Recent content by steele_uk

Many thanks. Great tip about the LR preset. it might be a good starting point.

..has been done here? http://www.flickr.com/photos/wefwef/4298090600/ The guy has some amazing photos, and a lot have processing similar to above. It looks quite grainy, but with details and sharpness. I also think its desaturated slightly. I am not sure where to start with this...

I use both. But i always start in LR, it is just much faster and smarter.;) Lightroom will handle and correct 95% of my images. There may be 5% that need some heavier image manipulation, then i would have to open CS5. But thats not usual. There muist be something about that image that i...

Thank you, i am quite relieved to think that it may simply be my poor technique.:)

Thanks for the replies. @Ninetyeight - I would say you are right, my images tend to err on underexposed. This tends to be as a result of me wanting to keep the iso low, no flash, and not got to the far extremes of a large aperture. Do you mean that noise is present on an underexposed image...

I have a Canon 40D and have recently been slightly dissapointed in the noise i seem to experience at ISO 400 and above. I am trying to get my head round whether i am expecting too much from this camera. I take a lot of indoor low-ish light without flash mainly people pics, just wondering...

Great stuff. Will give it a go.:)

Hello, I am starting to get a collection of pictures, and would like to create a web porfolio in a blog format to show off my work. My Current workflow is very much based around editing in Lightroom, and then occaisionally printing the best ones. Once i have identified a picture for print...

Cheers Dave! This is why i love the search feature. I have been wondering why only some on my JPG's retained their exif data. :bonk:

Thanks for all the help. I managed to take on board most of what was said and have posted my first attempts here http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=202404

Many thanks again for your advise. I won't get time to order a softbox before tomorrow, but i will certainly be able to create some temporary reflectors and i am happy to bounce the flash off the white ceiling. I get another opportunity in two weeks time, so i will try and get some ideas from...

:thumbs: Really nice lighting. Thanks for the advice all. I have the ooportunity to take some food shots from our Bistro tomorrow, so i will have an opportunity to play. Any Gotcha's with lighting on food close up's?

Many thanks!:) So a good move for a beginner might be to use the E-TTL cable,with the Flash off the camera, take some shots, and to use that to get some reference/benchmarks as to how the exposure is being set. With that information i could then remove the cable,m go manual and try to get a...

Ok, i did a search, but i couldn't find anything basic enough, feel free to point me to some resources for a noob if you know of any. I have a Canon 40D and a 430EX. I am familiar with the various functions of the camera, but keep the flash in Ettl. I want to get more creative and my first...

I'm Andy from Wilts. I was given a 35mm SLR many moons ago and started to take some nice shots, before eventually getting wowed by the digital point and waits... So i am now back again with a Canon 40D and a couple of lens. I mostly take pics of my 9 month daughter, and son of 5, but am...