Sustrans Competition Video

Sustrans, a UK charity aimed at promoting sustainable transportation methods, ran a competition to celebrate 15 years of the National Cycle network. The aim of the competition was to produce a short video explaining what the cycle network means to you.

Processing Infrared Shots in Adobe Camera RAW

In previous articles I have mentioned that it has not been possible to process Infrared shots in directly in Photoshop RAW, due to White Balance issues. Now it seems, that is not the case.

Quantums of Time

Quantums of Time

Originally uploaded by Steve Castle

I’ve done one of these before, with a different plant and a different camera.

Creating Timelapse Effects with Still Images (Part III)

Welcome to the third and final part of this series of blog posts where we deconstruct a video I made using frames from a series of star trails images. So far we’ve covered simple time lapse image sequences, we’ve looked at summing sequences and now for something a bit more complex.

Creating Timelapse Effects with Still Images (Part II)

In part one we saw how to use Quicktime to turn still image sequences in video, now lets manipulate some still images using some batch techniques.

Creating Timelapse Effects with Still Images (Part I)

I was recently asked how I created certain aspects of a timelapse video I made for Flickr. The answer was ‘I can’t remember’!, which made me think that maybe I should dig out the project and share the love.

I then realised that it got very tricky with Quicktime Image sequences and Photoshop Layer Comps and Actions… So click through for some crazy Photo editing!

Canon 300D Shutter Replacement Tutorial

This relatively old camera still has a few uses as long as you can find one that is still up and running! One of the main problems that appears on other articles relates to Shutter repair – although I haven’t found a procedure for tackling a repair.

I swapped a bad one out from another camera and so thought I’d share the experience…

Although of course… I take no responsibility for any repairs attempted and of course, this will void any warranty you may still have!

Touch. The new way to See.

Ooh, this is a rare treat. I get to talk about two of my favourite things :- photography and Apple tech. Now that I have a shiny iPod Touch, (oh no – not an iTouch..) I have been able to test some of the many photography aids available from the App Store. These are also accessible to iPhone users – even more so in fact as the iPhone can make use of the GPS facilities. Some have obvious uses, some not so obvious.

Digital Infrared Processing Part II – False Colour

Exploiting the varying amounts of Infrared light that different objects give off leads to dramatically coloured shots. In this part of the series I’ll take you through how I post processed a recent pic taken on a Flickrmeet.

Digital InfraRed Photography

I recently bought an Infrared filter for my new Canon 40D in order to try out some non-visible light photography. In this first article I will attempt to explain how to capture IR shots and then in the next post we’ll look at processing methods.