coin. … Continue reading
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Why I don’t care if my next DSLR does not have video
The arrival of video on DSLRs seems to have got a lot of people very excited. We had some amazing videos shot by the likes of Vincent Laforet which showcased what the optical quality of DSLRs and interchangeable lenses could … Continue reading
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Exifsperated!
The release of Lightroom 3 was supposed to banish my barrel distortion blues. At last Adobe had plugged one of Lightroom’s most glaring omissions – the ability to correct for lens distortion – an area where it had been lagging behind competing … Continue reading
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What’s my style?
The photography pundits keep urging enthusiasts to discover their own style. We are supposed to look at lots of great pictures by great photographers and learn from them, but not just copy them. We are supposed to express our own … Continue reading
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