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Author Archives: admin What are dog shows? Think – Westminster and Crufts. Yep – every weekend around the globe, ‘exhibitors’ are travelling to and from All-Breed and Specialty (breed) dog shows. Of course most are nowhere near as large as Crufts, and don’t expect to see any others on TV- but your local Canine Council and clubs will...  If you’re a photographer, time and time again you hear the sentence “oh, is it photoshopped?” when you show someone a piece of your art. Often, the real question being asked here is “is it real or is it fake”, are you a talented photographer or a hack? I started thinking about similar artistic fields...  Jeff Tweedy from Wilco commented in one of his interviews that he doesn’t believe music makes us feeling anything, but that music makes us recognise what we already feel. Mostly, I think he’s spot on. People are drawn to art that “speaks” to them, which is a pretentious way of saying it makes us feel...  Post Processing on Zoo shots is very often a necessity, as I mentioned earlier. Sometimes you have to edit out distracting backgrounds, fence marks, dirty glass, you name it. It can be unavoidable and shouldn’t necessarily stand in the way between deletion and a really great photo. The most important thing is developing a sense...  Before I get to the processing part, some more random tips and hints. – Don’t plan to visit most of the zoo on one day! I visit approximately 6 enclosures per visit. This gives me ample time at each enclosure to observe behaviour and simply wait. The great apes in particular are not always active,... |
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