The Tone Curve in Lightroom is a useful way to add contrast or adjust tones in your image (tone is the brightness/darkness of pixels in the image). Most people adjust the Tone Curve into an "S" shaped curve to give their image a bit of...
As much as we try to keep our camera sensors clean, chances are, specks of dust do get in and land on the sensor. When you start shooting at smaller aperture values, these dust specks appear in your image as slightly fuzzy but noticeable spots....
You may have come across images which have a "matte" look to them, effectively reproducing the "matte print finish" look in a digital image. "Matte" effect images seem a little more tonally flat and perhaps evoke a more "vintage" feel to them. It's easy to...
Today's tip is to help all of you who love cropping your images in Lightroom. Did you know that you can enable the "Light's Out" feature in Lightroom to help you visualise your crop without the distraction of the visible panels in the Lightroom Interface? Once...
Today's tip is all about the RGB Channels in the Tone Curve in Lightroom. Most of us use the Tone Curve to adjust luminosity and contrast in our images. But did you know that you can also use it to colour grade your images, using...
I've been wanting to explore the iconic Karijini National Park for a few years now, but my own travels (the photography tours and scouting trips I do) and an injury sustained from a fall in East Arnhem Land a few years ago always seemed to...
I entered my third WA Professional Photography Awards this year since joining the AIPP (Australian Institute of Professional Photographers) in 2017. The WA Professional Photography Awards is the State's most prestigious photography awards; its aim is to foster and advance a high level of professional...
I've recently returned from running the Tasmania: Landscape Photography Tour with wilderness photographer and local Taswegian, Cam Blake. Our "Apple Isle" is famous amongst photographers for its diverse natural environments: alpine highlands, temperate rainforests, rugged coasts, roaring falls and deep wilderness. I've known Cam via social...
You can read all about Part 1 of our photography tour in India (Delhi and Varanasi) here. For me, India is the kind of travel experience that all photographers should undertake at least once in their lives. It makes for a rich, multi-layered experience and you'd...
There's been a recent rise in the popularity of mirrorless cameras by photographers keen to take advantage of these cameras' smaller, more compact and lighter builds, especially for beginner photographers looking to avoid heavier, bulkier DSLRs. Up until recently, choices have been limited to the...