Books on Portraiture (2020 update)
Eight books just for the portrait game. Like the earlier survey of books for basic photography, this survey lists my recommendations for each topic within the realm of portraiture.
Street photography: Rough guide
Just a quick collection of info on getting into the Street Photography zone, hereafter known as “SP”. Each entry is a clickable link to a post on this blog or another web site. Breezy intro to SP – How to Approach Street Photography in 12 Easy Steps Examples of casual …
Black and White Presets for various RAW developers
Like the Black-and-White style, but don’t want to put a lot of time into mastering B&W conversion? All photo editors provide a B&W conversion for color images. And most also offer a variety of styles for these. Pre-packaged tonal adjustments that may be called actions, effects, film simulations, looks, LUTs, …
Micro Four Thirds and background blur
The APS-C sensor size has some advantage over Micro Four Thirds for background blur. But that does not mean M4/3 is incapable of blur! For this trial I will use a Tamron 17-50mm f/2.8 lens on an APS-C Canon 50D, vs an Olympus 45mm f/1.8 prime on a M4/3 Olympus …
Canon 77D landscape JPG defaults
Trying out various shooting modes for the Canon 77D against my old Olympus E-M5. Lens for the Canon is a Tamron 17-50 f/2.8, for the Oly I tried the Panasonic 12-35 f/2.8. ISO is Auto in all cases. Auto mode The Auto modes for both cameras are the auto scene …