April 2008

Understanding Digital SLR Sensor Cleaning.

Contrary to the urban myths that propagate like viruses on computer discussion boards, no digital camera with interchangeable lenses has a exposed imaging sensor. All [...]

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Portraits by window light.

“Learn how light works to model a 3D face in 2D using window light before spending a lot of money on lighting gear. It costs [...]

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Understanding Camera Lenses.

“Understanding camera lenses can help add more creative control to digital photography. Choosing the right lens for the task can become a complex trade-off between [...]

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Blending edges when you are making a composite photo photoshop tutorial.

“When we last saw our friend’s head you remember he was plagued by that problem of residual color from his original background. If I used [...]

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PhotoShop Camera Raw video tutorial.

PhotoShop Camera Raw video tutorial.

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Balancing Flash and Ambient Light Indoor Photography.

“Typical indoor ambient light, for instance, might be about 1/60th at 4/f at ISO 400. So If I shoot you in that light, available only, [...]

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Five Flash techniques.

“Bounce is a great alternative to direct flash, especially for people pictures made under low ceilings or near white walls. As its name implies, you [...]

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Controlling Daylight at Strobist.

“I shot in the middle of the afternoon to use this portrait as an example of how to light an outdoor portrait with a couple [...]

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Sushi Bar Photo Shoot video.

SUSHIBAR photo shoot video from SUSHIBAR on Vimeo.

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Emporio Armani advertising contest.

“Emporio Armani fragrances are inviting designers and filmmakers to create a print or video to advertise their Get Together range of his and hers perfumes.

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Radiopopper CLS ETTL remote flash trigger installation video.

RadioPopper Unboxed from NicePhotoMag.com from Zeke K on Vimeo.

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Understanding white balance in digital photography.

“White balance (WB) is the process of removing unrealistic color casts, so that objects which appear white in person are rendered white in your photo. [...]

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More diffusion results in less contrast.

“The concept of diffusing light to control image contrast is the focus of this lesson. This is where the birth of the soft box came [...]

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Better flash lighting through intelligent design and utilization.

” Single Flash Limitations : A single direct hot shoe flash regardless of where it is positioned will create sharply defined dark shadows because the [...]

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Adobe Lightroom color and tone presets by Matt Kloskowski

Lightroom presets by Matt Kloskowski

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Light position and angle.

“We live in a world of off-axis light. The sun does not stay right behind us. Our lighting fixtures at home illuminate us from above [...]

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Understanding Histograms : Tones – Contrast – Luminance – Color

“Understanding image histograms is probably the single most important concept to become familiar with when working with pictures from a digital camera. A histogram can [...]

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Nikon D3 Firmware 1.10 , Capture NX 1.3.3 , ViewNX 1.0.4 updates.

Several updates from Nikon : Nikon D3 Firmware Update 1.10 (Windows) Nikon D3 Firmware Update 1.10 (Mac)

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Photographing glass.Tutorials about glass photography.

“It’s almost a magician’s art: giving form to an object that’s essentially invisible. Lighting and photographing clear glass objects and giving them real visual appeal [...]

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One Softbox in studio lighting set-up + video.

hit continue for video fragments and result image.

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Schneider Optics announces two B+W infrared filters.

“The difficulty of capturing infrared images with film has long limited the medium to the domain of a select few artistic, scientific or technical photographers. [...]

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Canon Digital Rebel Xsi – Eos 450d camera reviews 2

“We found no evidence of coloured fringing in test shots in bright, contrasty conditions and only a suggestion of edge and corner softening. Slight barrel [...]

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Transmission versus Reflection with photo umbrella's.

In this lesson, we will look at how the efficiency of a light reflector works. To illustrate this, we will employ the line up of [...]

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How to draw an 'Asian sun' with photoshop tutorial.

How to draw an ‘Asian sun’ with photoshop tutorial by SweetBeat : -open a new document 5cmx10cm 72dpi -select the rectangular marquee tool and draw [...]

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Tiago Montagnini Photography.

Tiago Montagnini Photography

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Subject with hair extraction from background photoshop tutorial.

“There are many methods for using hair extraction. Some are more perfect than others of course. The colour range tool for example can often be [...]

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Lighting diagrams from studio shots I.

Here are a few lighting diagrams from studio photos : Monoblock bounced in silver umbrella, single light source, no reflectors.High on lightstand, close to model

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A guide to High Dynamic Range (HDR)

“High dynamic range (or HDR) technique allows you to reveal detail and contrast that are missing from normal images. Generally, HDR is used to deal [...]

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Colormunki Photo Review. New color control solutions.

“The ColorMunki Photo combines high-end technology with easy to use features and a more palatable price tag for most users. Typically, you would buy a [...]

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The Right Lights. Photo gear in studio and on location.

“Few decisions can push your photography to the next level like investing in serious, off-camera lighting. But what type of light? Your choices include exotics [...]

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New Adobe TV Programming Comes Online – AdobeTV videos.

” Adobe Systems Incorporated today announced Adobe TV, a free online video resource for expert instruction and inspiration about Adobe products, including the company’s Creative [...]

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Hugh O'Malley Photography.

Hugh O’Malley Photography

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DIY Photo Studio Product Lighting.

DIY Photo Studio Product Lighting

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Color – Black and white – sepia mixing photoshop tutorial.

This tutorial will show you how to transform a standard color photo into a mix of colors, black and white and sepia in a fast [...]

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Liquid Resize product preview.

“Liquid Resize is a “content aware” image resizing application for Mac OS X and Windows. Liquid Resize is now available for download as a Product [...]

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How to use the pen tool in photoshop tutorials.

“In this Photoshop tutorial we will explore how to use the pen tool. First, we will look at the pen tool’s basic controls. We will [...]

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Camera metering and exposure.

“Knowing how your digital camera meters light is critical for achieving consistent and accurate exposures. Metering is the brains behind how your camera determines the [...]

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Understanding Digital Color.

“For a correct exposure you want all the channels in all parts of the photo to be below the point they max out and loose [...]

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Techniques for softer fill flash and softboxes on hot-shoe flashes.

“When shooting portraits outdoors, it is often necessary to control or modify the natural light in order to achieve the most flattering results. In a [...]

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Canon EOS 40D Firmware Update Version 1.0.8.

This firmware update (Version 1.0.8) incorporates the following improvements and fixes. Fixes a phenomenon in which Image Stabilization operation emits a sound when certain buttons [...]

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Light Faster With a Cheat Sheet.

” One of the first hurdles in learning off-camera flash photography in the manual mode is knowing where to set your flash for that first [...]

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Good Lighting is an art article.

“The aim of this article is to introduce you to the versatility of your new Paglight whilst exposing the secrets of good lighting in such [...]

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Canon Eos 450d – Digital Rebel Xsi camera reviews.

” The good: Excellent photo quality for its class; better-than-average speed. The bad: Maximum ISO 1600; huge spot-for-spot metering. The bottom line: It doesn’t stand [...]

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Polarizing filters – Controlling color and contrast.

” Of the many different types of lens filters available to outdoor photographers, the polarizing filter is probably one of the most popular, if not [...]

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Adobe Lightroom 2.0 beta download.

“Adobe Photoshop Lightroom answers the digital photographer’s call for a workflow application that allows photographers to quickly work with raw format images. With Lightroom you [...]

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Professional Photographer Magazine cover contest.

“Have you always dreamed of seeing your work on the cover of a national magazine? Here’ s your chance :  Upload your photographs online today [...]

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