Canon mini DSLR

By On 21/03/2013

For some time it looked like the DSLR camera was going the way of the Dodo, at least for entry level DSLR cameras. The Compact System Camera (CSC), a camera with interchangeable lenses but no mirror, is getting more and more popular as a lightweight and small alternative to the DSLR. Canon may have changed [...]

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Photoshop quick tip: Straighten

By On 19/03/2013

Photoshop CS6 has a new Crop Tool, which makes straightening of a photo much easier and quicker. The standard method is to press the ‘Straighten’ button in the tool bar and then draw a line over the horizon (or over something that should be perfectly vertical). However, it’s sometimes not that easy to find such [...]

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Grand Teton fine art print

By On 06/03/2013

It’s been a while since I last added an image for fine art prints at Fine Art America (for image buyers in the USA and Canada) or ArtFlakes (for image buyers from Europe). ‘Grand Teton sunrise’ is an image that was taken using the HDR technique. I believe it [...]

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Manual or Automatic?

By On 28/02/2013

The internet is full of forums about photography, and a recurring discussion is the question ‘Should I use manual focus/exposure, or auto focus/exposure?’. Inevitably, you will see somebody who claims ‘professional photographers use manual focus/exposure’ often followed by ‘because manual is more creative’. Really? What makes manual focus/exposure more creative than automatic focus/exposure? In the [...]

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Using a polarizer in a forest

By On 17/02/2013

A quick tip: A polarizing filter is often used to remove reflections from a water surface. Another use is to increase the contrast between the blue sky and white clouds (although it’s easy to do that in post-processing too). A much lesser known use for a polarizing filter is when you are taking pictures in [...]

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Panasonic new sensor technology

By On 04/02/2013

Panasonic has revealed they are developing a new type of sensor, in which a ‘micro color splitter’ is used to redirect light of a certain color to a particular pixel. The advantage over the Bayer sensor that is used in almost all digital cameras today would be that no light is lost by filtering, so [...]

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