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Evening in Liverpool. Why bother with histogram?

Why bother with the Histogram?

It’s surprising how many photographers coming to my workshops, some with years of experience, never use Histogram in their workflow. When asked about it, they reply “sometimes” or “probably not as often as I should”. All euphemisms for “never”, really. Some admit to using it when processing their images, but not on location. Whether you […]

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Seascape - Asturias coast, Spain. Slawek Staszczuk Photography.

Composition in landscape photography

INTRO Why is landscape photography difficult? Many beginners, and even seasoned photographers specialising in other areas, struggle with landscape photography. Composition is probably the number one cause of their frustration. So often it’s not obvious at all what should be the focus of your frame. You have to create it, craft through your creative choices.

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Photography Workshop in Worthing, Sussex. Landscape Photography by Slawek Staszczuk.

How to achieve depth in landscape photography

Why do my landscape photos look flat?… Obviously, photographs are usually flat (unless they’re wrapped around or projected on some curved or uneven surfaces). So, that explains everything… And still, compelling landscape images often exhibit a certain three-dimensional quality. Since the actual scene is represented on a flat surface, the effect must be an illusion

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Telephoto landscape from conception to editing. South Downs.

Telephoto landscape from conception to editing

Case study: a telephoto landscape from conception to editing The image above is relatively old, taken one evening in early June of 2010. But I still quite vividly remember the outing, the decisions I made, and the hurdles I had to overcome. And I’d like to share with you what went into the creation of

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Tallinn Estonia. Slawek Staszczuk Photography Workshops.

How to use polarising filter to control contrast

Why worry about contrast? If you’ve been taking photos for any length of time, you will have noticed that sometimes the camera fails to properly capture contrast in your scenes. Or in other words, sometimes the picture looks more contrasty than the scene did to your naked eye. In extreme cases vast portions of the

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Winter on Shoreham Beach, West Sussex. Landscape Photography Slawek Staszczuk.

Seascape from idea to postproduction

Case study: a seascape from idea to postproduction Everyone has a preferred way of learning. If you like learning by example and analysis of others’ work, and you feel you can improve your seascapes, then read on. As I shall explain in detail how I created the above photo from idea to postproduction. Including all

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