I'm now a Brand Ambassador for Calibrite

Proud to announce that I am now a Brand Ambassador for Calibrite

I've been using Calibrite (formerly X-Rite) calibration products for a number of years to make sure that what I see on my screen, and ultimately edit, is accurate with regards to colour, brightness and contrast, which then leads to the best possible print.

Very happy to have been approached because those that know me, know that I never approach a company; I've always believed that if you put the work in and are consisent then it's only a matter of time before good things happen.

The POWER of POINT COLOUR 🔥 LIGHTROOM UPDATE (October 2023)

The October 2023 update to Lightroom and Camera Raw introduces Point Color .. a POWERFUL way to target and manipulate colour …

UPDATE 💥 The FACTS ABOUT GENERATIVE FILL in PHOTOSHOP 2024

Generative Fill and Generative Expand in Photoshop ... Low Resolution or High Resolution? Will that change? Will it cost me to have High Resolution results? Is it 1024px square or 2000px square? Does using a smaller selection work better? What about the future? What about credits?

There's a PROBLEM with GENERATIVE FILL AI in PHOTOSHOP 2024 😳 Photographers ... Be Aware!

Is Generative Fill AI ready for some SERIOUS use by Photographers and not just for images posted on social media???

•UPDATE: Generative Fill dimensions remain at 1024 pixels square

THIS is why I do what I do ❤️

A few weeks back I took the portrait of the wonderful Di Edwards; wife of the late David Edwards ( World War 2 Veteran) and a family that, thanks to my 39-45 Portraits Project I have become very close to.

Well, yesterday ( 31st July 2023 ) I popped over to Abergavenny, Wales to see Di and her son Chris and to take the printed portraits over to them and I simply could noty have wished for a better reaction.

As the title of this post says … THIS is why I do what I do❤️

Here’s the portraits that I took; both of which were using natural light coming in through a large sliding patio door that leads out onto Di’s garden …

Di and her son Chris

When leaving, as always we had a hug but I’ll forever cherish that she said “I’m blessed to have you as a friend”

Ditto that Di ❤️

Di and her late husband, David Edwards … the best of human-kind right there !

WW2 Veteran David Edwards photographed in April 2019

Squarespace makes it easier to add Photographs

Now THIS is a great update from Squarespace, making it so incredibly easy to add photographs to your website from a phone or tablet without having to import, export etc …

LIGHTROOM UPDATE (June 2023)

It’s June 2023 and Adobe have just added some updates into Lightroom Classic and Lightroom Cloud which includes Lightroom Mobile.

So, here’s a quick run through of the main bits 👍🏻

Here too is a link to the Official Adobe Lightroom Website giving full detail including all the mior updates including new cameras and lenses added …

Guest Blog Post on Scott Kelby's Photoshop Insider

Really proud to be a Guest over on Scott Kelby’s Photoshop Insider website today ( LINK )

I followed Scott’s blog when I first started out and still do to this day. Back in the day Scott used to run a ‘Motivational’ post every Tuesday and I’ll never forget the morning I started reading as usual and saw that his Tueday post was about me.

We’d not met and become friends at that point but Scott was telling his readers about my work and recommeding they go check it out. That meant a lot!

So much has happened since then and a big motivator of that was and is the support Scott has shown me over the years, so to be back on his blog today is something special for me … it’s kind of where it all started.

Thanks Scott and thanks to Brad Moore for reaching out.

PHOTOGRAPHERS ... STOP USING HDMI to connect your Monitor / Display 😳

Photographers ... who knew that connecting your computer to your display with a HDMI cable actually be the reason you're colours look bad and your prints look nothing like they do on the screen?

This video explains all why

IMPORTANT NOTE:
This video is NOT refering to the HDMI cable but the HDMI settings. In some systems for example with an NVIDIA Graphics Card it is possible to dive in and alter the setting so give the Full Range (0 - 255) however this isn’t possible on some other systems including Mac. In this case, amn alternative connection between computer and display is advised e.g. USB-C

NOISE REDUCTION ... Which one is the BEST?

Now that Adobe has released Denoise AI Noise Reduction in Lightroom and Camera Raw how does it compare to other Noise Reduction Software by Topaz, DxO, On1 and Luminar?