July 2008

How to Photograph Silhouettes in 8 Easy Steps.

I normally talk about the importance of using a flash when taking shots into the sun to give sufficient light to add features to your [...]

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Why should I Use a Speedlight / Small flash ?

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  For most of you that own a DSRL, you’ll have a built in flash to help you light your subject. So why, oh why [...]

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Studio portrait photography with one light source video.

Studio portrait photography with one light source video.

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Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 full version.

London — July 29, 2008 — Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced the immediate availability of Adobe® Photoshop® Lightroom® 2 software, the photographer’s essential toolbox [...]

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Selection from Flickr photo pool III

A new selection from our Flickr Photo Pool

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Add Eyelashes in photoshop video tutorial.

Add Eyelashes in photoshop video tutorial.

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Studio lighting basics for shiny metal and reflections.

Studio lighting basics for shiny metal and reflections.

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Nikon Photo Contest International 2008-2009.

Nikon Europe today announced the opening date for the Nikon Photo Contest International 2008-2009. This year is the 32nd edition of the hugely-popular contest that [...]

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Gitzo Extends its Range with New Sophisticated Ball Heads.

Gitzo Extends its Range with New Sophisticated Ball Heads. Bogen Imaging, leaders in photographic accessories for the professional and enthusiast photographer is pleased to announce [...]

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Kingston Technology Adds 8GB microSDHC Cards.

Kingston Technology Adds 8GB microSDHC Cards to Growing Mobile Phone Memory Family Larger Capacity Cards Offer Wireless Consumers Handy Storage Options to Maximize Device Performance, [...]

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Taking photos with white seamless backgrounds IV – From White To Black.

We’ve taken our white seamless BG and made it pure white. The task set before us now is to get a few more visual options [...]

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Expose Your World Photo Contest

“Travel photo competition prize pool tops $70,000! More prizes. More Categories. More opportunities to expose exceptional talent. (Deadline for submissions extended to August 29) The [...]

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About Photographic Filters for lenses.

Filters are basically tools to modify the quality of light hitting your sensor. They used to play a more integral role in photography before digital [...]

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Phase One Announces World’s First Full Frame 645 Medium Format Camera System.

Phase One Announces World’s First Full Frame 645 Medium Format Camera System, based on Breakthrough Sensor Technology Sensor+ redefines sensor functionality to support pros’ investments [...]

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More camera reviews for july 2008.

Sony DSLR-A300 Sitting between the DSLR-A200 and DSLR-A350 models (both of which have been reviewed on this website), Sony’s DSLR-A300 offers the resolution of the [...]

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Stroboscopic multi flash photography.

Want to photograph a moving subject so that it’s not blurred and yet preserves a clear sense of motion, rather than seeming frozen in space? [...]

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Classic Three Light Portrait Video

Classic Three Light Portrait Video

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Nikon D3 Camera Review.

Well, like nothing Nikon produced previously. Okay, that’s not exactly true. From an external standpoint, the D3 looks and feels like a D2xs with a [...]

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High Dynamic Range images.

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Panasonic introduces 14.7 megapixels compact camera LUMIX FX150

SECAUCUS, N.J. (July 21, 2008) – Panasonic today announced its newest addition to its FX-Series of LUMIX digital cameras with the unveiling of the stylish [...]

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Recover detail from highlights and exposed skin photoshop tutorial.

In this tutorial we’re going to recover detail from the skin area and have it on a separate layer for full control

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Taking photos with white seamless backgrounds III – Full Length Model Photo With One Light

I felt challenged today to see if I could shoot a full length portrait on a plain old white seamless background with a single battery [...]

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Leica M8 Upgrade Service.

Starting on October 1, 2008, Leica USA will begin its previously announced Leica M8 Upgrade Service. To insure the quickest possible turnaround time, we encourage [...]

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The PhotoShop Brush engine.

The brush engine of Photoshop is a powerful tool and can be the key to simulate real paint. But in the wrong hands it can [...]

