Interview for Rands & Sense magazine (via Michael Currin’s Blog)

Michael Currin interview for Rands & Sense magazine

For the Rands & Sense magazine of 2011, I was interview by Stephanie Craig of the Commerce Students Council (University of Cape Town) about my photography experience. Knynsa harbour large version 1) How did you get started with photography? I worked with Sony compact cameras since 2008. I decided around the start of 2010 to upgrade to a bigger DSLR to take ph … Read More

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Lightroom 3 lesson – The Golden Spiral (via Michael Currin’s Blog)

This is amazing …

The golden spiral is a mathematical concept and is a composition tool. A lot of the time, if you compose a photo into thirds (intentionally or instintively or by accident), I think there is a good chance of finding a golden spiral in there somewhere, since the two concepts are closely related. This is explained here and here. In crop view in Lightroom 3, press O to cycle through overlays other than the grid. Shift + O will rotate the spiral. It u … Read More