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Aperture Priority NZ - a collection of photographs and stories by Rick Harvey

Black and White Photography

Black-and-White Conversion using Photolab 8
Black and White Photography

Black-and-White Conversion using Photolab 8

ByRick February 20, 2025March 7, 2025

Black-and-White Conversion using Photolab 8 . I have been lucky enough to have been provided complimentary copies of Photolab 8 and Nik Collection 7 by DxO. I am also fortunate…

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8 Black and white Photographs Converted With Nik Silver Efex
Black and White Photography

Black and white Photos Converted With Nik

ByRick December 25, 2024December 26, 2024

In his 1970s song, Kodachrome, Paul Simon sang that “Everything looks worse in black and white“. So with that in mind, I set about trying to prove him wrong with…

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Breathe Old Life Into New Photos
Black and White Photography | Opinion | Photography | Post Processing

Breathe Old Life Into New Photos

ByRick January 15, 2024October 9, 2024

I bet you found your way to this story by searching for “how to breathe new life into old photos”. What you’ve found is a story about how to breathe…

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Shooting Photos At Night With A Smartphone
Black and White Photography

Shooting Photos At Night With A Smartphone

ByRick April 17, 2023October 10, 2024

This was never intended to be a story about shooting black-and-white photos with a smartphone. Nor was it intended to be a story about shooting photos at night with a…

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Learning To See In Black And White – Part 2
Black and White Photography

Learning To See In Black And White – Part 2

ByRick December 20, 2022August 15, 2023

  What I am learning is that learning to see in black and white is an ongoing process – at least until it becomes a natural and intuitive part of…

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shags perching - see in black and white
Black and White Photography

I’m Learning To See In Black And White

ByRick December 15, 2022August 15, 2023

Shooting photographs in black and white can be a bit like stepping back in time – after all black and white photography has been with us for over a hundred…

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experimenting with black and white a rocking horse appearing to look back over its shoulder at the viewer
Black and White Photography

Experimenting With Black And White Photography

ByRick July 23, 2022October 10, 2024

  In my website’s brief “about me” section  I describe myself as an opportunist photographer but if  I am blunt I would say that I am a procrastinator when it…

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photographing trees - misty trees morrisons bush
Black and White Photography

Photographing Trees

ByRick June 29, 2022October 10, 2024

Photographing Trees   I never really stopped to think about taking photographs of trees as a specific niche genre of photography. But apparently, it is! A Google search throws up…

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Re-tyred Beetle in a car wrekcers yard, Invercargill black and white street views
Black and White Photography

Awesome Black And White Street Views

ByRick April 5, 2022October 10, 2024

It might be strange for me to say this, but this collection of photographs of black and white street views was inspired by – or rather motivated by – Canadian…

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Black and White Photography

Should You Use Photography Presets

ByRick August 28, 2021November 13, 2022

Should you use photography presets? Do real photographers use photography presets? I ask those questions, especially the second one, a little tongue in cheek because a few days ago a…

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Selective Colour In Black And White Photography Can Look Good!
Black and White Photography

Selective Colour In Black And White Photography Can Look Good!

ByRick July 2, 2021May 11, 2023

Whether you call it selective colour or selective desaturation, selective colour in black and white photography often seems to get a bad rap. Selective colour is one of many photographic…

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