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Nikon D700 Camera Review.

The viewfinder of the D700 is bright, clear and informative. Not at all overloaded with uninteresting information and data. All important information is clearly visible [...]

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Giving photos and old and sepia look photoshop video tutorial.

Giving photos and old and sepia look photoshop video tutorial.

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30 Great Free Paper Backgrounds and Textures.

One of the best free stuff Graphic Designers can find on the Web for free are high resolution backgrounds and textures. Long gone are the [...]

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Nine Reasons to Manually Focus When Taking Pictures.

Most Digital (and film) cameras today offer a nice feature called Manual Focus.  This has not always been the case. The older more experienced folks [...]

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Learn the Basics of Curves Photoshop Video Tutorial.

Learn the Basics of Curves Photoshop Video Tutorial.

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PhotoShelter Warns Flickr Users .

PHOTOSHELTER CEO COMMENTS ON PARTNERSHIP ANNOUNCEMENT BETWEEN GETTY IMAGES & YAHOO! FLICKR Announcement validates PhotoShelter’s approach to stock photography; Counsels Flickr photographers to mind the [...]

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Five Tips For Great Sunset Photos.

Sunsets and sunrises are an inspirational subject for any photographer. In fact, a good sunset photo is often the reason many people become interested in [...]

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Famous examples of digitally manipulated photos (a.k.a. doctored photos)

Famous examples of digitally manipulated photos (a.k.a. doctored photos)

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Enhance your photos with Highlights, midtones and shadows photoshop video

Enhance your photos with Highlights, midtones and shadows photoshop video

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Taking photos with slow shutter speeds.

With slow shutter speed (otherwise known as long exposure), the elements of time and motion are introduced into your photography. We’re going to run down [...]

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Tips for Portrait Photos.

“Most portraits are taken with the camera at (or around) the eye level of the subject. While this is good common sense – completely changing [...]

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5 Ways to Hold Your Viewer's Attention.

One of the most important things your photo should have is an ability to hold your viewers attention. There are a lot of techniques that [...]

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Getty Images and Flickr Announce Exclusive Partnership to Offer New Collection of Creative Imagery.

Getty Images and Flickr Announce Exclusive Partnership to Offer New Collection of Creative Imagery New Flickr Collection on gettyimages.com to Provide Customers Even More Authentic, [...]

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New Kodak sensor gets 50 million pixels in 48 x 36 mm.

World’s First 50 Megapixel CCD Sensor Sets New Standard for Professional Photographers Eastman Kodak Company has achieved another breakthrough in its storied history of imaging [...]

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Camera Meters and Histograms Video

Camera Meters and Histograms Video

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Hasselblad introduces the 50 megapixel H3DII-50

Introducing the new H3DII-50, featuring the world’s largest sensor. Featuring the new Kodak 50 Mpixel sensor, measuring 36×48mm, twice the physical size of the largest [...]

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Umbrella or softbox in the studio video.

Umbrella or softbox in the studio video.

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Orange Sky Collage Photoshop Tutorial.

One heavenly body, let at be the moon – is too stereotyped. We will make our collage more interesting, and we will add on the [...]

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Selection from Flickr photo pool II

Thanks for uploading your great photos on our flickr pool. Here’s a new selection from your uploads :

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Adobe Photoshop Lightroom vs. Polarizing Filter.

It seems computers can do most anything with an image now a days. So why bother with all those cumbersome filters? The answer is that [...]

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Ramses Moya Photography.

Ramses Moya Photography

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How to Photograph Fireworks Displays.

Fireworks Displays are something that evoke a lot of emotion in people as they are not only beautiful and spectacular to watch but they also [...]

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10 Things You Should Know About Stock Photography.

The image that came straight out of your camera is probably not good enough to be sold Since the advent of photography, photographers have toiled [...]

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Setting up a remote camera video.

Setting up a remote camera video.

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