I usually walk around with the camera all the time when traveling, so I have a PeakDesign Capture Camera Clip that allows me to keep the camera in my backpack strap and have quick access to it: I can pull it, take the photo and put it back really quick. The camera clip is very… Continue reading TSA confused my PeakDesign Capture Camera Clip with a flip knife
Editing Midtones with Affinity Photo
While editing Highlights and Shadows is very straightforward with Affinity Photo with the dedicated panel provided, it's not as intuitive to edit midtones. I'm not sure why the Highlights & Shadows panel doesn't include a midtones (and it should be renamed to Tone or something similar), but there's surely a good reason. Maybe it's seldom… Continue reading Editing Midtones with Affinity Photo
WordCamp US 2018 – Nashville
I was lucky to attend the WordCamp US a few months ago in Nashville again. The city of music is a great place to visit and now that I'm into photography, I appreciate there are a lot of places to shoot. The WordCamp US is a conference around the WordPress content management system for websites.… Continue reading WordCamp US 2018 – Nashville
Beach days
Scottish bliss
Playing with light
Been doing some explorations on light painting using a flashlight. It's really simple but fun! The only tip I could give is not to point the flashlight straight to the camera. This avoids ugly lens flares and haze. I made these two exposing 8 seconds at f11. That small aperture produced the streaks that… Continue reading Playing with light
The gorgeous route 5 in Chile
Brooklyn bridge lights
The vibrant traffic at the Brooklyn bridge, heading towards Brooklyn ✨ It's remarkable that 145,000 cars cross the bridge daily in average. Before the bridge opening in 1883, the only way to cross the East River was through ferry, which not only was long and tedious but sometimes dangerous due to the strong river current.⠀
On editing photos and removing distractions
One important thing to keep in mind when composing a photo is to have a subject. If there is something in the way, it should be something leading the eye towards the main subject. All other things are distractions: they take the focus away from your main subject and should be thus removed. But should… Continue reading On editing photos and removing distractions