You may have heard of the American artist and photographer Saul Leiter, whose photography in the 1940s and 1950s was credited to have brought about the New York School of street photography. Leiter once said in a conversation: “I have a deep-seated distrust and even contempt...
Social distancing and self-isolation seem to be the buzzwords of the moment, as are words like closures and suspensions of service. The last two weeks have seen tremendous changes to our lifestyle and it’s hard not to feel apprehensive and uncertain when things are changing and...
This 60 Second Lightroom Edit is a landscape taken in the sand dunes of the Western Sahara in Morocco. It was taken early in the afternoon, so the light is harsh, directional and also a little flat in terms of colour. Let's see what 60...
I’ve been going on long, meandering walks lately. Mostly to take me away from the computer where I have been dealing with the fallout from Covid-19 cancelling my photography tours this year. A lot of work goes into planning and running photography tours and a...
Today's 60 Second Lightroom Edit is a portrait, just for something different! The initial image is quite overexposed (which is why you should always shoot in Raw, so that you can recover overexposure/underexposure in your image). Let's see what 60 seconds in Lightroom Classic can...
Of late, I've been thinking of how best to use the digital medium available to us to provide fun and useful content to customers and followers of Venture Photography Workshops and Tours. This is especially important now that we are in a period of social...
It's been a while since I've released a video tutorial, so I thought it was time to do one. This video is all about dealing with high contrast scenes and how to shoot for high dynamic range image making in Lightroom Classic. If you're not...
A version of this article appeared in the March 2020 edition of Venture Horizons (our monthly e-newsletter) and I thought I'd also share it on the Venture Blog. I've been thinking a great deal about photography lately. I don't mean the technical side of photography: the...
When you take up photography, one of the key things you need to consider is the way you compose your image. Composition is about the placement and positioning of elements within your image so that, together, they create an impression on your viewer. Sometimes, this...
I’ve just returned from an 11-day photography trip to Tasmania, the chief purpose of which was to scout out new locations for future landscape photography tours in Australia’s “Apple Isle”. Tasmania is famous for its waterfalls (there are lots) and because it gets a lot...