Category Archives: composition

Killer Tips: Adrian Donoghue

Adrian Donoghue kindly judged the Waverley-Geelong Creative Competition (gallery at https://waverleycc.smugmug.com/Presentations-and-Events/Geelong-Waverley-Creative-Interclub-2024) He followed this with a presentation on his notes from his presentation “10 killer tips for creative ideas”. He has generously provided his notes that you can download from … Continue reading

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Ewen Bell’s Judging Comments (ICM) and helpful links.

Ewen broke the mould with his judging for our monthly competition (set subject ICM), turning it into a very educational presentation highlighting concepts that he illustrated using a selection of the entries. His presentation slides can be downloaded from https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/nai1n0ug2rui0qsmiuk7t/WCC-ICM-2024.pdf?rlkey=4rouxml3h3vh11x8fc3wlgnp6&dl=0 … Continue reading

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Adding a mist effect

Mist can enhance some images, and adding a misty effect in Photoshop is not difficult. Here is one approach, based on the method demonstrated by Sharon Prenton Jones at a WCC workshop, Jan 2024. In this work through I am … Continue reading

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Depth of field – a simulator …

Here is a useful resource to help you get your head around depth of field and how it changes depending on aperture, focal length, focal distance and sensor format. You can see the effect of changing any of these parameters … Continue reading

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Some useful training videos

Below are some miscellaneous training videos that look to me to be worth viewing. Beginner level More advanced level videos to be added as I come across candidates.

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