Roger Payne explains how to take a colour image and use Lightroom to convert it into a contrasty black & white shot Read More
Black & white conversions – Lightroom tutorial video
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Enthusiast to pro photographer – My first jobs
By Rachel Riley
How time flies! It has been a fair few months since the tentative decision was made to start the journey to being a professional photographer. As it seems to have been with a lot of people, 2016 was not a good year, so development of the new business was more or less put on hold while efforts, energies and emotions were channeled in more pressing directions. That’s not to say there weren’t opportunities for photography, and it was at times an excellent way to escape some harsh realities.
Never one to do things by halves, the first job was quite Read More
Add life to your landscapes – The Graduated Filter Tool
Using a Fujifilm Raw file, Roger Payne explains how to give your landscapes a boost with Lightroom’s Graduated Filter Tool Read More
Capturing interiors – a photographers guide
By Maria Fernández
Beautiful interiors are no longer only to be seen in interior design magazines. From restaurants and cafes to hotels and offices, every business, no matter its nature, is making an effort to incorporate some type of style and design to their interiors. We can’t deny there is a big trend to make spaces look simply beautiful. Interiors are one of my favourite subjects to photograph. As in any other type of photography, lighting is the Read More
Get your buildings straight – Lightroom tutorial video
Continuing his series of quick and simple Lightroom techniques to improve your Fujifilm images, Roger explains how to get around the common problem of backward-leaning buildings. Read More
On the run with the FUJIFILM X-Pro2
By James Carnegie
“Never go into a shoot with kit you don’t know inside out: it’s a recipe for disaster”. My ancient photography tutor’s voice from way back rang clear as our flight circled Belfast, descending through the mist to land. The only two people onboard choosing to wear shorts and running gear, on an early December Irish morning (it’s not known for warm winters…) wasn’t the only questionable decision that day: the X-Pro2 and lenses, wrapped in spare running socks & thermals between my feet, that had arrived by courier the afternoon before were completely alien to me. Read More