Gavtrain - Photography Training

It’s time for another round of answers to your Quick Shot Questions. This time the questions include.. My favourite lens for portraits How to make dreamy water shots Advice on Macro lens choic...

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As you might have noticed from my previous blog posts, I was invited to test out a very expensive Hasselblad camera a few weeks back. The location was the Hasselblad studios in London and whilst ...

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Ever since I posted the last 15 minute photo challenge video I've been constantly receiving questions like... How did you make the images look so good, what did you do in Photoshop, are they all ...

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You asked the questions and I’ll provide the answers. Questions in this video. 1- How do I minimise noise ? 2- How many studio lights do I really need? 3- Does Elements have the same RAW con...

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Let’s get something clear right from the word go… I love my Canon cameras and lenses and have no plans to buy a Hasselblad any time soon. OK with that out of the way I’ll briefly explain wh...

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Selective colour is one of those little Photoshop tricks that’s well worth keeping up your sleeve. The effect is hardly new, cutting edge or revolutionary, but it can still make an eye catchin...

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It’s high time I made another Photoshop video tutorial. After a few minutes scratching my head thinking what I should do, I took a quick look back through your Quick Shot Questions. One Photos...

http://gavtrain.blogspot.com/2011/01/out-of-bounds-effect-made-simple.html

If one of your new years resolutions was to take more and better photos, you’re not alone. I say exactly the same thing every year and happily I can report that it’s one resolution I stick to...

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With 2010 drawing to a close I though it might be a good time to look back at some of the videos I’ve made this year. I’m not 100% sure exactly how many Photoshop tutorials and photography t...

http://gavtrain.blogspot.com/2010/12/best-of-2010.html

It’s time for another 15 Minute Photo Challenge. In a change from my previous outdoor locations I decided to do this challenge inside the amazing cathedral in Winchester. Why inside? Well partl...

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How high can your camera’s ISO stretch? OK, wrong question. How far would you be happy to push your cameras ISO and still be confident you could get a decent, usable image? Back in the days of ...

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My top stocking filler gift for any photographer is the Spudz microfibre lens cloth from Alpine Innovations There's not one, but three features that make it my No.1 lens cloth and also a fantasti...

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It’s often said that we British love talking about the weather more then anything else and to be honest that’s probably about right, but with weather that’s as unpredictable as next weeks l...

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With Christmas right around the corner, I’ve got a very special festive gift for anyone who places an order in the Gavtrain store during the month of December (whilst stocks last) They're lim...

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On Monday I wrote a post about photographing frost patterns on glass. Well the frost has been replaced by snow here in the UK and that can mean only one thing. The country comes to a grinding hal...

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I’ve got to be honest, winter isn’t my favourite season. Give me spring and summer all year round and I’d very happy. Scraping the ice off the car windows is a daily chore and one which I u...

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Typical! You wait six months for a new training DVD to arrive and then two arrive in the same month. Available right now in the Gavtrain Store is… 15 Minute Photo Challenge (Vol. 1) If you�...

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We all know that using a tripod can improve our photos. A Tripod reduces blur from camera shake, no matter what shutter speed you’re using. But there’s another way in which a tripod can impro...

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If you've been watching some of my recent photography tutorials then you might have noticed that I'm not using a standard strap that came with my camera. A lot of people have asked me two questio...

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Recently I had one of those big number birthdays, the kind of number when life begins or as they say. Faced with the impossible choice of what present to buy Sam (my wife) wisely avoided anything...

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Following on from a recent post I made on Facebook and FlickR there was a lot of photographers all asking a very similar question… Getting great shots in low light, what’s my technique. Le...

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Lightroom 3 is a big part of my workflow because of it’s amazing ability to process a whole days shoot in just a few hours. Picking the keepers from the rejects is surprisingly simple and becau...

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…Everyone who read’s this blog, follows me on twitter or Facebook. Thanks to the amazing outpouring of kindness and commitment from so many people over the past two weeks, I’m now the off...

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If you’ve been following me here on the blog, on Facebook and now on Twitter , you will have noticed I’ve been banging on and on about being chosen as a finalist in Adobe’s Next Photoshop ...

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My blog post for Tip Squirrel is now live. Here’s the link: www.tipsquirrel.com/index.php/2010/09/5-creative-borders-for-lightroom/ The Tip Squirrel website is in the middle of running it’s ...

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