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Welcome to Mark's news blog. Keep up to date with topical discussions and photographic tips and tricks.

The Importance of Slow Photography in a Fast-Paced World

The Importance of Slow Photography in a Fast-Paced World

Foraging on the North York Moors

Workshops and Delicious Meals!

Balancing Technical Precision with Artistic Vision

Balancing Technical Precision with Artistic Vision

Capturing Nature’s Mood

Graduated filters versus Exposure Bracketing

Graduated Filters vs. Exposure Bracketing

Infrared: Embracing the Surreal

Infrared: Embracing the Surreal

Spring into Macro Photography by Mark Banks

Spring into Macro

DIY Sensor Cleaning

DIY Sensor Cleaning

Unleash your mirrorless camera!

Unleash your mirrorless camera!

Power of Projects (OP Magazine 297)

Beginner's guide to buying your first Lensbaby

Mark's Beginner's Guide to Lensbaby

Long exposure photography workshop with Mark Banks

Why Long Exposures?

Focus-stacking in Photoshop

Focus-stacking in Photoshop

Mark's top 10 tips for perfect prints!

Mark's top 10 tips for perfect prints! (Part 2 of 2)

Mark's top 10 tips for perfect prints!

Mark's top 10 tips for perfect prints! (Part 1 of 2)

Long exposure photography workshop with Mark Banks

Reasons to Learn Long-Exposure Photography

Me time

Composition Time Challenge

Composition Time Challenge

Lightroom: Auto ©Copyright on Import

Lightroom: Auto ©Copyright on Import

Pinchbooks are a perfect way to display your artwork!

Creating Photobooks

Lightroom Metadata information

Exporting Lightrrom Catalogs

Exporting/Importing Lightroom Catalogs

Make 2022 the year of printing.

Make 2022 the year of printing

3rd place in Permajet printing competition

3rd place Permajet Print Competition

New Enhance Super Resolution in Adobe Lightroom

Super Resolution with Lightroom Classic

Easy Wall Art

Easy Wall Art

Lofoten Islands Photography Workshop

Lofoten Islands, Norway

Watercolour effects using Adobe Photoshop

Watercolour effects with Photoshop

Photography masterclass in Venice, Italy with Mark Banks and Steve Gosling

Venice Masterclass: Day & Night

Keeping your eye in - Photography by Mark Banks

Keeping your eye in

Fun with Flowers - the Andy Warhol Effect by Mark Banks

Fun with Flowers Pt. 2

Fun with Flowers - Mono Tulips

Fun with Flowers (Pt. 1)

Creating marbles in Lightroom and Photoshop by Mark Banks

Losing your marbles!

Inclement Photography by Mark Banks

Inclement Photography

Inclement Clothing by Mark Banks

Inclement Clothing

Inclement weather by Mark Banks Photography

Inclement weather

Dark nights

COPTY finalist

CUPOTY Finalist

Creating Vignettes in Lightroom

Video: Vignettes in Lightroom

Woods for the trees - woodland images by Mark Banks

Woods for the trees

Video: New hue feature in Lightroom Classic

Video: New hue sliders in Lightroom v.9.3

Video: Improved Tone Curve in Lightroom

Video: Improved Tone Curve in Lightroom

Focusing the mind, not just the lens

Focusing the mind

Excellent photography belongs on paper

Excellent photography belongs on paper

Living with Wellies!

Living with Wellies!

Exaggerating Mist

Exaggerating Mist

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