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Mike McNamee

Mike McNamee is a Graduate Mechanical Engineer with 25 years of industrial experience and a Fellow of both the Royal Photographic Society and the British Professional Photographers Association. His career combines engineering, scientific imaging, photography and digital imaging technology, giving him a particularly strong technical understanding of the photographic process.

Mike has won numerous national and international awards, including the Struers International Award for his work in digital image analysis. His photography has been published and used worldwide in encyclopaedias, textbooks, scientific journals, calendars, magazines, newspapers and CD covers.

He has been involved with digital imaging since its early development and has lectured throughout Europe and America on specialised photographic and imaging techniques. He has also authored numerous reports, books, scientific papers and patents, and spent 15 years serving on the British Standards Committee for Engineering Ceramics as an Imaging Specialist.

Mike has extensive experience in photography education and digital imaging, having developed the MousePushers digital imaging courses through Pixelmix Digital Training and taught photography and digital imaging at Priestley College in Warrington. He was previously Editor of Digital Photographer and Creative Imaging and is currently Editor of Professional Imagemaker, the magazine of The Societies of Photographers. His ongoing work includes colour management and digital workflow, as well as the practical application of imaging technology in photography.



Photoshop Layers

How to Manage Large Photoshop Files and Lots of Layers

Practical Photoshop workflow tips for photographers working with complex composites by Mike McNamee Large Photoshop projects can quickly become difficult...

Printmaking – A complete guide to materials & processes

Printmaking Techniques for Photographers: Exploring Traditional and Digital Processes

Photography and printmaking have always had a close relationship. While modern photographers can produce exceptional prints entirely through digital workflows,...

How to Sell Photography Prints: From Digital Prints to Fine Art Printmaking

How to Sell Photography Prints: From Digital Prints to Fine Art Printmaking

For many photographers, taking the photograph is only the beginning. A digital file can exist on a hard drive, computer...

DxO PureRAW 5

DxO PureRAW 5: How DxO Pushes RAW Image Quality Further

Few companies work harder than DxO to extract every last drop of image quality from a camera capture. For more...

Photographing Trees Through the Seasons

Tree Photography: Photographing Trees Through the Seasons

Trees are among the most rewarding subjects for photographers. They can dominate a landscape, provide a natural frame, create a...

Affinity Version 26 Launched

Affinity Photo 2.6: New Features and Hands-On Review

By Mike McNamee Affinity’s suite of creative applications has continued to develop into a serious alternative for photographers and designers...

sRGB vs Adobe RGB vs ProPhoto RGB

sRGB vs Adobe RGB vs ProPhoto RGB: Which Colour Space Should Photographers Use?

sRGB, Adobe RGB and ProPhoto RGB are three of the most commonly discussed colour spaces in photography. But which one...

printing black dress photography

How to Print Black Clothing Without Losing Shadow Detail

By Mike McNamee and Cristina Pascu-Tulbure Black clothing can look fantastic in a photograph – but reproducing it successfully in...

feathered light photography

Feathered Lighting in Photography: How to Use Softboxes for Better Portraits

Feathered lighting can give portrait photographers much greater control over the way light falls across a subject. Here’s how it...

ERTE – Art Deco Master and Graphic Art Illustrator

Erté and Art Deco: What Photographers Can Learn from His Visual Style

Art Deco is instantly recognisable. Bold geometry, elegant figures, dramatic poses, rich colours, metallic finishes and a fascination with fashion...