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Reality In Photography

Reality In Photography “It’s a little underexposed!” I read this critique of an image recently and it re-awoke in me the vague plan that I’ve had to write about subjectivity and reality in photography. What does…

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Photography in bad light

Photography in bad light Sometimes (but not very often) landscape photography can be easy. The light, location and weather come together to create dramatic pictures and it can be almost effortless. Other times however, well….it’s just…

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Telephoto Landscapes

Telephoto Landscapes When I bought my first dSLR, the first lens I bought was an ultra-wide angle. The camera I’d been using before had a wide angle of course, but it was never wide enough to…

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Camera Bags and Tripods

Camera Bags and Tripods Technique is everything in landscape photography, the equipment you use will always be secondary when it comes to getting a good shot. Of course this is true, but there are aspects of…

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Review of Landscape Photography Books

Review of Landscape Photography Books For this article I thought I’d have a look at some of my favourite photography books. Now more than ever, there are a huge number of photography books published; “How To..”…

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Composition

Composition The art of composing, or designing, an image is one of the most important aspects of creating good photographs…and also one of the most difficult to learn. Just what is the best way to arrange…

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Long exposure

Long exposure The first truly popular photographs were daguerreotypes, incredibly long exposures that required people to remain still for the duration of the exposure while their image was recorded onto a surface of polished silver coated…

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Filters in landscape photography

Filters in landscape photography Digital and film cameras are fantastic pieces of equipment, but they can never capture the full range of contrast and light the way our eyes can. Our eyes can take in a…

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