Dave Stevenson

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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Who says a sensitivity of ISO102,400 is useless?

by Dave Stevenson on 18 May 2010 in Photography

The top-end Nikon D3s’s maximum sensitivity means it’s hugely flexible – it can even shoot in the dark – and things are only going to get better… Quick, who wants to play a trivia game? Name, with a good reason, the single biggest advantage that digital photography has over film. There are plenty of candidates, [...]

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