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FM Judging: Garden Life

Join Andrew and a small gang of Foto-Buzzers for a relaxed and fun judging session looking at the entries in the Garden Life category. 

Save time with Actions in Photoshop

We all like sharing our pictures on social media platforms like Facebook, but optimising your pictures for upload can be slow and painful, writes Jon Adams. Follow this easy Photoshop tip, however, and you'll cut out the dull, repetitive task involved in making your imags ready for upload. In this v...

I’m sorry, Dave, I’m afraid I can’t do that

I’ve had a quick ‘play’ with Artificial Intelligence previously but I decided to take the plunge and get myself the relevant accounts set up so I could use some of the better AI image creation tools and see what all the fuss is about. Is AI something to be worried about, a useful tool or just utter ...

Flashphobia – and how to cure it!

Unless we’re very studio-oriented and using it on a daily basis, flash is a bit of an enigma for most photographers, writes Jon Adams. It’s a mysterious entity we might be happy to use for a burst of extra illumination if it’s on ‘auto’ mode and the flash is ‘talking’ to the camera, but we like to s...

Apple Sauce

It’s that time of year when Apple announce a load of new toys and I spout a load of nonsense about it. So if you are interested in just geeking out for a bit, you’ve come to the right place, otherwise I’m sure the bosses have treated us to some of their epic content and that might be more up your St...

Buzzlive: FM judging of Love

We explored the many themes and interpretations of Love in this Foto Mission judging session.

Paul, I wanted to have a quiet Sunday……

Here I was having a quiet Sunday, and Mr Cecil decided otherwise.  He had to post a blog on gig images, knowing full well if he’d been goaded into it, then I would be too.  Just had to happen.  So here goes. It all started off with either and old school mate, Jim, asking me to photogr...

It’s Only Rock and Roll

I’m taking up the challenge posed on the chat forum to post some of my rock and roll photos. They are mainly quite old and technically terrible, but they are a big part of my personal history. I’m glad I took them, regret not having taken many, many more when I had the chance; and in the case of all...