A guide for creating custom White Balance images for the Canon R5 (and possibly other Canon cameras) where you can easily identify the intended White Balance of the image from the thumbnail. Mainly useful when using different filters that require different white balances. [...]
Posted in Photography Tutorials | No Comments » Last updated 2024/12/16 by Dave Kennard
A look at using in-camera white balance for infrared video with various infrared + visible light mix filters. Also looking at various hue shifts and channel swaps to see if the same effects can be achieved as in stills. [...]
Posted in Photography Tutorials | No Comments » Last updated 2024/11/02 by Dave Kennard
Explanation of how I store and organise the various photographic equipment I use, covering lenses, cameras, lighting gear, batteries, filters, and more. [...]
Posted in Photography Tutorials | No Comments » Last updated 2017/12/06 by Dave Kennard
How to take a cheap umbrella softbox and turn it into a stripbox by using it with the umbrella only part-only. [...]
Tags: Photographic lighting, Softbox, Stripbox Posted in Photography Tutorials | No Comments » Last updated 2016/01/06 by Dave Kennard
A low cost, low weight, small size DIY panorama head / panorama plate solution for cylindrical and partial panoramas. [...]
Tags: Panorama Posted in Photography Tutorials | No Comments » Last updated 2015/12/19 by Dave Kennard
Discussion on the difficulties in taking 360° panoramas using ultraviolet light only, and links to a couple of example UV panos. [...]
Tags: Panorama, UV Photography Posted in Photography Tutorials | No Comments » Last updated 2015/12/07 by Dave Kennard
How to take long exposure infrared photos using an unconverted camera or a converted camera with neutral density filters. [...]
Tags: Infrared Photography, Neutral Density filter, Zomei Posted in Photography Tutorials | 2 Comments » Last updated 2015/05/17 by Dave Kennard
Comparison between an infrared converted camera and a standard unconverted camera for infrared photography, looking at a variety of infrared filters. [...]
Tags: Fujifilm X-A1, Fujifilm X-M1, Fujifilm XC 16-50mm f/3.5-5.6 OIS, Infrared Photography, Lee Infrared Polyester Filter, Zomei Posted in Photography Tutorials, Reviews and info | 9 Comments » Last updated 2015/04/13 by Dave Kennard
Examples of various different types of corrupted images I found in my backup (PSDs, NEFs, CR2s), and the importance of validating your backups. [...]
Tags: Backup, Corrupted Images Posted in Photography Tutorials | 3 Comments » Last updated 2015/02/24 by Dave Kennard
How the best lighting conditions for normal photography are usually bad for infrared photography, and vice versa. [...]
Tags: Infrared Photography, Zomei Posted in Photography Tutorials, Photos | 2 Comments » Last updated 2015/02/14 by Dave Kennard