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Robin Nichols
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Robin Nichols

Born in the UK, Robin Nichols has always had a great love for recording the world with a camera. After finishing school, he studied fine art, before moving on to study at Nottingham Trent University, where he gained a degree in creative photography. He subsequently worked in the advertising industry for several years, before emigrating to Australia in 1985. Robin has always worked in photography: as a black and white printer, a cameraman, a stock photographer, and a freelance photographer. During the 1990s, Robin contributed to several photo-centric publications in Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, and the UK.
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My pictures never look 100% level

Most people lean slightly when taking a picture, right? You might not be aware that this is the case until you look at the photos on a computer screen. Fixing this slight error is easy. First, check your camera. Many feature an inbuilt digital level originally designed for use on a tripod. Ensure this feature is switched on and keep an eye for it in the viewfinder, or on the LCD screen when shooting. If you still get wonky horizons, it's easy to fix with software.

  • Quick > Tool Bar > Straighten Tool. Click and hold the cursor on the horizon, then drag the cursor across where the horizon should be, and when you release the mouse button, the picture is automatically rotated to make your stretched line the new horizon.

The Straighten Tool (the icon resembles a builder's level) allows you to make a very quick click, drag, and release action that 'tells' Elements that the line you have drawn...

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Robin Nichols

Born in the UK, Robin Nichols has always had a great love for recording the world with a camera. After finishing school, he studied fine art, before moving on to study at Nottingham Trent University, where he gained a degree in creative photography. He subsequently worked in the advertising industry for several years, before emigrating to Australia in 1985. Robin has always worked in photography: as a black and white printer, a cameraman, a stock photographer, and a freelance photographer. During the 1990s, Robin contributed to several photo-centric publications in Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, and the UK.
Read more about Robin Nichols