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A Comprehensive Guide to Amazing Smartphone Photography
Smartphones have revolutionised photography, transforming how we capture and share our experiences. No longer are bulky cameras and complicated setups needed to create compelling imagery; our phones offer exceptional photographic capabilities right in our pockets. After I sold all my Nikon gear and before I started working with Fujifilm, I spent years solely shooting on iPhone or Samsung, so I have plenty of experience with that. You are about to read the...
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Updated Prompt Formula for Consistent Great 'Photos' with AI
Exactly a year ago, I published my proven ChatGPT formula to achieve consistent great ‘photos’ with AI (Midjourney). It has helped me produce many very good-looking, realistic images. But with the pace at which improvements are released, does the formula stand the test of time? Or is it due an update? This is what we aim to find out today. Before we dive in, as I did in the original post, I...
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AI at Meta, How to Object and Deny Consent
If you are looking for information on how to deny consent to AI at Meta and exercise your right to object, this is it. BEFORE WE BEGIN… Traffic has spiked hugely since publishing this article, causing server overload and, therefore, a slower website. So, my apologies if this has affected you. To compensate for the disruption, I’m offering you a 10% discount on everything directly available in-store right now. Simply use the code...
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Elevate On-Brand Product Photography with AI
AI art platforms can create stunning on-brand images for your e-commerce site with just text prompts. Learn the simple formula for visually-striking backdrops, colours, and compositions and boost your sales with no design experience needed!
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Consistently Great 'Photos' with Midjourney and ChatGPT [Formula]
Yes, you have come to the right place to learn the secret to consistently obtaining great photos with Midjourney. It’s all thanks to a proven ChatGPT formula. So it’s AI creating AI—with the help of a human Photographer, that is. If you want only the formula, it’s further down on this page. But if you have the time and want to understand what’s behind this “secret sauce,” I recommend reading the whole...
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How To Clean The X-T4 Sensor, Official Fujifilm Method
How to clean the X-T4 sensor, or indeed any camera sensor, is a question we photographers eventually have to ask ourselves. Even if you swap lenses in what looks like the most dust-free environment, one day, it will happen: you’ll see a dust spot in your images. Myself, I believe I am the fastest lens-swapper in the universe (totally!) but I still see these spots every now and then. Of course, it...
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Easy Luminosity Masks in Photoshop (In 2 Minutes!)
I wrote about Luminosity Masks in Photoshop already on this blog. It’s a very powerful technique I use in my landscape and cityscape photography. I find it much more efficacious than letting my camera or software randomly decide what a good HDR photo is. Yes, it may take a bit longer. But the results are far more satisfactory. When I first heard about Luminosity Masks, it seemed quite a complex concept to...
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My NEW Way to Dodge And Burn in Photoshop
Dodge and Burn are tools often used by photographers of all kinds to enhance their images. To highlight details, improve contrast, make an element stand out more, brighten up eyes in a portrait… There are plenty of applications. These tools have been available in Photoshop for quite a long time now. But using Dodge and Burn “as is” is not recommended as it would be a “destructive” edit (meaning you cannot undo...
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Epic Sunrise Photography in London
I often say that it’s my duty to shoot sunset or even sunrise photography! I love landscapes and cityscapes, so I must take these pictures when the conditions are right! Of the two, sunrise photography can be more rewarding because it requires more effort. First of all, from Spring to Autumn the time is not favourable. You need to wake up quite early to catch the sunrise. Better in Winter when you...
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How to Edit the Milky Way in Adobe Lightroom
Do you want to learn how to edit the Milly Way in your photos, so it really pops? Good! Because this is exactly the content of the video I just published on YouTube! I went with my friend Robert to Stonehenge, UK, for a night out, hoping to get some good shots of Comet Neowise again. And also the Milky Way and all we could squeeze in one night. My photo of...
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I Almost Blew Up My WordPress With One Setting
I love WordPress. I have used it since it was called B2/Cafelog, probably around 2002. Then I used its public .com version for my successful food-blog and the self-hosted one for many of my clients, including big names like JP Morgan or Bank Of New York Mellon. According to the latest stats, in 2020 WordPress powers 35% of the entire Internet. It means it’s installed on just shy of 500 million websites....
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Rule Of Thirds, And How To Break It (Photography 101)
When you’ve been a photographer for many years, you give some knowledge for granted, and the Rule of Thirds is certainly among those. But as of today, this is still the most searched photography-related topic on Google. So maybe I should write about it. If there’s enough interest, I might cover more Photography basics. Let me know in the comments if it’s something you would like to see here. What is the...
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