Zone Exposures in Photography When I talk about zone exposures, I’m referring to the specific exposure settings for different zones in the zone system. Essentially, I’m adjusting my camera settings […]
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What Are Photoshop Picture Frames? Photoshop picture frames is a digital creation of borders or mounts around photographs using Adobe Photoshop software. Photoshop picture frames provide a versatile and creative way
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Pinhole photography, with its timeless charm and minimalist approach, has seen a resurgence among both seasoned and emerging photographers. At the forefront of this revival is the Jagglé Pinhole Lensboard,
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Streamline Your DSLR Scanning Workflow For anyone working in photography, especially those using DSLR cameras or flatbed scanners, the post-scan process can be tedious. It’s essential to have the right
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Reciprocity Factor in Pinhole Photography A Simple Guide Pinhole cameras are an excellent way to explore photography, offering a unique, analog approach to capturing images. However, using a pinhole camera
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The pinhole camera is a simple yet fascinating tool for photographers who want to step back from modern digital technology and explore the fundamentals of photography. Offering a unique, hands-on
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A Creative Journey into Simplicity Pinhole Calculator Pinhole photography is one of the oldest and most basic forms of photography, relying on a simple concept: a small hole (or “pinhole”)
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The Lightroom Tone Curve can also be used to enhance the final black and white print. We can do this by creating a custom Lightroom Tone Curve which maps the
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Many years ago I was given some expired black and white 120 film including three rolls of Kodak TMAX 100. The storage conditions were unknown and to be honest the
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When using Lightroom to organise my images, I like to add as much information as possible so any time I can use the power of Lightroom to locate just what
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Photo editing is a craft that can transform a good image into a great one. Among the various techniques employed by photographers and editors, adjusting midtone contrast is crucial for
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The Voigtländer Bessa 6×9 is a classic folding camera produced by the German manufacturer Voigtländer. It was introduced in the early 1930s and was part of the Bessa series I
What Is Dynamic Range In photography, dynamic range refers to the range of light intensities that can be captured in an image, from the darkest shadows to the brightest highlights
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Testing FomaPan 200 I’ve been using FomaPan for many years, in both 35mm and 5×4 sheet form. Online, I have seen people argue about Fomapan. Some say it’s not up
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What Is Sepia Tone In Photoshop Sepia tone is a brownish-red color often associated with old-fashioned or antique photographs. It’s named after the sepia ink derived from the ink sac
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Understanding Dodge and Burn: Dodge and Burn are techniques used in photography and digital art to selectively lighten (dodge) or darken (burn) areas of an image. These techniques have their
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Adding a border in Photoshop to our images can in most cases be used for the following. Enhancing Presentation: In many contexts, such as professional portfolios, art exhibitions, or online
What Is The Photoshop Color Settings Dialog In Adobe Photoshop, the Color Settings dialog is a tool used to manage color settings for your images. It allows you to customize
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What Are Lightroom Presets Lightroom presets are pre-defined settings or adjustments applied to photos in Adobe Lightroom, a popular software for editing and organizing digital photographs. These presets contain a
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DSLR scanning is a technique used by photographers and enthusiasts to digitise film negatives or slides using a digital (DSLR) camera instead of a traditional flatbed scanner. This method has
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My Free Adobe Lightroom Print Templates Downloads Included are some of the templates I use regularly which include square, portrait and landscape templates based on different paper sizes. To receive
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My dedicated Minolta film scanner is failing more times than it’s working now so I have decided to move it on as repairs/spares. This has left me with only the
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FREE Print Transition Test Target The Ability To Reproduce Tonal Transitions Let’s face it, when we make prints of photographs in greyscale, we need to ensure that we can reproduce
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Over the years, I have assisted other photographers to get their beloved Epson R3880 going again after what appears to be a blocked print head. It usually starts out with
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When printing black and white images through the ABW driver, we don’t use the standard ICC colour profiles because those profiles are based on the RGB driver, not the ABW
I was introduced to Kodak D23 sometime ago after looking at some photographs developed in it on a large format photography forum. I have always been drawn to black and
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Diafine is an extremely durable, two-bath ultra-fine grain film developer with high speed yield. Diafine can be used in a wide range of temperatures with a uniform development time for
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In a previous article, I demonstrated how to install Lightroom Profiles. Before Adobe introduced Profiles, we used to rely on Presets to speed up our editing workflow. One of the
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In Adobe Lightroom Classic, Adobe have made the profiles more discoverable by changing how they are accessed. In Lightroom Classic CC and Adobe Camera Raw, the profiles have been moved
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To calculate the exposure time for the pinhole camera, we, first of all, need to know the f-number of the pinhole camera. Unlike normal cameras, this value does not change because the hole remains the
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