Category Archives: Photo resources

DIY water drop apparatus

Posted on January 28, 2025 by Geoff Shaw

Here is a simple DIY project, a DIY water drop apparatus to get photos of splashes. I devised it for a workshop I gave to our camera club and decided to document what I did. Of course you could buy … Continue reading →

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Colour match two images during compositing.

Posted on January 11, 2024 by Geoff Shaw

Often, when you are compositing images the colours of the two (or more) source images may not match. Perhaps you have a model taken under studio lights that you want to layer onto a background with a different colour balance. … Continue reading →

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Adding a mist effect

Posted on January 8, 2024 by Geoff Shaw

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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Life magazine photo archive available for free

Posted on August 16, 2023 by Geoff Shaw

Following the 2023 AGM, WCC had a fascinating Workshop on LIFE Magazine photographers with Alwyn Hanson. “LIFE Magazine is the treasured photographic magazine that chronicled the 20th Century. It now lives on at LIFE.com, the largest, most amazing collection of … Continue reading →

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