How to get a pure white background in ACR and PS

December 22nd, 2013

How to check whether the background of an image is pure white, and different methods you can use to blow out the background to pure white in ACR and Photoshop. [...]


A few panoramas

December 16th, 2013

A few 360° panoramas that I've processed lately from the UK, Japan, Crimea / Ukraine, and Bavaria. [...]


A few false colour IR photos from a recent walk

October 29th, 2013

Some photos from a recent walk taken with a Fuji IS Pro camera and Hoya 25A Red filter to give Red + Infrared images. Most of the photos have been processed to give a false colour infrared image. [...]


Why I’m now using watermarks on my photos

September 12th, 2013

Why I've decided to watermark my photos, and the reasons behind why I chose a border style watermark rather than one that overlays the image. [...]


Kodak 1A Pocket Jr. Digital Mod

July 14th, 2013

The Kodak 1A Pocket Junior was a 1920s-30s folding bellows camera. I modified the bellows and lens part for use on a digital camera. [...]


Using a monopod as a tripod boom arm

July 10th, 2013

How to use a monopod as a boom arm on a tripod. [...]


UV & Multispectral landscape photography

May 15th, 2013

My first attempt at ultraviolet and multispectral landscape photography - how it turned out, how I processed the images, and what I learned for future attempts. [...]


Ultraviolet and multispectral flower photos

May 9th, 2013

Photos of flowers taken using ultraviolet light compared to visible light photos. Also some multi-spectral photos created by combining IR, UV, and Visible light images. [...]


How to make a filter adapter / rear element protector for reversed lens macro

April 8th, 2013

How to use a rear lens cap and a step-up ring to create an adapter that will allow you to mount filters on a reversed lens. This also helps protect the exposed rear element of the lens. [...]


Multispectral Daffodil

February 5th, 2013

How I combined Ultraviolet, Infrared, and Visible light photos of a daffodil to create a multispectral image, but using a different technique to the standard using images as channels method. I also share the results of a quick test to compare the amount of UV light passed by the EL-Nikkor 80mm f/5.6, EL-Nikkor 75mm f/4 N, and Wray 3¼in. f/4.5 Supar lenses. [...]