Articles
This section is for practical tips and tricks, observations on some of the Received Wisdom out there and – down the line, maybe – technical articles.
Disk failures and online backup services
I’ve lost a lot of images, and it’s because I’d backed them up…
Question & Answer
Responses to some of the questions and comments I’ve received lately.
My workflow
I get asked about my workflow – _such as it is! – from time to time, so I thought it was time to write something about it.
How to paint a DSLR
This is just wrong on so many levels. Funny though!
Comments - and an apology!
I’ve just deleted a bunch of recent comments by mistake!
Bird video with the 7D
The Canon 7D’s video capabilities are starting to interest me…
50D shutter in slow motion (video)
A short video showing just what a pounding the innards of your camera gets every time you press the shutter button!
Using Raw Therapee Post Processing Profiles
Raw Therapee profiles are a simple way to fine-tune the output of this excellent RAW converter – but you need to know how to use them!
Where did my pictures go?
Something very worrying has happened to a hard drive’s worth of images – and I’m stumped…
What I'd like the Canon 50D to be...
If I was designing the new Canon 50D, it would be a bit like this…
RawShooter Essentials and the 40D - update
RawShooter Essentials isn’t quite dead yet.
This is a quick piece on how to make it work with the 40D.
Content-aware image resizing
A new way to resize an image, but without the need to crop or to reduce the size of the subject.
The 40D and high ISO
I reckon that the 40D is a better high ISO performer than some “experts” would have us believe…
The 40D and birds in flight
There have already been some rumblings about the 40D not being suitable for Bird In Flight (BIF) shots. This might be why.
Bird photography tips
This might seem rather presumptuous – a Johnny-Come-Lately like me giving tips on as difficult a discipline as bird photography – but really the following are just a few common sense suggestions, some of which relate to more than just bird photography.
Sharpness isn't everything
I’ve wanted to write something about the sharpness obsession for a long time. This first draft is really just capturing my thoughts, and I’ll come back to it now and again.
Using the Canon 100-400mm
Some thoughts on getting results from this lens.