Amateur Photographer

Split the difference

When I was asked to write a few words on my processing style, I immediately said yes. I quite enjoy writing. It exercises the brain. Although I don’t very often write anything that could even remotely be described as technical. Where would I start on an article that had that sort of slant? And I guess the beginning is a good place. My brief was to talk about split toning, so the first question is not how, but why. When I first took up photography it was a stress break from my work, which at the time was in a serious crime unit examining paedophiles’ computers. That work involved sitting in front of a computer screen for up to 60 hours a week – some weeks it was even longer.

While I instantly fell in love with photography, I didn’t want to spend my free time adding to those hours spent in

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