Photography « Steve Morton

Editing Your Images

By Steve, on May 17th, 2023%

I’m definitely from the school of photography that started with film photography, therefore there wasn’t much opportunity to edit the images, unless you were processing them yourself in your own darkroom.

Back in the late 1970’s I was living in Milton Keynes and I had access to a community workshop that had its own darkroom . . . → Read More: Editing Your Images

Camera Bags

By Steve, on April 29th, 2023%

We all have obsessions, be it new cameras, old digi-cams, or other items we ‘just like’. Bags of one sort or another can become an obsession.

If you own more than one camera (and who doesn’t!) then I’m sure you have an equal number of camera bags to go with them…. or more!

Look . . . → Read More: Camera Bags

Nikon Camera Settings

By Steve, on April 14th, 2023%

I’ve had the Nikon D300 since August 2021, it was a gift from a friend, the camera was her late husbands. Fortunately the camera came with the manual and three books dedicated to the D300. I was also given quite a few accessories and lenses too.

I’ve since added an additional lens the Nikon . . . → Read More: Nikon Camera Settings

Canon Powershot SX120is

By Steve, on March 19th, 2023%

We bought this camera in about 2010, it replaced a previous 2004 model of Canon Powershot camera (S60?) that had become faulty and it was sadly beyond economic repair.

My wife used the SX120is for a few years until she got an iPhone and then eventually the Canon was tucked away in a small camera . . . → Read More: Canon Powershot SX120is

‘Standard Lens’?

By Steve, on February 25th, 2023%

For many years the 50mm focal length has been considered to be the ‘standard focal length’ because it was considered to be similar to what our own eyes see.

If you examine this notion though, a lot of people challenge that ‘theory’. Recently I watched this video by James Popsys – The New Best Focal . . . → Read More: ‘Standard Lens’?