Landscape Photography Blog
The difference between Vibrance vs Saturation
Have you ever wondered what the difference between Vibrance vs Saturation in Photoshop and Lightroom? Well you are not alone, this is a question that crops up in conversation often when I take people through various post processing workflows and techniques. Vibrance and Saturation adjustments increase or decrease the colour intensity within an image. …Read More »
How to use Content Aware Scale in Photoshop
While searching through my photographs for that perfect image to accompany an article I was writing, it was frustrating to find that all the best suited images were either the wrong aspect ratio or didn’t have enough free space to add the text I needed. When I took the images I didn’t plan on using …Read More »
How to Deselect and Reselect in Photoshop
One of the basic fundamentals to editing in Photoshop is the ability to make key specific selections of desired areas within an image and being able to change them in isolation. There are many different tools to use depending on what you want to select such as Marquee, Lasso, Magic Wand and Quick Selections tools …Read More »
What is B mode on a camera and how it controls shutter speed
While out taking some long exposure photographs the other day I got talking to someone who was just started out in photography and was interested to see what I was photographing and asking a few questions about my camera settings. Sometimes it’s easy to take someones understanding of camera settings for granted and as I …Read More »
What is ATTI Mode on a DJI Drone?
It is a scary moment, you are flying your DJI drone and for the first time you get a notification on the display to switch to ATTI mode. Like everything in life it always seems to happen when you least expect it and for me it was while I photographing a shipwreck with the drone …Read More »
The 500 Rule in Photography
One of the most rewarding and challenging photographs to take is a night landscape illuminated by just a sky full or stars which for me personally is one of the most enjoyable although frustrating at times especially here in the UK due to the weather. If you are into nightcapes, photographing the night sky over …Read More »
The most expensive camera in 2021
While reading through my favourite photography magazine looking at all the latest cameras and gadgets on the market that I could spend a small fortune on I wondered what are the most expensive cameras? Camera Technology these days moves so fast it’s hard to keep up and while reading about the latest cameras I …Read More »
How to create Orton Effect in Photoshop
There are not many editing techniques I use frequently when I process my images and instead I prefer to follow a simple workflow of making basic corrections to White Balance, contrast and colour. However one of the very simple techniques I do use regularly and what I recommend you to try out and learn is …Read More »
About Nigel Waters
Nigel Waters is a UK landscape photographer based in Worcestershire offering fine art photographic prints, photography workshops, 1-2-1 tuition and high quality images for licensing.
