Technique
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Photo Reconstruction, Davies In The Box
PhotoGP Episode 7 – Photo Reconstruction, Davies In The Box is now available on YouTube. But it’s a bit different from the previous videos I’ve posted there. See, what...
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Raw Challenge #10 – A Farewell To Wings
UPDATE: No more submissions, please. I have added my own version at the end. This is the version I created before I posted this article, and thus it has...
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Video: Raw Challenge #9 is a Photo Reconstruction
My latest photography editing video is now available on YouTube. This video is another Photo Reconstruction, but this time the subject image is the same one used for a...
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Raw Challenge #9 – Dani in Austria
UPDATE: No more submissions, please, and a big thank you to everyone who responded. I have added my own version at the end. This is the version I created...
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Video – Dust Spots Lightroom and Photoshop
My latest photography editing video is now available on YouTube. This video is intended for those who watched my earlier video on slow shutter speeds for panning shots and...
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Video – Photo Reconstruction Pedrosa Saturated
My latest photography editing video is now available on YouTube. The above image shows the unprocessed file on the left and the finished version on the right. This video...
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Visual Storytelling – Crop To Find Your Tale
A new PhotoGP photography video is now playing on YouTube, with the extended, 1080p version available to my Patreon supporters. Instead of reconstructing a photo, in this episode I...
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Photo Reconstruction Videos Now Playing
If you enjoy the photo editing articles I post here, please take a look at the videos I’m creating in which I not only describe the edit settings but...
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Gaffer Tape Photo Protection
When I arrived in MotoGP in 2009 I didn’t notice anyone else in the media center using gaffer tape to protect their camera equipment. Now it’s quite common to...
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Raw Challenge #8 – Lorenzo Pit Lane
UPDATE: No more submissions, please, and a big thank you to everyone who responded. I have added my own version at the end. This is the version I created...
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PhotoGP Raw Challenge History
In the PhotoGP Raw Challenge, readers download either an original raw file straight from the camera or an unprocessed jpg equivalent and edit that file the way they think...
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Raw Challenge #7 – Petrucci Pre-Podium
UPDATE: No more submissions, please, and a huge thank you to everyone who responded. As promised, I have added my own version at the end. This is the version...
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Photo Editor: Photo Cropping for Motor Sports
While looking at the reader versions of the latest Raw Challenge I thought I might make some comments on the choices one makes about photo cropping when editing an...
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Raw Challenge #6 – WSBK at Laguna Seca
UPDATE: No more submissions, please, and a huge thank you to everyone who responded. I have added my own version at the end. This is the version I created...
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Photo Editor: Raw Format File Size Options
Recently I had occasion to make an unusual decision: I wanted to bring only one camera body to a motorcycle race. Usually I bring three camera bodies, a Nikon...
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Photography Tips – Some Advice about Internet Advice
This post isn’t on photography technique per se. Rather it’s some advice, on the Internet, about how to approach advice you find on the Internet. When I returned to...
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Lens Hood Use: Do It Right
If I had a nickel for every time I saw someone using a camera with the lens hood on backwards, my travel expenses would not be an issue. I...
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Slow Shutter Motion Blur
Please click on the above image to view it larger. Working in pit lane is one of the best things about photographing a MotoGP race weekend. But there are...
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Use the Histogram to Adjust Image Brightness
One of the most common problems I see with digital images is that they are too dark, and occasionally too bright. I’ve no doubt they look fine to the...
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Reader Questions: Autofocus Modes, Tripods and Teleconverters
Reader Saurabh Singh wrote in from India to ask a few questions, which I’ll answer here in case they might help others as well. 1. Autofocus — Single point...