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17/03/2015 In Photo Tips, Venture Blog By sengmah

Tutorial: Resizing images for printing using Adobe Photoshop

Following hot on the heels of the last tutorial ("How to size digital images for printing using Lightroom 5"), here's one on doing the same thing, but using Adobe Photoshop. Again, this was "inspired" by questions I have received at various camera club competition nights in...

16/03/2015 In Photo Tips, Venture Blog By sengmah

Tutorial: How to size digital images for printing using Lightroom 5

I've been judging at camera clubs for a while now and many clubs have a print category in their competitions. One of most frequently asked questions from club members is: "How do I get my digital image the right size for printing?" So: ask and ye...

27/02/2015 In Gear, Photo Tips, Venture Blog By sengmah

Thinking of getting a camera?

Note: This is what you'd call a "living article" in that its content will be regularly updated as new cameras become available. The following recommendations are made at time of writing (June 2021). I'm often asked by those looking to get into photography about the most...

28/12/2014 In Photo Tips, Venture Blog By sengmah

Tutorial: Blending Light Painting and Ambient Exposure

For some reason, I've been photographing quite a bit of light painting lately -- usually steel wool spins, which are awesome because they remind me of fireworks. It could well be that my mate, Shane Taylor, who is quite into light painting, has been asking...

15/12/2014 In Reviews, Venture Blog By sengmah

Sigma DP1 Quattro – Field test image

I've been field testing the Sigma DP1 Quattro thanks to a camera from Team Digital. Because of its wider angle lens, I've been trying out the DP1 Quattro as a potential landscape camera -- which means looking at how it performs in terms of colour,...

26/10/2014 In Venture Blog By sengmah

Shots from the Shooting the Night Fantastic Workshop

Despite the threat of rain (thankfully, it stayed predominantly dry), we headed into Fremantle for the Shooting the Night Fantastic workshop - a short hands-on workshop dedicated to night photography with a dash of light painting thrown in. We even managed to get a shot...

24/10/2014 In Venture Blog By sengmah

Balingup Heights Photography Workshop Weekend – Behind the Scenes

Well, it was certainly an action-packed (some would say, epic) weekend in Balingup! We had 12 photographers on a weekend workshop that was filled with lots of shooting opportunities -- from landscapes, to photo walking around the property, to natural light portraiture, light painting, environmental...

08/09/2014 In Venture Blog By sengmah

Thank you, Marshy!!

Some of us are very fortunate to be able to work with a mate and I count myself among that lucky few for having had Graeme Marsh as a co-instructor in our workshops over the last two years. He's an exceptional photographer, a brilliant teacher,...

01/07/2014 In Reviews, Venture Blog By sengmah

Tamron’s Monster 150-600mm f5.0-6.3VC Reviewed

Tamron takes a big (pun intended) step into the telephoto zoom lens arena with their new 150-600mm f5.0-6.3 VC lens. It replaces the older Tamron 200-500mm and buck for buck, the lens competes with the more established Sigma 150-500mm OS. Question – is it a...

10/06/2014 In Reviews, Venture Blog By sengmah

We review the Sony A6000!

I've had a love/hate relationship with Sony digital cameras. I love what Sony is doing with digital image capture -- their take on the technology is second to none. But, I've always struggled to make sense of the physical and menu interface of Sony cameras,...