Photo Techniques Archives

Goodbye white sky…

Posted on August 16, 2020 By David Kilpatrick

With cloud covering much of Britain and our own home territory in near the North Sea coast shrouded in featureless white for days, remember that […]

Photo Techniques, software, Stock Photography, Techniques

Portrait perfection is just a few clicks away

Posted on August 12, 2020 By

There’s never been a better time to invest in PortraitPro, used by professionals everywhere for the best looking skin, eyes, mouth, hair and more.

Photo Techniques, software, Techniques

Elinchrom ELC500 TTL studio flash

Posted on August 2, 2020 By David Kilpatrick

In the ELC TTL heads, Elinchrom has combined most of the key features of mains studio flash with the functions of the ELB 500 TTL portable kit.

Equipment Reviews, Flash units, Photo Techniques, Studio, Studio Lighting, Techniques, Technology, Tests / Reviews

Never say ‘zoom with your feet’…

Posted on April 16, 2017 By David Kilpatrick

There’s a dismissive and rather superior position some camera club buffs take – ‘why not zoom with your feet?’. It is well worth ignoring. The focal […]

DK's ramblings, Lenses - E mount, Photo Techniques

Is retouching acceptable?

Posted on June 8, 2016 By David Kilpatrick

There’s been a controversy surrounding Steve McCurry, a photographer I have listened to on the edge of a conversation a couple of times courtesy of […]

Darkroom, DK's ramblings, Photo Techniques

A7RII shoots in Iceland’s glacier caves

Posted on November 26, 2015 By David Kilpatrick

Sony camera sensor technology enables a closer look at some of Mother Nature’s rarest sights that could not previously have been photographed in this way […]

NEX System, Photo Techniques, Sony Digital Cameras

Capturing Autumn colour better

Posted on November 3, 2015 By David Kilpatrick

Upper: unprofiled (Standard) raw conversion. Lower: using a tunsgten-light generated custom camera profile, combined with a polarising filter, gives a more vivid impression. Most Alpha system […]