Category Archives: Workflow

My Focus bracketing workflow

Posted on April 12, 2025 by Geoff Shaw

These are very brief notes in response to a query. I will probably update when I have more time. When I make a focus bracket series, I usually have some images at the beginning and end that are focused too … Continue reading →

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

Posted on August 7, 2024 by Geoff Shaw

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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Creative Photography Workshop by Suellen Saidee Cook

Posted on April 10, 2024 by Geoff Shaw

Our Creative SIG presentation 09 April 2024 was by Suellen Saidee Cook, who joined us by Zoom from her home in Tasmania. She creates imaginative composites with strong narratives. Cook’s style is mysterious, enchanting, whimsical and emotive, with threads of … 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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ON1 Photo Raw

Posted on July 28, 2021 by Geoff Shaw

Overview ON1 Photo RAW is a relative newcomer to the photo editing arena (currently designated ON1 Photo RAW 2021.5), but looks to be feature filled. It includes Digital asset management and a non-destructive, layered editing paradigm, incorporating many features of … Continue reading →

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Darktable

Posted on July 27, 2021 by Geoff Shaw

darktable is an open source photography workflow application and raw developer. A virtual lighttable and darkroom for photographers. It manages your digital negatives in a database, lets you view them through a zoomable lighttable and enables you to develop raw … Continue reading →

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Up-Scaling images

Posted on July 16, 2021 by Geoff Shaw

Introduction From time to time you may find you just don’t have enough pixels in your image. For example you may want to make a huge print from your image (or a smaller print from a cropped part of your … Continue reading →

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Basic Edits – Layers and Masks

Posted on August 16, 2020 by Geoff Shaw

Layers and Masks are an essential part of a non-destructive workflow, allowing you to modify an image, make repairs, and limit adjustments to specific areas of the image. Continue reading →

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Basic Edits – Levels and Curves

Posted on August 15, 2020 by Geoff Shaw

With Levels and Curves you can fine tune the tonal range and even colours in your images. Levels In Photoshop the Layers dialog has many features. The main ones are labelled below. Try out the AUTO settings – it will … Continue reading →

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Basic Edits – Highlights and Shadows

Posted on August 15, 2020 by Geoff Shaw

Highlights and Shadows Whilst the exposure controls control the mid-tones, the Highlights and Shadows controls work on these ends of the tone range. In addition the Whites and Blacks controls adjust the upper and lower limits of the brightness range … Continue reading →

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