Mastering digital long exposure photography If you’re new to digital photography or still relying on an exposure app or chart then this post is for you! So you have mastered […]
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Bliss Images – The Early Years
When Kath asked me to talk about my early days in photography, I wasn’t sure where to start. Me with my trusty Kodak Instamatic 104 on one of my […]
Publishing with Smart Folders from Lightroom
One of the frustrations I had when I started sharing photo’s was co-ordinating sharing images to multiple websites and social media pages. Uploading to each site was time consuming and […]
Amendments to the Focus Constitution – results
RESULTS OF THE VOTE: Thanks to all the registered members who took the time to vote either absentee or in person at the General Meeting held today at Newport. All […]
Shooting Multi-Row Panoramas
Shooting Multi‐Row Panoramas Stephen Tyler https://www.flickr.com/photos/torkn2u/ All images © Stephen Tyler 2014. I’ve long been fascinated by huge prints from masters like Ansel Adams (large format) and Ken […]
Focus Awards Night 2014 – Photo Gallery
A collection of images taken on the evening of the Focus 2014 Awards. To see the gallery of winning images in each category, click here. This first set of images from […]
Member Profile – Jim Picot
I’m happily married to Floranie and have 2 children, James and Grace, residing at the beautiful Blue Bay. The Central Coast has an abundance of photo opportunities, with pristine beaches, […]
Panoramas – Big Picture Thinking
Why Do I shoot panoramas? The answer to this question has evolved over time. Or more correctly, I actually have an answer to this question whereas previously, the justification was […]
Panoramas – The making of “Belly of the Beast”
Panoramic Stitching This panorama was shot on my Fuji X-E2 with a new 10-24mm lens and a new untested pano head. Therefore the basics like entrance pupil location weren’t sorted. I guesstimated and got […]
Star Trails – Set up and Post Processing
The following Star Trail article was written by the talented photographer – Rodney Campbell. He talks about post processing star trail source images in Lightroom, stacking these as layers in […]