Technique
Posts which share technical information or knowledge, often illustrated with pictures or downloadable instructions.
Diffused directional light
Saturday, 27th February 2010 • Geek stuff, Technique • No comments
A technical explanation of how do make the light from a softbox more focused, whilst retaining the soft light through the use of a secondary light on very low power to fill in any unwanted shadows.
Inspiration vs. reason
Tuesday, 12th January 2010 • Individual photographs, Landscape photography, Photography, Technique, Writing • No comments
A friend asked me over the Christmas break how I manage to retain my drive for taking photos. I gave it some thought over the past few days and thought that my answer might be useful or interesting to other photographers or artists and so here it is.
Black and white Lightroom presets by MikeyG
Tuesday, 1st December 2009 • Geek stuff, Technique, Travel • No comments
An example of an image processed using a simple preset available through the Lightroom Presets website.
iPhone and AirTunes
Monday, 16th November 2009 • Geek stuff, Music, Technique • No comments
How I’ve hooked up my iPhone, laptop and stereo system to have a 50Gb wireless audio system at home.
Why opening new browser windows for external links is pointless
Thursday, 12th November 2009 • Geek stuff, Internet, Technique • No comments
Don’t you just hate it when you’ve been using the internet for a little while and you have a mass of browser windows to battle with? Where the hell did that website go, that you were looking at earlier? Both of these annoyances are entirely unnecessary, and this article explains why.
Niels and the Showgirl
Wednesday, 11th November 2009 • Friends and Family, Individual photographs, Technique • No comments
An unplanned shot, taken of volunteer Niels for the One Frame Movie set of photographs I was working on a few weeks back.
Au Voleur*
Friday, 6th November 2009 • Friends and Family, Individual photographs, Technique • 3 comments
The next in my series of theatrical photographs, featuring fellow photographer Tilman Jentzsch.
Lessons in lighting
Wednesday, 21st October 2009 • Friends and Family, Individual photographs, Technique • 1 comment
A photograph from a session in Zurich, and the lessons in lighting and technique which make it one of the more successful session shots of the past few months.
Getting good prints from a lab – part 1
Saturday, 17th October 2009 • Geek stuff, Photography, Technique • 4 comments
Having bought a Mamiya 645 a few months ago, I wanted to make a return to the traditional chemical processing techniques which I used for many years until switching to a digital workflow in 2004. I’m interested in the difference in print quality – in terms of sharpness and colour reproduction – between traditional printing and the scanned negative printed via digital means.
Running Scared
Thursday, 24th September 2009 • Friends and Family, Geek stuff, Individual photographs, Photography, Technique, Travel • 1 comment
Continuing on the theme of photographic ideas, here’s another image from a photo session in Zürich a couple of weeks ago, in which lighting played a key part in the shoot. The idea was born when I came across the unusual road markings in the middle of a four-way junction.
It’s the idea that counts
Wednesday, 23rd September 2009 • Friends and Family, Individual photographs, Photography, Technique • No comments
The most inspirational photographs are often those where the lighting plan doesn’t play a major role; those where the idea and aim of the picture takes the lead.
Photography in the Swiss railway network
Wednesday, 2nd September 2009 • Photography, Technique • 2 comments
Written confirmation from the media relations team of the SBB/CFF/FFS that photography for private use in their railway stations is allowed and does not require a permit.
“Kelbification”
Thursday, 23rd July 2009 • Geek stuff, Individual photographs, Technique • 1 comment
After seeing a few shots around the internet in a certain darkened, de-saturated style, I asked around to see if anyone was familiar with the post-processing technique which is used to create it.
Date selected for Swiss Strobist day in Lausanne
Wednesday, 8th July 2009 • Geek stuff, Photography, Technique • No comments
The date for the next Swiss Strobist photographic meetup in Lausanne (Switzerland) has been selected.
Modelling tip number one: don’t hide
Tuesday, 23rd June 2009 • Photography, Technique • 2 comments
If you want to take a photo of someone else that they’ll be happy with, or if you’re being photographed, then here are the most important non-technical tips to remember.
