technique

Evening in Liverpool. Why bother with histogram?

Why bother with the Histogram?

It’s surprising how many photographers coming to my workshops, some with years of experience, never use Histogram in their workflow. When asked about it, they reply “sometimes” or “probably not as often as I should”. All euphemisms for “never”, really. Some admit to using it when processing their images, but not on location. Whether you […]

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Telephoto landscape from conception to editing. South Downs.

Telephoto landscape from conception to editing

Case study: a telephoto landscape from conception to editing The image above is relatively old, taken one evening in early June of 2010. But I still quite vividly remember the outing, the decisions I made, and the hurdles I had to overcome. And I’d like to share with you what went into the creation of

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Winter on Shoreham Beach, West Sussex. Landscape Photography Slawek Staszczuk.

Seascape from idea to postproduction

Case study: a seascape from idea to postproduction Everyone has a preferred way of learning. If you like learning by example and analysis of others’ work, and you feel you can improve your seascapes, then read on. As I shall explain in detail how I created the above photo from idea to postproduction. Including all

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