Change face structure photoshop video.
Change face structure photoshop video.
Lighting Equipment Primer for Beginners.
May 30, 2008
Filed under FLASH, LIGHTING, PHOTO GEAR
As in all things you need to know your tools so you can pick the best one for the job at hand. The goals for different styles vary and if you plan to shoot a variety of styles you’ll need a wide variety of modifiers.
Any light source will produce a pure white or pure black. The character if its light is defined by what is in between; how smooth or abrupt the highlight-to-midtone shadow transitions are.
Using louvers for dramatic portraits.
May 28, 2008
Filed under LIGHTING, PHOTOGRAPHY
” One of the most common approaches in portrait lighting is to use the softest possible light and to maintain good detail in both the highlight and the shadow areas of the photograph. This kind of lighting usually involves more than one light and the effect is often a highly flattering, idealized look. In this lesson we decided to step away from the standard technique of portrait lighting by attempting to create a more dramatic look. ”
How to use the Patch Tool in photoshop tutorial.
“Unlike Healing brush, Patch Tool gives you the ability to replace a large amount of skin in one operation.
To use Patch tool you must be sure that you have a good skin area on your photo. This skin area will be your replacement pattern.
Color perception.
May 26, 2008
Filed under COLOR
“The human eye senses this spectrum using a combination of rod and cone cells for vision. Rod cells are better for low-light vision, but can only sense the intensity of light, whereas while cone cells can also discern color, they function best in bright light.
Eye colorization in photoshop tutorial.
“This tutorial shows you a quick and effective way to change eye color. This technique can be used to change other aspects of an image as well as the eyes”
Canon digital camera software updates.
May 24, 2008
Filed under SOFTWARE
“Canon has released updates for virtually all of its camera software. Digital Photo Professional 3.4.1, EOS Utility 2.4, ZoomBrowser EX 6.1.1a, Picture Style Editor 1.3 and Canon RAW Codec 1.3 are all now available.
Understanding Bit Depth in digital photography.
May 23, 2008
Filed under PHOTOGRAPHY
“Bit depth quantifies how many unique colors are available in an image’s color palette in terms of the number of 0’s and 1’s, or “bits,” which are used to specify each color. This does not mean that the image necessarily uses all of these colors, but that it can instead specify colors with that level of precision. ”
Understanding the DSLR Magnification Factor.
May 22, 2008
Filed under PHOTO GEAR
“The ‘Focal Length Multiplier’ is one of the most easily misunderstood characteristics of the some of the new breeds of DSLR and so I would like to offer a brief look at this aspect of digital imaging and attempt to lay to rest some of the myths.”
“I own a Canon D60 and, like many other photographers, I was initially concerned about the ‘Focal Length Multiplier’ and the way it limits my use of wide lenses. So I had a hard look at this, and dug up some of my old photography text books for answers.”
How to use a gray card.
May 21, 2008
Filed under PHOTOGRAPHY
“The Gray Card is a process control benchmark for color management. Without one our camera, monitor and printer are only as good as our eye’s ability to discern color, and our eyes are easily fooled. Absent any external reference our eyes will accept a wide range of variation in color as being normal. That’s due in part because in real life we experience things under a wide range of light conditions.”
