In March I’m going to endeavour to take all of my photos in RAW, rather than JPEG format. I’ve been reading and learning a lot. Belonging to forums like the Australian Photography Forum is a great place to hang out as it has a mixture of experienced and newbie photographers as well as professional and…
Category: Hints and Tips
Birdwatching and what it entails
I’m learning a lot with my bird watching expeditions this year. Some of those expeditions have been away from home and others in the scrub at the back of our property. Here is what I’ve learnt, in no particular order. Wear neutral or earth tone colours, not bold bright colouring. You need to blend into…
Photo Collage
Got a message the other day via this site from a man about software his company has developed. It’s for creating photo collages but let him tell you in his words: We at Photovisi.com have developed a free online service that lets you create collages from your photos easily. We’re trying to spread the word…
Keeping in touch out there…
I belong to the Australian Photography Forum and have learnt so much from the members there. I love sharing my photos and seeing theirs but the forum extends much further beyond photo sharing. Recently a member asked what podcasts we listen to and I suddenly had an ‘aha’ moment. It had never even occurred to…
Missing an arm
My zoom lens is in for repair at the moment. The manual ring is jammed although the autofocus works fine. My husband thinks it may be the gearing mechanism and the spring might have got caught. Whatever the problem I’m missing it as it is my favourite lens and the one I use the most….
Patience – a needed virtue for photographers
Patience is not one of my best virtues but having taken up photography means I’ve had to start learning to be patient too. That means sitting still in one place and just wait for the right moment if I know that what I’m seeking is nearby. There is a bird hide at Lysterfield Lake Park…
New site set up
For months now I’ve been exploring different sites offered for photographers to show their photos and sell them. The majority of the sites were hosted in the US or UK and there are a couple here in Australia. What I was looking for is a service that does the following: Provides digital download on order…
Watermarks – the best placement?
I’ve found a great watermark program called Watermark Factory and it not only allows you to create watermarks, but also fancy borders. You can batch process your images so it doesn’t become tedious doing a large number of photos at a time. But I do struggle with the placement of the watermark. If you’ve been…
Forgot your memory card?
Have you ever gone out with your camera and then discovered you’d forgotten to replace your memory card? Yep, me too. What do you do to make sure you don’t forget it? For me, I simply leave the memory card door hanging open so when I grab my camera in my normal hold, the open…
Photomerge
Graham and I have recently bought a new home in country Victoria but we didn’t have a third party with us when we went to take photos of us with the SOLD sign. We didn’t have a tripod with us to use a timer either. So, we took a photo of each other, standing in…
Calibrate Your Monitor
I was reading in a photography magazine about the importance of calibrating your monitor periodically so set about searching for information on it. Found some interesting sites – if you can’t see a difference in the panels (especially the grey ones) then you definitely need to calibrate your monitor. Try these: http://epaperpress.com/monitorcal http://www.photofriday.com/calibrate.php http://www.displaycalibration.com How…
Finding your niche as a photographer
I participate in a number of photography forums – what better way to learn a new skill or craft than to mix and mingle with others already doing what I want to do. Someone posted a question asking how do they find their niche? This was my answer to them: I’m relatively new to DSLR…