October 2007

Studio Lighting – a beginners guide to lighting.

Studio lighting can be broken down into two categories, continuous and flash. While continuous lighting has two main advantages there are many disadvantages. The good [...]

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Flash mounted do-it-yourself softbox.

If you are a photographer and using flash (either for studio pictures or for outdoor shooting), you are probably aware of the problems that a [...]

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Pixelating product shots.

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Canon 200mm f/2L IS USM and Canon 800mm f/5.6L IS USM Lenses.

The new Canon EF200mm f/2L IS USM and EF800mm f/5.6L IS USM, both of which are L (luxury)-series lenses incorporating a high-performance Image Stabilizer, feature [...]

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Common obstacles in night photography.

Night photography has the ability to take a scene and cast it in an unusual light– much like the golden hour surrounding sunrise and sunset [...]

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Gigapan billion pixel imager for digital cameras.

The Gigapan imager can capture incredibly high-resolution panoramic images with a standard consumer digital camera. It accomplishes this by precisely manipulating the camera’s pan and [...]

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Sharpen photos with edge masks.

Learn how to sharpen an image on the edges only with this Photoshop tutorial. Ordinary sharpening methods sharpen the entire image including the areas that [...]

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Lighting ratios in portrait photography.

An important concept to understand when dealing with studio lighting for portrait photography is contrast. Contrast is the difference in the amount of light that [...]

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Post-processing High Dynamic Range images.

Post Processing HDR images – Tone mapped HDR images are rarely perfect when the HDR program finishes with them. They can look flat, lack overall [...]

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Digital photography tutorials at Photoxels.com.

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