Posts by Author: Alex Baker
Alex Baker is a portrait and lifestyle driven photographer based in Valencia, Spain. She works on a range of projects from commercial to fine art and has had work featured in publications such as The Daily Mail, Conde Nast Traveller and El Mundo, and has exhibited work across Europe
The Xencelabs Medium Tablet with QuickKeys is actually better than a Wacom Intuos Pro and cheaper
May 13, 2022
Alex Baker
For quite a long time if you wanted a drawing tablet, Wacom was pretty much the only show in town. I’ve owned an Intuos Pro…
Which of these images was made using CGI and which is a photograph? Can you tell the difference?
May 12, 2022
Alex Baker
One of the above images was created using a camera and modern commercial lighting with familiar retouching techniques using software such as Photoshop. The other…
How to turn any boring office space into an interesting background
May 12, 2022
Alex Baker
Many of us have been there. You get a call to go and photograph or film some people in an office somewhere. You prepare with…
Google introduces Immersive view to Maps giving you extra info for planning shoots
May 12, 2022
Alex Baker
Scouting locations for photoshoots used to be a time consuming and expensive affair. You often had to physically visit the place, or if you couldn’t,…
Watch Into the Mountains, a breathtaking timelapse ‘love letter’ to the mountains of Greece
May 11, 2022
Alex Baker
If you love timelapse films of landscapes and nature then you’re in for a treat. Into the Mountains is a short, experimental time-lapse documentary film…
Winners announced of the 2022 Royal Horticultural Photographic Competition
May 10, 2022
Alex Baker
If you’re mad about photographing plants and flowers then you’ll love this year’s winning entries from the Royal Horticultural Society’s Photographic competition. The competition celebrates the…
Photographer recovers $7,000 of stolen gear using Apple AirTags
May 10, 2022
Alex Baker
Camera equipment is an ever-increasing target for thieves, and unlike mobile phones and other electronic equipment, it doesn’t usually come with tracking or disabling devices…
Bride shocked to find ‘crazy eyes’ Photoshopped into images after photographer outsourced the editing
May 6, 2022
Alex Baker
A Pennsylvania bride was shocked to receive her wedding images to find that “crazy eyes” had been photoshopped onto anyone who was blinking. Anaya…
Instagram becomes more video orientated in plans to become even more like TikTok
May 6, 2022
Alex Baker
Could this be the latest death knell for Instagram for still photographers? The social media giant Meta is reportedly testing a new feature of Instagram…
This is the highest resolution photo taken of the sun, ever
May 6, 2022
Alex Baker
An 83 megapixel image of the sun has been captured by the Solar Obiter in a joint project by the European Space Agency (ESA) and…