Last month we reviewed the brilliant "Magic of Black and White" e-book and this weeks sees not only the release of second instalment but a special offer for Seven by Five readers. The Magic of Black and White series is about the craft of converting the captured image into black and white in the digital darkroom. … [Read more...]
Photo Profile : Tim Allen
Firstly I'd like to apologise if this rambles a bit but I've not done anything like this before, so expect a collection of thoughts rather than a quality bit of wordsmithery! I can think of a couple of times when I was younger when I was keen to get into photography but it never really happened. Looking back, it's almost as if I was waiting for a change to happen, which of … [Read more...]
Photo Profile : Stephen Barnes
Being a bit of an adrenalin junkie, my photographic passion is photojournalism and documentary photography, particularly ‘hard news’. When I hear of any newsworthy event through the grapevine, I jump in the car and try to get into the thick of the action. This form of photography is a challenge – how to get the shots you need without influencing or disturbing the environment … [Read more...]
How to Move a Lightroom Catalogue (The Easy Way)
Over the last few months I have been aware of the unavoidable need for me to move my Lightroom catalogue to an external drive. My internal harddrive was filling up fast so taking a 250GB external USB drive I decided to move my library over. As usual I started the move at the worst possible time and what should have been a simple task ended up a complete disaster. I … [Read more...]
Only 6% of Readers Successful with Microstock
One of the largest markets for selling is your work has to be the stock photography websites. They are a plenty and they generally involve quite a number of hoops to jump through before your photos end up live in the market place. This week we asked about your success with Microstock sites and the results were particularly interesting. 76% of readers have either no interest … [Read more...]