Blog Archive
Welcome to the archive of blog posts at Ian’s Studio. You will find lots of different things here. For many years “blog” was very much a catch-all term for any posts that weren’t “Photos of the Day” or “Sales” posts. Now blog posts tend to either be something topical, hints and tips or my general thoughts on photography and photographs. Some of the older blog posts have missing links and image but anything in the last 3 or 4 years should be fine. Enjoy.
BLOG 9 Dec 2017: Hyperfocal Distance (and App giveaway)
Depth of field When you focus on a particular point you have an area of acceptable focus in front of where [...]
BLOG 19 Nov 2017 : Nik Collection Plugins
I had planned on doing a blog post about “Hyperfocal Distance” this week, however I am postponing that by a week. [...]
Photographing Fireworks
As we are approaching bonfire night in the UK, I wanted to let you have some advice on how to [...]
An open letter to Adobe: Lightroom Keywording: TEN years of neglect
For this week’s blog, I was going to write about the changes that have happened to Lightroom in the last week. [...]
BLOG 14 Oct 2017: Using the graduated filter in Lightroom
Model Ahsatan at Friday Night at the Studio taster session at Ian's Studo The above image was one of [...]
BLOG 12 Oct 2017: Why I never delete photographs
A lot of people ask me if I delete my reject images. The answer is most definitely “No”. Ok, there, to [...]
BLOG 6 Oct 2017 – Where do ideas come from?
Idea - Rachael F at Light Stencils event at Ian's Studio. In addition to doing photography, I am involved [...]
Cruise to Canada: Day 8, 14th September – At Sea
Day 8, 14th September - At Sea On our virtual cruise, it's the fifth and final sea day before we make [...]
Cruise to Canada: Day 7, 13th September – At Sea
Day 7, 13th September - At Sea Day 7 of our virtual cruise and we are now two-thirds the way across [...]
Cruise to Canada: Day 5, 11th September – At Sea
Day 5, 11th September - At Sea It's day 5 of our virtual cruise, and we are on the second day [...]
BLOG 31 Aug 2017 : Learning the hard way
For this week’s blog I want to take you on a journey down memory lane. I learned how to use a [...]
BLOG 10 Aug 2017 – Newbie guide to Lightroom’s Transform Panel
Time for another of my occasional series of blog post on different aspects of Lightroom. This time I want to give you [...]
Blog 6 July 2017 – Recharging your batteries
This blog post is also available in a video format on youtube: As I write this week's blog I am lying [...]
Blog 5 June 2017 – Backup Strategy
After the recent global cyber-attack and businesses having their data held to ransom, I thought this might be a good time [...]
BLOG 11 May 2017 – Lightroom Essentials – Importing Images
This is the second of my newbie guides to Lightroom – three weeks ago, on 20th April, I gave a very [...]
Blog 20 Apr 2017: A newbie guide to Lightroom
This week’s blog post was inspired by a question I received from subscriber Max. I met Max on one of the [...]
Blog 30 Mar 2017 – The Next Level
This week’s blog post is actually going to be two one medium sized one and one short one. Both have the [...]
BLOG 16 Mar 2017: Ponta Delgarda
As I am still on my travels, I thought I would do something a little different for my weekly blog/newsletter. It’s [...]
Blog 11 Mar 2017: Backup strategies while travelling
Within the first four days of my time on the Marco Polo I’ve had no less than four people come and [...]
BLOG 2 Feb 2016: Competition Time
No preamble, this week. Let’s get straight to the point and the title of the blog post: It’s Competition Time You [...]
BLOG 6 Jan 2017: Happy New Year and Photographer Synergy
Happy New Year As you know, I have spent the last two weeks onboard the MV Marco Polo lecturing on photography. [...]
BLOG 3 Oct 2016 – Academy Events (Part 1)
Last week I announced, "Ian's Studio Photo Academy" (or just "The Academy" for short). If you missed the announcement you [...]
VIDEO Extra: Announcing Ian’s Studio Photo Academy
We are pleased to announce Ian's Studio Photo Academy. Please watch this video for a brief overview of how the [...]
VIDEO EXTRA: Valamar Beach
Experimental travelogue produced, edited and uploaded entirely on the beach (apart from the custom thumbnail which was created later!) [...]
VIDEOCAST 025: How to Create Model Splash Photos
Video recorded before, during and after an event at Ian's Studio. The model in the video is Scarlett-K (http://purpleport.com/portfolio/scarlettk/?referrer=ianbutty) If you [...]