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Stitched panorama of Jamnik church of Saints Primus and Felician, perched on a hill on the Jelovica Plateau with the kamnik alps and Storzic mountain in the background, Slovenia.
Tutorials

How to create a stitched panoramic photo

In my latest YouTube video, I show you how to create a stitched panoramic photo, filmed at Jamnik Church in Slovenia, a great location for panos.

In my video, I use the Benro 34clv levelling tripod to ensure all frames are perfectly level as you pan across the scene. In addition to this, you will also see how I use the Shutter remote control app to help compose the images and trigger each shot without having the touch the camera at all.

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Stunning view of the eastern edge of the Kamnik Alps seen across a meadow in the Ravenska Kocna Valley, Jezersko
Photography Tips

My Shutter App for Canon now has a great new interface

I’ve been using a great app called Shutter for a couple of years now, ever since I got my new Canon R5. It’s an iOS app that you can use on your iPhone, iPad or Apple Watch. I use it on my iPhone 15 pro max. It’s an app that can remotely control your camera, a bit like a wireless shutter release. However, this app does so much more that just allow you to trigger the shutter.

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Photography Tips

Camera Filters, are they still useful?

There are people out there who argue that camera filters are no longer necessary in the age of digital photography. However, there are some which cannot be simulated such as a polariser, and an ND. The fact is there are numerous occasions when a camera filter can and should be used. 

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Beautiful light and clouds scattering over Bohinj Lake, ,Triglav National Park, Slovenia.
Great photography locations

5 stunning photography workshop and tour locations to visit in 2025

Photography workshops & tours not only offer great opportunities to elevate your skills and expand your creative horizons by learning from seasoned professional photographers, but they are also the perfect way to see and photograph some of the world’s most photogenic locations. Here is a short list of 5 great photography workshop and tour locations to improve your photography skills and capture amazing photos:

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Sun rising over Lake Bled and the island church of the assumption of Mary with the Karavanke mountains in the background, Slovenia.
Favourite photos

My Favourite Photoshoots of 2024

I thought I would start the new year with a review of my favourite photoshoots throughout 2024. While I got some good stuff every month, I have focused on the months that produced some of my best and favourite photographic moments.

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View across the village of Volavje to the Julian Alps mountains in the west. Volavlje is a small village in the hills east of Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Slovenia

Christmas Sunset over the Slovenian Mountains

I spent Christmas Day in a lovely region just outside Ljubljana where you can get a fabulous panoramic view of nearly all the Slovenian mountains. For the first time in many years we actually had a white Christmas, albeit sparse but still white and Christmassy!

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