Behind the Shot: Creating a Car Portrait in Black and White

A deep dive into the planning, camera settings, and editing decisions behind this week’s monochrome highlight from my Five Zeros trip—demonstrating how technical control meets creative intent.

The Haywain by L.S. Lowry – A Digital Reimagining

Explore how a classic English landscape was reinterpreted using AI tools. This post follows the creative journey from a prompt describing Constable’s Hay Wain to a stylised version in the spirit of L.S. Lowry — complete with a tractor, digital brushwork, and a touch of irony. AI-generated, Photoshop-polished, and blogged by ChatGPT.

Understanding the exposure triangle doesn't require a manual camera — just a closer look at your photo settings. This article shows how to access and interpret aperture, shutter speed, and ISO information using Apple, Android, Windows, and Google Photos tools, helping you learn from the shots you already take.

This week’s feature explores the concept of time in photography, with a long exposure image captured using Adobe’s Project Indigo app on iPhone. I discuss how computational photography is redefining what's possible—and controversial. Plus, a guide to recreating the same image using a traditional camera and ND filter.

App Spotlight: Dramatic Black and White

A bold mobile editing app that lets you create moody, high-contrast black-and-white images with cinematic flair. A great addition to your creative toolkit—see examples and tips in this post.

Want to step beyond fully automatic settings on your camera without diving into full manual mode? Picture Styles let you explore different moods and aesthetics—right from your camera menu. This blog post explains what they are, how to find them, and why they’re a great stepping stone toward more creative photography.

Learn how to convert your photos to black and white using simple tools like Google Photos, Apple Photos, or your phone’s built-in gallery. Whether you use a camera or a phone, this guide makes it easy to add drama and emotion by removing colour. Perfect for beginners—no special software required.

This post walks you through making a personalised photobook using the FreePrints Photobooks app—perfect for capturing your latest photo walk or project. From choosing photos to adding captions and ordering your free copy, this step-by-step guide makes it easy.

Adobe has released a powerful new iPhone camera app called Indigo, offering manual controls, RAW capture, and advanced computational photography – all for free. It’s a great option for photographers looking for more creative control than their phone’s default camera app allows.
I will be experimenting with it over the next few weeks and will share hints on how it might improve your photography.

An illustrated guide clarifying the confusion between Apple Photos, Windows Photos, and Google Photos. Aimed at photography club members, this aide memoire explains which app to use for sharing images in the WGPC album — with a touch of humour to keep it engaging.

I introduced you to some new aid-memoires last week and have widened the topics a little.  The full set is now stored in our blog on the residents website at: https://bit.ly/45PnWhZ.  Each aide-memoire tackles one of the IT topics we need to know about and often struggle with.

The topics so far are:

• How to Switch off Live Photos

• Keep Live Photos Off

• Convert Live Photos into Stills

• Save iPhone Photos as jpg

• Upload from Camera Memory Card to Google Photos.

• Mobile Phone Uploads to Google Photo

• Add photos to the Club folder (web browser)

• Add photos to the Club Folder (mobile device app).

• How to Create a Google account (if you do not have one).

A few bullet points to barinstorm why photographers like “Constructive Criticism”.

A panel is, in photographic circles, an arrangement of photographs designed to be viewed together as a group. They are often referred to as a “collage” in less formal circles when additional graphic elements may be added. This post shows how to create a collage in Google Photos.