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Despite sounding like some kind of washing powder technology that stops your colours running and still keeps whites whiter than white, colour management is all about ensuring that what you see on your computer monitor is what you get out of your printer. The ColorMunki X-Rite Photo is a device that helps you manage your colours, and one that is excellent on several counts…it is by far and away the easiest colour calibration tool I have used to date.

One of the most frequent complaints when comparing a print of an image to its display on a monitor is that the print looks too dark and/or flat…

This handy guide takes you step-by-step through the process of using your Pantone huey or hueyPro, ensuring you get the most from your monitor and your prints!

Every photographer has their wish list of shots that they would love to get – some are fairly clichéd images that have been shot by thousands of photographers the world over, some are less obvious, manifestations of personal passions that you have vowed to capture on camera.

Sigma has announced a bumper release of new equipment at PMA 2010, a haul that’s great news for you and a shot across the bows of popular lens manufacturers like Canon & Nikon, who between them have announced just 3 lenses this year. Back to the exciting Sigma news however, the five new lenses are clearly aimed at the serious enthusiast but the price-performance ratio will definitely be tempting for professional photographers too…

Painting with light… Isn’t that what all photography is? The art of manipulating and capturing light to create the image you intended? Well yes, but recent years have allowed that concept to grow and expand, and painting with light is now considered an art form in itself, where you create pictures using a variety of moving light sources, whilst your camera shoots on a long exposure.

…it turns out that the humble macro lens doesn’t have to be reserved for occasions when you’re knee deep in swamp water and face to face with a frog, or on your belly in a meadow chasing a ladybird through the grass…

The cause is particularly pertinent for me as last year I suffered a heart scare, where I was rushed into hospital and kept there for a few days. Fortunately everything turned out to be ok, but the expertise and dedication of the staff who looked after me left me wanting to give something back. It was perfect, a no brainer – our grand adventure was planned.

It can certainly be argued that SLD cameras sit in the gap between compact camera and SLR. In general they offer better performance than a compact and are not as big as an SLR. That said, it could therefore also be argued that an SLD does not perform as well as an SLR and is bulkier than a compact. That’s always going to be the problem of a compromise; what you gain in one way you lose in another. But if you stop to think about it for a moment, the world is full of compromises that sell very well.

Everyone at WEX has voted for their favourite image to pick the 2009 Express Awards winner, but we’ve reached deadlock! We’ve whittled down the original 12 contenders (the winner from each month) to the final two. So, this is where you come to the rescue, with the deciding vote!