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Building a Photoshop Power PC – Part 2

A few weeks ago I wrote Building a Photoshop Power PC – Part 1 in which I went through the rather enjoyable process of choosing components for my power PC. I used a couple of different companies to supply the parts for my PC wh...
 
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How to photograph Fireworks

Tomorrow night is the 5th of November and here in the UK, that means it’s bonfire night. For those that don’t know Bonfire Night it’s also known as Guy Fawkes night which celebrates the failed attempt by a group of plotters to ...

 
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HDR Winchester

As I mentioned in my last post, I recently paid a visit to Winchester to present a photo talk. Of course I couldn’t pass up the opportunity of spending a few days in this incredibly beautiful and historic city. Despite th...
 
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Building a Photoshop Power PC – Part 1

Every computer I’ve ever owned has had one thing in common and I’m not talking about the fact that they’ve all run a version of Windows. Whenever it’s been time to replace a PC I’ve always ended up buying one straight off the s...

 
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Recovering lost images

Hopefully you’ll never need this information… Most photographers understand that images stored on computer hard drives are not 100% safe. I know many photographers that have some sort of back up plan in place. It varies from ma...
 
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Yongnuo ST-E2 first look

It seems that Canon have been rather slow in seeing the advantage in off camera flash. Until the introduction of cameras like the Canon 7D and 60D, if you wanted to fire an off camera speedlite and still enjoy the benefits of E...

 
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Instant JPEG from RAW

You may or may not know that RAW files contain a hidden Jpeg files embedded within the RAW data. You see it when you review your images on the cameras LCD screen, which is all well and good, but why would you want to retrieve i...
 
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Portrait Retouch LIVE

I’m pretty sure many of you know of my friend Jared Polin from Fro Knows Photo. Jared is an amazing photographer and his passion for photography is undeniable. A few days ago Jared asked if I’d like to have a stab at editing on...

 
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A visit to Gatwick

Last Saturday on a very unseasonably hot and sunny October day, I was back at the amazing Gatwick Aviation Museum with my student for the day, Rich. After Rich and I had tackled a couple of my “photo challenges” we moved onto t...
 
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eSeminar recording

Firstly a huge thank you to everyone who attended the live eSeminar yesterday, it’s always great to see that some familiar names are in the room. I must also thank Adobe UK for hosting and organising the online event. I’m pleas...