Some Images Need Postprocessing
Many photographers do not want to edit their photos. They are proud that the pictures show the reality and are not manipulated. However, they fail to see that the [...]
Pattern Shots
Wikipedia defines a pattern as follows: "A pattern is a regularity in the world, in human-made design, or in abstract ideas. As such, the elements of a pattern repeat in a [...]
Beta Tester
Do you remember the time when you could sign up for beta testing your favourite editing software? That way you would get a sneak preview of new features. In return [...]
What’s wrong with this picture?
This shot almost screams "Carnival in Venice". There is a masked person and, equally important, the Campanile di San Marco and the Palazzo Ducale in the background. Almost everybody [...]
Breathe in, breathe out, don’t breathe!
You probably know the situation: You are inside a beautiful old church, it's quite dark and you must not use a tripod but you want that interior shot. So you [...]
Reflected Light and Incident Light Metering
No, it's not winter yet. But when the ground is covered in snow (does that still happen these days?), the light meter in our cameras gets easily confused (well, [...]
Wrong Asumptions About the World
Have you ever visited a place that turned out to be quite different from what you expected? It happened to me a couple of times. Among those places was the [...]
Photo Locations – Moated Castles in the Münsterland Region
The Münsterland is an area in north-west Westphalia and borders on the Netherlands in the west. Geographically and historically the region cannot be clearly demarcated. In general, the districts [...]
Our First Leopard
If you've ever been on an African safari you probably know this feeling when you see one of those elusive leopards for the first time in the wild. You'll never [...]
Cinemagraphs – Do You Like Them?
As professional stock photographers we are always on the look-out for new trends in photography (not that our own photographs are particularly trendy ... ). For 2020 we found [...]