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Monthly Archives: January 2013
Black is black….
….except when it isn’t. When doing post-production, make sure that the areas of your image that should be totally black are in fact totally black. Take this image. The photographer is black. But is he?As you know, a RAW image … Continue reading
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Simplify…
More about simplifying to make pictures better. A recurrent theme here on speedlighter. Consider this image, of Jane Dayus Hinch the other day: It started like this: I would argue that the above crop and the straightening (“disciplining”) of the … Continue reading
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Work to be done.
As you know, I believe that as a photographer, you should, as much as possible, make your photos in the camera, not in post-production (like Photoshop or Lightroom). But there is always some work to be done in post. This … Continue reading
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Inverse Square
You have heard, perhaps, of the Inverse Square Law. I hope you have. Because it is rather important in photography. The Inverse Square Law says that the intensity of light shining on an object from a light source decreases with the square of the distance … Continue reading


