Author: William Buist

Photography Friday – Issue 1

Emerging Thoughts.  Persistent Ideas.  In Photography. Sometimes you find yourself standing in a landscape and being reminded of something that has been quietly slipping from the mind. This morning the lane was wet from steady rain.  Not dramatic rain.  Just enough to darken the surface and deepen the colour of the hedgerows.  The sun was […]

Stitching a Story — Panoramas in Lightroom

Sometimes, one frame isn’t enough. When you’re standing in a vast valley or under a sweeping sky, a single image can feel like a compromise. That’s where panoramas come in — and Lightroom makes stitching them together simple and powerful. Here’s my approach: Lightroom gives options: Spherical, Cylindrical, or Perspective. I usually start with Cylindrical […]

The Quiet Strength of Bridges – Capturing Early Morning Light

Bridges are marvels of human engineering — bold, balanced, and often beautifully sculptural. But to truly photograph a bridge in its most poetic state, you need to catch it just before the world wakes. Early morning is magic. The first light softens hard angles, adds warmth to cold steel, and casts long shadows that tell […]