Tag: white balance
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Tutorial: Beautiful Smooth n Soft Skin
Having seen my new LinkedIn picture, my beautiful wife wanted one of her own. Of course, she didn’t want the ‘aged’ version I did for myself (see here) but something a little more realistic. Pictures of her wouldn’t usually be the subject of a tutorial because she’s blessed with a radiant smile, sparkling eyes and…
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Tutorial: Adding the Grime
I needed a new photo for my LinkedIn profile and wanted something that shows maturity but not age. Here’s how I added the grime to a standard photo to get the desired results. You’ll recall that a while back I built a continuous light ring for my Pretty Ugly People study: I used that on…
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Review (Olympus EP-2): Our 4/3rds Weekend at East Brother Light Station
As you know my lovely wife and I are about to hike the Grand Canyon. This epic 3 day walk, carrying all our gear will probably kill me, but that’s OK because I intend to leave some lovely photos of the event for my descendants to quibble over. The problem I have, is what camera…
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Tutorial: Neighing in the rain (white balance)
It’s all about the crop or It’s all about the temperature I posted the below picture last week. I was very unhappy with it at the time but I couldn’t work out how to make it better. Thanks to May‘s version of the image, I now know what I was doing wrong. The above picture…