Did you know there are over 200 shortcuts in Lightroom? Lightroom 4 has been the core of my workflow for some time now, it´s such a powerful application that it is considered the industry standard by many pros. My relationship with Lightroom is a kind of love hate affair. I love what it does, it works almost exactly in the way I want. So where´s the hate?? The thing is I spend far too many hours using Lightroom than I would like, I´ve
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Yay it´s my birthday !!! and what better present than a double page spread in this months National Geographic Traveller magazine that comes out today. This image was shot during the annual Holi festival in the Dwarva Desh temple in Matura, India. Holi is celebrated by throwing paint over everyone and everything by Hindus across India. Mathura is believed to be the birth place of the Hindu god Krishna who is said to have started all this madness back in the 4th centry BC and the
Read more... →At the end of last month I was delighted and honoured to be invited to become a member of the X-Rite Coloratti Program. Now let me first say I´m not being paid by X-Rite to say this, nor am I making money on referrals or anything like that. For me this is simply a marketing opportunity that I have been presented with and I´d be a fool to pass up on it. I don´t talk much about the gear I use, I´m a
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January is all but over which means it must start getting warmer soon, no?? Well it certainly means its time for the February 2013 Desktop Wallpaper As might be obvious to many of my blog readers I’ve been struggling a little with the English winter, did I mention that before? Anyway at the moment I’m excitted to be making plans that will see me leave the English weather behind and head once agin for warmer climates. I don’t want to
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Every now and then you meet someone in your life who changes the way you see and think about things. About 18 months ago I met someone who fits nicely into that category, Richard Pilnick. At first he appeared a bit of an odd ball with his ginger beard and mop of a hair do, but I soon realised there was more to this guy. Now I thought I was carrying a fair amount of kit with me, but Richard was
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In preparation for the upcoming Wonders of Spain photo tour I have been visiting several of the locations that we will follow. After Madrid the nest stop is the ancient town of Toledo. A visit to Toledo feels like you’ve stepped back in time to when Christianity, Judaism and Islam lived side by side without any of the religious hatred that is so common in the modern world. The medieval city will inspire you with its incredible cathedral, beautifully preserved synagogues and mosques. Toledo is one
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In preparation for the upcoming Wonders of Spain photo tour I have recently been visiting all of the cities that will make up the tour. The first city on the tour is Madrid, a city I´ve visited countless times but I´ve never really shot much here, so I´ve been checking out suitable locations to visit. Unfortunately my first few days here were extremely foggy, I normally like a bit of fog to add some mood to my images, but it works best in the countryside and
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I know, I know I´m running a bit late with this one but I wanted to share it with you never the less. I´ve been producing these free wallpapers for several years now without missing a month and I really wanted to keep that up. So apologise for the lateness but I hope that wont put you off. This image was shot on a frosty morning in Toledo, an hour or so out side of Madrid. Toledo is an incredibly
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Towards the end of last week my friend Gavin Gough released his first and long awaited ebook entitled the Photographer’s Workflow. There have been rumours of Gavin writing an ebook for almost as long as I can remember, I have been waiting patiently for some time, but its here, it does exist and the wait has been more than worth while. The reason I have been waiting for this ebook is Gavin really knows his stuff and this release only strengthens that
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Brrrrr, December is here, this is my first winter in the UK for several years and to be honest I´m not sure how I´m going to cope. It´s not the cold I can handle that, mind you it was pretty nippy down on the beach last night where I shot this first image, but not cold enough for me to be back down there at 6am this morning. We really are having some incredible light for this time of year.
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