Tag Archives: techniques

Photobooks and Calendars

Posted on March 11, 2025 by Geoff Shaw

Introduction Making photobooks or calendars for the first time can be daunting. There are many suppliers, all with their own systems, usually either a desktop computer application that you download, or an online web-based system. In my experience these systems … Continue reading →

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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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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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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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Kaleidoscope effect

Posted on August 24, 2022 by Geoff Shaw

Repeating patterns catch the eye, and the Kaleidoscope effect certainly provides plenty of repeating patterns. Kaleidoscopes use angled mirrors to produce repeated patterns (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaleidoscope), but this effect is easily achieved also in software like Photoshop or GIMP. There are lots … Continue reading →

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Triptych making in Photoshop and Lightroom

Posted on October 29, 2021 by Geoff Shaw

Geoff Shaw’s suggestions For some general comments on triptychs see HERE. This post will give a couple of approaches using Lightroom and using Photoshop. I use an example with the three images below (screen grab from my LR catalog). Lightroom. … Continue reading →

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The making of an intentionally blurred image (VIcki Moritz)

Posted on July 25, 2021 by Geoff Shaw

So you spent years learning how to shoot images in focus? Just for a change here is how to make an intentional blurred image such as the one below Source images- demonstrating you can make something out of not much! … Continue reading →

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Face in the clouds How-To (Stephen Hilton)

Posted on July 25, 2021 by Geoff Shaw

This How-To covers Stephen Hilton’s approach to create his image Face in the clouds. Start with a sky as your background layer (below). If the clouds are little dull, brighten them up with a curves or levels adjustment. Tip: I … Continue reading →

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Geoff’s photo doodler – Advanced Menu

Posted on November 10, 2020 by Geoff Shaw

As I add functionality to the program I have started a second menu to provide more space to place the controls. When you have loaded the image to draw, you can activate the Advanced menu by pressing the A key. … Continue reading →

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Blend If

Posted on October 24, 2020 by Geoff Shaw

Blend if is a powerful tool in the layer properties in Photoshop (other software may have similar functionality – explore your documentation). Open the layer properties and you find an Advanced Blending block and Blend If block in the central … Continue reading →

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