Articles - Polestar Photography

Regain White Balance Control for Digital Infrared in Lightroom

October 16, 2011

Images taken with an infrared filter, such as Hoya's IR72, or with cameras that have been converted to infrared need to have their white balance calibrated. The most common technique I've come across, and the o...

Catbells’ Reflection On Derwent Water

Chris

September 30, 2011

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This is a morning shot looking southwest across Derwent Water towards Catbells, about two and a half hours after sunrise. It's a first pass edit of 3 long exposures (10, 20 & 40 seconds) merged together as ...

iPhone 3 At Mullion Cove Cornwall

Chris

September 26, 2011

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As a camera the iPhone 3 is often criticised when compared to other manufacturers' phone cameras let alone small compact cameras. It's low resolution, poor lens and limited controls make it easy to see why. But...

Replacement Tripod Feet

Chris

September 20, 2011

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The majority of my images are taken using a tripod. I've been using a Manfrotto 055MF3 for a few years and been very happy with it. Over this time I've added a few customisations, mainly in the form of scratche...

London Walk Between Waterloo & Whitehall – Looking Up

Chris

September 13, 2011

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I had a meeting in London this morning and arrived a little early. So, I decided to take a few photos using my iPhone 3. To add a little more interest I decided to only look up. The images are straight off my p...

Install EOS Utility on Lion (OSX 10.7)

Chris

August 29, 2011

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Earlier I wrote about how to install Canon software on new computers using the upgrade software on from Canon's Website. The reason I was doing this was to install the EOS Utility on my partner Kim's new Macboo...