Planning a Website
Photography Tips by Laurie McArthur
Tips on basic planning for website building
Take six A4 sheets of paper (more or less as required) and set them out in front of you, left to right, on the table.
Number them in order: page 1, page 2, page 3, etc.
On page 1, beside the page number, write: home page. (The home page is special)
[Read more]Take a Light Reading
Photography Tips by Laurie McArthur
Reflected Light Readings for Film and Digital Images
In order to correctly expose your film or CCD there are two variables that must be identified: average reflectance and average light. Unless you have some good reason to meter for other than these two averages, stick meticulously to the method outlined below when you take a light reading.
This tutorial deals with reflected light readings. This is the type of light reading taken with an in-camera light meter or a hand held meter which is pointed toward the subject. This tutorial does not deal with incident light readings which are a measure of the light falling on the subject.
[Read more]Pinhole Photography: Right Back to Basics.
Photography Tips by Laurie McArthur
Why Pinhole Photography?
It’s fun.It’s creative.
It’s educative about the basics that photographers deal with whenever they do their thing.
What is Pinhole Photography?
At its simplest, a pinhole camera is just a light tight cardboard box with a piece of aluminium pie dish containing a pinhole to expose the film or photographic paper.
[Read more]Darkroom Heating
Photography Tips by Laurie McArthur
Need for Winter Time Darkroom Heating
I suppose we all know that the chemicals for processing B&W photographic prints should be used at 20°C. The manufacturers of the various papers and chemicals say so. On a cold winter night, with the darkroom in a tin shed and the outside temperature down to -2°C this is not so easy to achieve.
Cold developer works slower and hot developer works faster. I've been told that incorrect developer temperature affects the image contrast but haven't found this to be the case with resin coated, multigrade paper.
[Read more]Wilderness Landscape Photography: The Practicalities of Getting Out There
Photography Tips by Laurie McArthur
Wilderness Photography Travel
Ever dreamed of travelling to isolated wilderness areas to photograph the landscape but been defeated by the practicalities of getting there? Wished you had a helicopter? Wondered how you could hike with a heavy pack and camp out for days at a time?
Well, this Australian amateur wilderness landscape photographer did it. Here's the story of the daunting task that lay ahead and how I overcame the obstacles.
[Read more]Sunny 16 Rule: Exposure Readings Without a Light Meter
Photography Tips by Laurie McArthur
Reliable Estimate of Exposure Settings
Ever get caught without a light meter? Stuck on an important photoghrapic expedition without a way of determining your exposure settings? Well I have and it worked out ok, thanks to the Sunny 16 Rule and careful consideration of years of experience. Here's the story surrounding this event and how it worked out.
[Read more]Digital Photography: Printing on a Budget
Photography Tips by Laurie McArthur
Budget Digital Printing at Home
We are a two printer family. Yes, we have the "good printer" and the "little printer." The "little printer" is the budget printer and the subject of this article. Anything that's not critical as regards archival permanence gets printed in the "little printer."
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