Skies are difficult things to get right, I normally use a PL filter on my lens to get darker deeper blues at the cost of the foreground being too dark as above, this is where textures come in handy to lift those dark areas, but I also like to pre-process in Nik...
Welcome to our new season of overlays, we’ve been planning this for several months and is only now possible to sell more products with our pro website and Jason – our web masters kind hosting! As I'm based in France we have access to all kinds of French Vintage...
I hope you're all enjoying the New French Receipt overlays as much as I am. Although they can probably be classed as a niche product they're great for adding a little something extra to photos, you do need the right photo though and still lifes with a bit of...
French Receipts PNG French Receipts JPEG Flypaper Textures are pleased to announce a whole new PNG transparent Overlay series over the next few months! Firstly we'd like to kick off with this Autumn seasons set of classic French shopping receipts, we've included as...
I love spring and I love violets, in fact I love all flowers but they're much better if they're fragrant. This is one of several photos I took of this little vase of flowers, I'm so glad I turned around and took a couple of photos into the light, yes, that's a...
Here is my contribution for the texture chapter in Kevin Best's wonderful new Still Life Photography ebook. Paul and I were given a selection of photos to choose from to texture and naturally I choose the pears! Read Paul's previous post for more information...
Several months ago our old friend Kevin from Flickr asked us if we would contribute to his new Ebook's chapter on Textures, naturally we were delighted as Kevin is now coincided to be one of the worlds best photographic still life artists with his complex multi...
I have just returned from a lovely weeks holiday on the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island. It's one of my favourite areas in this country with it's mountains, temperate rain forests and wonderfully wild and unspoiled beaches. It does get a lot of...
One of my biggest regrets about having lived in London for almost 20 years is the fact that I never really did the whole tourist thing, never visited the Tower of London, Westminster Cathedral, Madame Tussauds, Buckingham Palace, Tate Modern, and finally St...
Just back after returning from a week in London where I attended a Getty Images get-together and was very privileged to meet several genuine Flypaper fans who were also attending! Gleaning a bit of face to face feedback was priceless, and I also shared a few...