Category: Writing

Photo Editing tutorial published in Windows: The Official Magazine

Everyone takes pictures of people, but only by editing them can you achieve perfect portraits to be proud of. The good news is you don’t need expensive photo editing software to make effective adjustments, Windows Live Photo Gallery is perfectly capable. A few quick adjustments enable you to crop your shots for compositions with impact, banish red-eye, remove blemishes, correct colour casts and even exposure – pretty good for free. I show Windows: The Official Magazine readers how to perfect their portraits…

Rachael Sharpe

Editing portfolio: 247 Magazine

Cover photograph taken by me

Last month’s £5,000 festival ticket giveaway was a hard act to follow, but 247 magazine readers are in for a treat this month too. We teamed up with South West hip hop duo Carpetface & Audible1 to offer every reader a free download card for their new album. Other than Carpetface & Audible1, interviewed in this month’s mag is the hotly-tipped Ben Howard, DJ Tom Costelloe and DJ Kelly J. This month also sees the launch a brand new food section where this month, we recommend our top spots for Al Fresco dining. Street Art is all about Upfest, out favourite live painting festival which takes place in Bristol at the beginning of June. On top of this you’ve got the usual fashion spread, Style Hunter shoot, Culture & Film, Live & Club listings. So grab a copy and head out to the park and enjoy the sunshine why don’t ya!

Rachael Sharpe

The New Wave of Wedding Photography – feature in Turning Pro Magazine

There’s been a shift in wedding photography recently, which sees photographers experimenting with composition, moving away from formal wedding shots to let their images tell a different story. For this feature, published in Turning Pro magazine, I spoke to four wedding photographers; Allister Freeman, Simon Gilbert, Helen Evans and Mark Carey, who are embracing this new style, taking their influences from contemporary art photography and reportage to see wedding photography in a new light.

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Rachael Sharpe

Editing portfolio: April Edition of 247 magazine

A sniff of sunshine and we’ve gone festival mad this month. Our Ultimate Festival Guide equips you with info about the festival best offerings in the region and beyond, but we haven’t stopped there, we’ve secured a pair of tickets for almost all of our featured festivals to give away. See the online competitions page at www.247magazine.co.uk for more details. Should you fail to win tickets, we tell you how you can still do festivals for free – by volunteering. We also advise on how to avoid the ‘festival freaks’ that seem to appear when you least expect them… All this and the usual listings, fashion and street art makes for a bumper 48-page mag for your reading pleasure.

Read the whole magazine online here.

Rachael Sharpe

Master Manipulation feature published in April’s Photography Monthly magazine

When used correctly, photo manipulation can bring images to life. From the slightest change in colour to the creation of new worlds, editing software will set your imagination free. In this feature for Photography Monthly I spoke to three masters: Peter Verver, Andrew Brooks and Luis Beltrán, who revealed the secrets behind getting it right.

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The April issue of Photography Monthly is on sale now.

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Panasonic Lumix FT3 review published on T3.com

I spent some of last week out in the Spring sunshine putting Panasonic’s new super tough Lumix FT3 camera through it’s paces at the beach. The 12.1 MP compact has a feature-set which should really appeal to adrenalin junkies and extreme sports types – it’s dustproof, waterproof to 12 meters, shockproof to 2 meters and freezproof to -10 degrees. There’s also full HD Movie recording and a great GPS function. Does it take good pictures though? Click here to read my review and find out…


Rachael Sharpe

Interview with Kristopher Grunert in Photography Monthly magazine

I love doing interviews and was recently lucky enough to chat to professional architecture photographer, Kristopher Grunert, for Photography Monthly magazine. I talk to Kristopher about how he uses lines, light, atmosphere, movement and mystery to create stunning architectural images and get him to reveal his top tips for shooting the man-made. Published in the March issue, on sale now.

Rachael Sharpe
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