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White Balance
By David Taylor technique

Creative White Balance

Inside your camera is a noble but sadly overlooked piece of silicon. The chip in question processes the data created…

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Lens Diffraction
By David Taylor technique

Lens Diffraction

Photographers are generally obsessed with sharpness. Put your hand up if you’ve ever scutinised a print just a few inches…

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ND Filter
By David Taylor equipment technique

Neutral Density Filters

To create an image you need a certain amount of light. If I were to tell that I regularly use…

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Prime Lenses
By David Taylor equipment technique

The Joy of Primes

The easiest option when buying a new lens for a system camera is to pick a zoom (and in fact…

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Looking at a Pyramid
By David Taylor equipment technique

Looking at a Pyramid

And now for something completely different, a man carrying a camera made out of plastic. I’ve used quite a few…

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Sunset over the Cheviots Hills in north Northumberland
By David Taylor equipment in northumberland technique

Deficient to the tune of one

I was up in the Cheviot Hills the other day, climbing a particularly craggy and overgrown slope, when I realised…

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Sunset over West Allendale moors, Allendale, Northumberland
By David Taylor equipment technique

Thingimys and wotsits

On another post I wax lyrical about plastic cameras and the puzzlingly important place they have in my equipment checklist….

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Dunstanburgh Castle and Greymare rocks, Northumberland
By David Taylor in northumberland locations technique

Dunstanburgh Castle

I’m often asked where my favourite place to photograph is. That’s a tricky one to answer. Generally I wriggle my…

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Buchaille Etive Mor, at first light on an autumnal morning overlooking the River Etive, Scotland
By David Taylor equipment locations technique

Buachaille Etive Mòr

Forming the backdrop to movies such as the Braveheart and Highlander, the distinctive pyramid shape Stob Dearg, the main peak…

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Cauldron Snout in the Tees Valley near Cow Green Reservoir, Teesdale
By David Taylor equipment locations technique

Cauldron Snout

You can feel it in the soles of your boots before you see it. You know that something mighty is…

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