This week I talk about how I created some stunning black and white animal portraits, including a video to show you the processing.
Zoo Portraits Shooting and Processing (Podcast 826)
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Creating stunning black and white images in Capture One Pro (Podcast 606)
I recently created a video for the Phase One team to show how I created my Boat Graveyard black and white image using a number of techniques and features of Capture One Pro 11. We'll pick up the trail with the concluding episode of my 2018 Hokkaido Winter...
Capture One Pro Simple Adjustment Guide #1 (Podcast 552)
I recently put together a Simple Adjustment Guide for Capture One Pro from Phase One, which I'm releasing as this weeks Podcast to celebrate the release of version 10 of this incredible raw image processing software. In this guide I explain how I take the...
Scanning Medium Format 120 Film (Podcast 479)
This is part 4 of our Film Fun series, in which I walk you through scanning medium format 120 film into the computer. The podcast released for this episode is just an iPhone optimized low-resolution version of the full-sized video, which will enable you to view during...
Developing a Roll of ILFORD 120 Black and White Film (Podcast 477)
We continue our mini-series of Film Fun videos, and today is the big day! In this week's video, we develop a roll of black and white ILFORD 120 medium format film. The podcast released for this episode is just an iPhone optimized low-resolution...
Feeding 120 Film into a Paterson Reel for Developing (Podcast 476)
Today we continue our a mini-series of Film Fun videos, in which I'm walking you through my first experiences in using and processing ILFORD black and white 120 medium format film. The podcast released for this episode is just an iPhone optimized low resolution...
Loading and Unloading a Yashica-D TLR Camera with 120 Film (Podcast 475)
Today we kick off a mini-series of Film Fun videos, in which I'm going to walk you through my first experiences in using and processing ILFORD black and white 120 medium format film. I'm recording this brief audio introduction for release today, to let you know...
Productive Respites and Floral Fun (Podcast 450)
When it's not possible to get far away from home to a beautiful location, I love to just take a walk in the park with my Macro lens, and have some floral fun. Today I'm going to walk you through a few photos from a recent walk, and talk about how I take some of my...
Creating a Black Background in Silver Efex Pro 2 (Podcast 435)
In response to a couple of questions about an image I posted recently, today I'm going to walk you through how I created a totally black background in Silver Efex Pro 2, using a recent Lotus Flower photograph. Here is the video. Remember to go full screen so that you...
Podcast 267 : Silver Efex Pro in Use (Video)
Having used Nik Software's Silver Efex Pro 2, among other plugins for around a year and a half now, I have been meaning to talk more about this amazing plugin for some time. So today, we're going to touch on some of the times that I reach for Silver Efex Pro, and I'm...
Podcast 201 : Towada Lake Images
While in Aomori photographing the beautiful Oirase Mountain Stream, I stayed in a hotel at the Towada Lake, which is about 10 to 15 minutes away from the road that runs along the mountain stream that we looked at last week. The Towada Lake is really beautiful when in...