I was recently in Cambodia and wanted to take a photography that shows the lights of the passing cars. The picture in the tutorial has been taken in Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia. Now the problem with this is […]
This short video is showing how to install / import the presets that can be (some of them) downloded here @ www.lightsandbytes.com. The picture I have taken in Sihanoukville in Cambodia at the beach right after the fireshow […]
The use of Photomatix In this video I would like to show you on how I post process my images. The software called Photomatix is used to merge the pictures into one. The preset that was shown in the youtube […]
A couple of years ago, I have using the HDR technique. And since then almost all of my photographs (like 60 percent) are being processed by the HDR technique. My blog here at www.lightsandbytes.com show how I post process my […]
Photography means writing with light There are different kind of light situations when shooting: Soft light Hard light I would like to tell you about the difference between the lights and what it means when taking pictures. The hard light […]
Mistakes I made The techniques I use to post process my pictures are different and I have acquired them over years. When I started doing HRD processing I made many mistakes! Also I never took a course in Image post […]
Composing Composing is not an easy a topic to write about! If you search the web for composing tricks, you will find tons of information out there what not to do… I personally think that you should forget about the […]
It is about time to pack for my next trip! The movie shown was recorded in Dubai. But it does not matter because I take always the same tools. Sometimes the camera is different but it does not really matter […]
What is an ISO value? Shooting pictures in the dark without a tripod is not that simple. Depending on what you want to do, there is still the option about plying with the F-Stop. If there still is not enough […]
What is bracketing mode? The bracketing mode takes multiple pictures in a row, some underexposed and some overexposed. The sequence of pictures (minimum 3) will be blend together later to one picture using a software. The technique is called HDR, […]
