The McFade Blog
Tips, stories, case studies and behind-the-scenes posts from 14+ years of photographing Yorkshire businesses.
A Simple Tip For Everyone!
https://youtu.be/GxJgqIFkT2w I am a huge fan of experimentation when learning something and photography is the…
Photoshopping Sunrays with Curves
Sometimes you only get a fleeting second of light and you’ll have to grab what…
Modern Property Photography
Like many people I have used HDR or purely ambient light for property photography for…
Your old work should be embarrassing!
How do you know whether you are progressing at photography? Well, There are many ways…
Lencarta Beauty Dish Test Shoot
I recently bought the “MOD048 | 60cm Folding Beauty Dish Silver Mk.2” as a small,…
Nicola Paparazzo – Greek St. Shoot
You’ll never get an opportunity to photograph on Greek Street in Leeds like we did…
GUEST POST – David Garthwaite – Fine Art Photography
I’m a fine art photographer from Yorkshire in the North of England, I started photography…
Social media content creation in Lockdown
How can you create new images and social media content, safely, whilst we are still…
Leeds Pubs in Lockdown
Leeds always had a thriving hospitality sector packed with innovative bars, traditional boozers and amazing…
Tilt shift lens for portraits of Andy Taylor Boocock
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Fast photo editing software – Luminar AI
Imagine a world where you could click one thing and your photo would be edited…
How to get Maximum Sharpness with Focus Stacking
https://youtu.be/xiaW68ALyxQ Sometimes you just cannot get everything in Focus in one shot… This happens a…
Blending Light Painting Photos in Photoshop
Usually when doing light painting workshops, I have several people with torches all lighting the…
Affinity Photo for Businesses
How to Add Text to a PDF Using Affinity Photo Direct answer: You can use…
CASE STUDY – Fundamentals First
Fundamentals First Fundamentals First an IT company based in Leeds, formed by software experts Phil,…
Are AI voiceovers a godsend, or hell?
I learn more through audio than text…. I don’t know about you but I definitely…
Transforming Websites The Easy Way
Here’s a quick “video blog” on solving the problem of poor looking websites the easy…
Try these 3 Things RIGHT NOW to improve your phone photos
You can definitely take great phone photos these days. The technology has moved on massively…
Using the Godox AD600 on My First Post-Lockdown Model Photoshoot!
https://youtu.be/-3DlVjHszE8 Back in Action with the Godox AD600: A Post-Lockdown Location Portrait Photography Session It’s…
Temple – Leeds – The New Holbeck!
A new name for Holbeck Here is a video version, with the words spoken… or…
Make your photos SHINE with the LIGHTROOM Brush Tool
The Lightroom Brush Tool Stand out with Selective Editing Some images really stand out when…