Welcome to Lawrenceg.com Photography 

If you love photography then your in the right place, everything listed on this website is about Photography and photo editing, and most of our tutorials and videos are FREE, try out our New Digital Background Sets, your customers will love them. If you have any questions please visit the contact us page     

Here are one or two things you may want to know about Digital Photography, the Articles will open up in a new window for your convenience, The first things you need to understand is to practice and take your time when your out in the field

Learning about photography is not a race, what makes a good photographer, time and practice, do you need to be a professional photographer to get good result, The answer to that question is No, but you do need a good understanding of the basics first

Practice and take your time and know how to use your equipment Follow Lawrenceg.com on Twitter

Here at Lawrenceg.com we are very busy these days working flat out in our design centre designing and building a series of high quality PSD fully layered Digital Background sets for our customers

If you're looking for the edge over your competitors and want to be able to offer something a little bit special to your own customers then check out our digital background sets, these are also great for Pet Photography, watch your customers face for expressions of joy when you present them with their finished portraits incorporating their own children in these New layered digital backgrounds

Some people will tell you that you don't need expensive photographic equipment to achieve good results, and yes in some cases this might be true

But if you really want to capture outstanding images then you do need some quality equipment, let me explain something to you, the quality is in the lens, not so much with the camera, it's the glass used inside the lens that makes all the difference, spend as much as you can afford on your lenses

Click on the Baby Owl on your left to visit one of two photo galleries this one is on our Flicker page the other gallery can be found on the Gallery Page

Some people will tell you that you don't need expensive photographic equipment to achieve good results, and yes in some cases this might be true

But if you really want to capture outstanding images then you do need some quality equipment, let me explain something to you, the quality is in the lens, not so much with the camera, it's the glass used inside the lens that makes all the difference, spend as much as you can afford on your lenses

Photoshop CS5 and Photoshop Elements

Free Photoshop CS5 and Photoshop Elements video training tutorial's and PDF book tutorials, for beginners and professionals, image editing made easy

We start right at the beginning for Photoshop CS5 and Photoshop Elements, first time, the interface and how all the tools work and what they do; this section is for the Beginners, then we will be moving on to the more advanced sections all with step by step instructions

Now you have seen how things work it's time to start using Photoshop, in this section we will be looking at what Photoshop can do.

In this next batch of Photoshop Video Tutorial's we will be seeing the tools in action, all the video tutorials in this section are more for the advanced Photoshop users

If you're a beginner or new to Photoshop CS5 or Photoshop Elements then simply follow the videos and have a go, That's how we all learn new skills, you can find everything here on the Photoshop CS5 and the Photoshop Elements page 

Visit our Books and Articles Page

Everything on the page is FREE for you to download, and all of the photography books and articles have been saved as PDF books for ease of use and for everyone’s connivance, we will be building a large database of photography tutorials and updating this page with new Books and Articles from time to time, please bookmark this website,  simply visit the Books and Articles Page for your Training Tutorials 

Birds of Prey & Falconry Centres

Calling all Falconry Centres and Birds og Prey Shows Nationwide, do you need a Photographer?

Are you looking for someone to capture a set of good images of your Birds of Prey and Venue for your Website and Brochure for FREE?

Let me explain, at present I am a muture student working in a BA (hons) Uudergraduate Programme for my degree in Photography, so if you're looking for a Photographer you just found one

So what's included?

FREE Photo-Shoot and we travel Nationwide, FREE up to 200 Images per Photo-Shoot, FREE Image Editing from the Photo-Shoot, and Full rights to images from your Photo-Shoot

So what's the catch? No catch, so why am I doing all this and for FREE, well two reasons the first reason is I love animals in general and Birds of Prey are my favourite, and the second reason, I just love the Art of Photography, this gives me the opportunity to practice all the different settings used when Photographing Wildlife at its best. go to the contact us page and send us an E-mail with your requirements and to make arrangements for your Photo-Shoot

Convert a Colour Image into Black and White

Converting a digital color photo into black and white goes beyond simply desaturating the colors, and can be made to mimic any of a wide range of looks created by using color filters in black and white film photography.

Conversion which does not take into account an image's color and subject of interest can dilute the artistic message, and may create an image which appears washed out or lacks tonal range.

This section provides a background on using color filters, and outlines several different black and white conversion techniques 

Comparing each in terms of their flexibility and ease of use Click Here for more information about colour conversion to Black and White 

How to capture that perfect, Sunrise & Sunset

The image of a Sunrise you can see on your left was taken on the Island of Kos in Greece, on 10th October 2011 at around 5.30am  

Click on the image for larger view, Equipment used Canon 5D Mark II with the Canon Zoom EF 24-70mm 1:2.8 L USM Lens and a tripod with a trigger release cable

Visit the Books and Articles Page and watch the video to find out how this was done

How to Calibrate your Monitor

In order to see images the way they were intended to be seen, your monitor  might need to be calibrated.

If you're a web designer  digital photographer  or graphic professional  this is especially important.

You don't want to spend hours choosing the perfect subtle color scheme only to see a mis-matched mess on someone else's monitor or coming out of a printer.

Here's how to calibrate your monitor so that what you see is what you get

Visit the Canon Digital Photography Forums

If you have a Canon you need these forums, You need to register before you can post, Canon Digital Photography Forums is a community for photographers, both hobbyists and professionals

When you start your journey with us you will notice a strange combination of relaxed mood and serious dedication to photography 

This is a forum for digital camera enthusiasts using Canon cameras. The forums contain also general photography and Techinque Discussion areas which are not camera-type specific