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Lightroom Basics For Forest and Landscape Photography Part 2
Welcome to part 2 of my Lightroom Editing series. We are moving on to the next panels in Lightroom to further refine the picture that I started working on in part 1 of this series. Lightroom Basics For...
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Lightroom Basics For Forest and Landscape Photography Part 3
Even though many people might think of Photoshop first for colour toning their images, there are many ways that this can be done in Lightroom as well. Today I want to talk about colour in Lightroom and...
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The Other Side Of Inspiration
It has been a long time since I last sat down to write a piece, since I was able to do so. Whilst the world around me changed completely, whilst planes were kept on the ground, companies had to shut...
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True Nature
The expression of the unique self in photography or any other kind of art is really important to me. It is one of those subjects that immediately gets me into gear or climb on my soapbox. Lately I...
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Originality and Authenticity
Whilst I was working on an individual masterclass in the past few weeks and talking to several people about authenticity in photography, I once again noticed that originality is perceived differently...
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Fear of Failure as My Loyal Companion
No matter how much fear of failure has stopped me in the past of doing what I wanted to do, these days I regard it as a very loyal companion. It is there for me all the time just to give me a sign when...
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2020 Moments Of Magic
Photography has always been my escape from the sometimes harsh reality and my tool to help me find a more magical side of reality. After my world came tumbling down this year, it was harder than ever...
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Ending The Numbing
"How much life do I exchange for followers and likes?" This sentence persistently showed up on the pages of my journals over the past few years, nudging me to find an answer to this question, urging me...
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Life After Social Media: The Return Of Creativity
It has now been three months since I left Instagram and Facebook and since my iPhone is no longer my loyal companion. In fact, I replaced it with a fixed lens camera that is as analogue as a digital...
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Framed: The Edges Of The Image
A lot can be said about composition in photography, but often the frame itself, the aspect ratio, is forgotten when composing. Very often the sensor of the camera defines where the edges of the frame...
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The Pitfalls Of Chasing Perfect Conditions
Landscape photographers tend to chase the perfect light, the light that will lend to the scene a sense of glory that otherwise would not be there. We all think we know what those perfect conditions...
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Advanced Lightroom Colour Control
This is a tutorial that has been a long time coming. As I often review pictures for workshop clients I see quite a lot of pictures that look very muddy after post processing. Many clients wonder why...
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Interpretations and Perceptions of the Landscape
Photography is often mistakenly believed to be a factual representation of what is. Different types of photographers hold different beliefs as to how factual it should be and discussions on this...
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The Sketching Photographer
The one thing that is stressed in the lifelong ongoing education of painters, draftsmen and animators alike is to sketch...always, anywhere, any place, any time. Sketching sharpens the vision, it...
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Restore, Reset and Renew, 2021 in Retrospective
At the end of each year I choose a word for the upcoming 365 days, a word that will act as my compass. The word I chose for 2021 was Restore. The year before had left me feeling broken and lost and I...
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The Missing Ingredient
Sometimes my heart sinks when I see a truly magnificent photograph, artfully and skillfully created, being reduced to some raw ingredients by some other photographers. The questions and comments...
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Photography: The Witnessed or The Witness
Moving beyond the witnessed reality to express the reality of the witness For me this marks the difference between documenting photography (and there is nothing wrong with that) and self-expression in...
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Beyond The Rule Of Thirds
I found myself reading a thread on a photography forum a few weeks ago and slowly following the string of words which were uttered to criticize a certain picture, I was suddenly stopped in my tracks....
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Photographer of Transience
It is June 2022, the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere is already behind us and I find myself back in the place I call home on the top of a mountain with a heavy backpack strapped on...
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