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Shooting into the light adds drama to an image but often causes flare. A flare dodger is a simple to make and use tool which can cancel out the effects of flare but you do have to make two exposures.

I have two dodgers, one made from a cut down tea-spoon and the other from a length of wire and some Shumi.


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One of the most important things for a photographer to learn is to make a mental checklist of the things to do before each shot AND to run through that checklist before each shot. No one is perfect, I still slip up sometimes, the light is changing, the moment is fleeting and for whatever reason the shot is rushed. It perhaps looks OK on the camera screen at the time but you get home, view it full size and “oh the disappointment!”


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The last few days, after getting back from Scotland, the days have had a fair bit of light cloud. The conditions were far from ideal for landscape photography but the soft even light of these days is ideal for flower photography...


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Landscape photography is never predictable; if you want to be able to pick up a camera, press the button and get a perfect picture every time you had better stay in the studio. The only element of control you have in landscape photography is...


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Mar 31 2015 Fuji issued a firmware update for the X-T1 and X-T1 Graphite Silver Edition Ver.3.10
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Lightroom is both a superb cataloguing program and photo development tool. Read my thoughts on this software.


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I want to consider one of the most important aspects of photography, the difference between a good exposure and a good photograph. A good photograph is dependent upon getting the exposure right but a good exposure is not of itself a good photograph.


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