Looking at the increasing trend to over-saturate the “rainbow rocks” of Lake McDonald, vs the calming alternatives the mountain lakes of Glacier National Park can provide.
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Small & Mighty: Apple Mac Studio M1 Ultra Review – The Creative’s Flexible Workstation
Paul reviews the new Apple Mac Studio M1 Ultra – A flexible, powerful workstation for creatives, photographers & digitechs, both on-location and back at base.
Take it, Don’t Fake it. The Disturbing Rise of Photoshop-ography
As part of my post last year, I briefly touched on the growing number of “photoshop-ographers” in the industry – a worrying trend which is creating a void of necessary in-camera capture skills and knowledge. This is where people are instead opting to “fix things later” (often fabricating reality), publishing fake scenes while claiming them to be photographs. In this article, I want to explore the challenges we face as a result of this apparent shift in what […]
“Getting the shot” – how far is going too far?
I sit writing this with a smile on my face, as I’m about to link to the most unique headline I’ve ever read: “A Frog Riding a Beetle: Is This a Real Wildlife Photo or a Bunch of BS?” Reading that article, as well as looking at the claimed “perfectly timed” shot from last year’s Sony World Photography Awards, it brings back the memory of a story I read recently about the cormorant fishermen in […]
Can technology make a model? – Photoshop vs reality : who wins?
It’s been a long-running debate: “How much photoshop is too much photoshop?”. In the same way that the word “text” didn’t used to be a verb, the word “Photoshop” (obviously copyright Adobe) has become synonymous with retouching or “airbrushing” worldwide. As a digital photographer, it’s one of the key tools I use every day, and provides me with a truly “digital darkroom” when it comes to fixing those small imperfections that often appear when you […]