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The Lenses I Used in China
Fujifilm XT-1, 35mm lens, 1/400 @f10, ISO 1600 The Forbidden City is one of Beijing’s most famous attractions. And rightly so – despite the crowds and the heat exploring the temples, alleyways and...
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How to Take Photos in Fog (and process them in Lightroom)
After leaving China we flew on to the UK to visit family. Now we are spending a few weeks in Galicia in north-west Spain. It’s a fascinating region, green and mountainous, mostly rural. There’s a...
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Going wide in Galicia
Fujifilm X-T1, Fujinon 14mm f2.8 lens, 1/125 @ f9, ISO 400There’s a seaside town in north-west Galicia called Muxia. The town has a church (Virxe da Barca) built on a rocky outpost facing the sea. On...
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How to use DxO Optics Pro with Lightroom
One of the benefits of using Lightroom is that (provided your lens has been profiled by Adobe) you can use it to correct some common optical aberrations.Vignetting caused by using wide apertures...
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Behind the Photo – Portrait Lenses
There are two lenses that every portrait photographer should own at least one of – the 85mm and 50mm prime lenses. If you have a full-frame camera, then the 85mm lens is generally best for head and...
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Portraits in Low Light
1/180 sec @ f1.8, ISO 6400 Low light is beautiful. Often the best light of the day comes after the sun has set, especially if you are by the sea as the water acts like a giant reflector, bouncing the...
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Comparing Portrait Lenses
I took two lenses with me on a recent portrait shoot: the Canon EF 85mm f1.8 and Canon EF 40mm f2.8 pancake lenses. I wanted to compare the aesthetics of each lens for portraits, and the results were...
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Street Food in Xi’an
Fujifilm XT-1, 56mm lens, 1/250 @ f4, ISO 800 Today’s photo was taken in the Muslim Quarter in Xi’an. The streets are lined with food stalls. This one was selling fish – perhaps you could call it fish...
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Steel Wool Spinning
Photography opportunities don’t finish once the light gets low. If you have a cable release and a good tripod then the creative possibilities continue well into dusk. The photo above was taken when...
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Lenses I Own
Now that my Understanding Lenses eBooks are complete I thought it would be interesting for my readers to know what lenses I use for my EOS cameras and why. Choosing lenses can be problematic,...
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