Photography

Processing: you can have too much of a good thing

by Dave Stevenson on 29 June 2010 in Photography
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The whole point of digital images is that they can be improved with post-processing, but over-manipulate them and you’ll risk becoming clichéd. I wrote a column a couple of months ago along the lines of the death of Photoshop. In it, I suggested that for many professionals, the days of a per-pixel photo editor were [...]

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Push your gear to the limits and not your budget

by Dave Stevenson on 18 June 2010 in Photography

With a little bit of imagination and ingenuity, it’s possible to take pictures that are truly out of this world, without costing the earth. I’ve always wanted to go into space. The initial surge of adrenaline of achieving a life-long dream, a period of mystified wonder and amazement at the sheer scale of everything, followed [...]

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Is the Digital Economy Bill wrong for rights?

by Dave Stevenson on 28 May 2010 in Photography

Copyright is a complex issue, which is why it’s so galling that the Digital Economy Bill was passed by MPs with little understanding of it… If there is a sight more depressing in modern political history than watching 40 Members of Parliament debate the Digital Economy Bill on its second reading in the House of [...]

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Why Evil cameras might be a very good thing indeed

by Dave Stevenson on 18 May 2010 in Photography

Okay, Evil (micro four-thirds) cameras aren’t going to replace DSLRs, but they’re a hell of a lot more convenient for everyday use. Last week, someone asked what I thought the next big thing in the world of cameras was. Since thinking about cameras forms quite a chunk of my income, I was disturbed to find [...]

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There’s no substitute for being there

by Dave Stevenson on 18 May 2010 in Photography

Forget all the nerdy technical minutiae that comes with DSLRs: the trick to taking fantastic pictures is actually getting out there with your camera… Congratulations are due to Canon, which with the 550D may have finally finished inventing new categories of DSLR. A few years ago, there were two categories: entry-level bodies such as the [...]

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There’s more to life than Photoshop for digital imaging

by Dave Stevenson on 18 May 2010 in Photography

While Photoshop is the tool of choice for most creative pros, photographers may prefer Lightroom or Aperture for managing their libraries. I was speaking on the phone to Hugh Pinney the other day. Hugh is the senior director of photography at Getty Images, and while we were talking he said something interesting. Actually, while we [...]

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