October 2008

Using the Blending Sliders in Photoshop Tutorial

One of my favorite techniques for removing (i.e. make transparent) dark or light areas of an image is to use the blending sliders available inside [...]

Photography during the Winter

The angle of the sun on the horizon is smaller during wintertime, creating numerous pleasing effects for photographers, such as a prolonged period of the [...]

Olympus announces firmware update for Zuiko Digital Lenses

Today Olympus announces a firmware update for the following five Zuiko Digital Lenses: >> Zuiko Digital 28-84mm equivalent (ED 14-42mm Four Thirds) f3.5-f5.6 lens; >> [...]

Interior Photography Lighting With Multiple Strobes

Set the ISO to 400 – this gives you much greater latitude with the strobes. Set the aperture to f/6.3 as a good starting point. [...]

Sigma EO-ETTL II Flashgun issues with Canon 50D

Notice to customers using Sigma’s EO-ETTL II type flashguns 2008.10.29 – Sigma’s EF-530 DG SUPER EO-ETTL II, EF-530 DG ST EO-ETTL II, EM-140 DG EO-ETTL [...]

Canon EOS 50D Firmware Update 1.0.3 and Nikon D300 Firmware Update 1.10

Canon : 1. Corrects a phenomenon in which an image becomes overexposed when C.Fn.II-3 Highlight tone priority is set to “1” together with other camera [...]

Photographing 2-Dimensional Artwork.

Lighting and photographing two-dimensional objects such as framed paintings and prints so that they look professionally rendered can be considerably more challenging than in other [...]

34 free Black & White film presets for Adobe Lightroom

The presets are available in two versions, one with auto toning and the other one without. I just show you a preview of the set [...]

The Drag And Drop Method To Importing To Adobe Lightroom 2.0.

Portrait Lighting For Beginners: Portraits With One Light.

Why start with just one light? Because you can get amazing portraits, that’s why. Did I mention less equipment, less complication, less cost, and less [...]

Overclock your flash sync speed.

Facial Angles in Photography.

The angles of the human face and body people consider visually pleasing are universal regardless of the medium. Movie directors and cinematographers are masters of [...]

Canon G10 versus Hasselblad H2 with Phase One P45+ back

The next afternoon I hiked into the forest with my tripod, Hasselblad H2 and P45+ with the Hasselblad 55-110mm lens attached, and photographed a lovely [...]

Genuine Fractals 6 released

onOne Software Announces Genuine Fractals 6 The industry standard for resizing images to any size adds several new features and includes support for Adobe Photoshop [...]

Download the PhotographyBB Online Magazine Issue 9

PhotographyBB Online Magazine Issue 9 is out for free download :

Real Estate Photography Tips

When you are shooting a home with a view, there’s nothing more important to the home owners and listing agent than seeing stunning view through [...]

onOne Software Announces Plug-In Suite 4.5

Update to award-winning software package includes new versions of PhotoFrame, PhotoTools and Genuine Fractals New York, NY (October 23, 2008) PhotoPlus Expo Booth #1055 – [...]

How to Use the Luminance Feature in Lightroom 2.

from Yanik Chauvin

G10 Canon Powershot Sample photos in JPEG and RAW

The Canon PowerShot G10 enables users to capture RAW and JPEG format files. We’ve provided some Canon RAW (CR2) samples for you to download (thumbnail [...]

PhotoPlus Expo 2008 with Kodak

New Products and Services Leverage Kodak’s ‘Connect with Professional Quality’ Commitment across the Entire Professional Photography Spectrum NEW YORK, Oct. 22 /PRNewswire/—Eastman Kodak Company continues [...]

Animoto Video Presentation Software for Photography

Award-winning video creation platform now provides professional photographers with tools to produce and market professional-quality videos New York, NY, October 22, 2008 – Animoto (http://animoto.com), [...]

Fantasea Remora Flash

Fantasea Line is pleased to announce the addition of a new flash, that has been especially designed for compact digital housings. The new Fantasea Remora [...]

How Much is Wedding Photography?

Almost every bride has that one thing that they will consider the most important part of their wedding day, and will usually spend the most [...]

Lighting Ratios Video

Adobe Lightroom 2.1 and Camera Raw 5.1 downloads available

Adobe has released updates to Photoshop Lightroom and the Photoshop Camera Raw plug-in, both available immediately as free upgrades for Lightroom 2 and Photoshop CS4 [...]

Rss Widget available

Here’s a RSS widget with our latest items : http://www.digitalpixels.net/index.php/rss-widget/ You can use it on your blog/website or desktop in order to follow our latest [...]

Hoya High Definition Filters

Hoya have just unveiled a new range of HD – High Definition – filters, available in Protector, UV and Circular Polariser in sizes from 52mm [...]

Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo X2 Before and After Competition

Corel is delighted to announce a new Corel® Paint Shop Pro® Photo X2 ‘Before and After’ competition. This summer, we want you to show us [...]

Edgy Photos Sell in the Art World.

For most workaday photographers, the world of auctions, collectors and the art market can seem very far away. But that doesn’t stop just about everyone [...]

Experimenting with Ring Flash as Fill Light

For better or worse, my goal is for this experience to serve as a sort of template for how I approach a new lighting technique.

Lighting angles in photography.

Natural Lighting Artificial lighting Lighting Angles How many lights do you need? Lighting Ratios Photography is the art of illusion, tricking the viewer into thinking [...]

All about Polarizers – Linear and Circular.

So first let’s look at polarization in general. You can think of light as traveling in waves. One way to visualize these waves is to [...]

Canon G10 camera review

For serious photographers, whenever we turn our attention toward small cameras, we want to know if we are able to do serious work with them. [...]

Canon USA Rebates

Save up to $125 on select Canon Lenses with our new Canon Instant Savings Rebate. Purchases eligible for this rebate must be made between October [...]

How to Create High-Contrast Black and White Images in Photoshop Tutorial.

Open your photo in Photoshop and press CTRL-SHIFT-ALT-B to enter the Black and White conversion window. You can also select Image from the main menu [...]

The ABCs of Point-and-Shoot Cameras

Compact, pocket models occupy the largest section of the digital camera market, and vary wildly in terms of features and price. Still, a compact camera [...]

The discipline of composing full frame.

There’s an aesthetic discipline in photography which has all but dropped off the radar these days. It’s to make your composition in camera using the [...]

Convert RAW files to DNG for peace of mind when archiving photographs.

RAW image files are proprieties of the cameras manufacturer their file extensions are unique to its own and do not exchange well over other programs [...]

One Speedlight: Some Examples.

This week we are going to look at using one speedlight with no modifications… no umbrellas or softboxes to modify the light, just the bare [...]

International Underwater Photo Competition 2009

Official Call For Entries: 2009 International Underwater Photo & Video Competitions PRESTIGIOUS INTERNATIONALUNDERWATER PHOTOGRAPHY & VIDEO COMPETITION SERIES ANNOUNCE 2009 COMPETITIONS – OVER $75,000 IN [...]

Carl Zeiss PhotoScope 85 T* FL

World premiere for observation and outdoor photography Coinciding with the 2008 photokina, Carl Zeiss is once again demonstrating its innovativeness in the field of digital [...]

Flash photography basics video.

Cactus Wireless Flash Trigger V2s review.

One of the least expensive ways to get started with off-camera flash photography is by using the Cactus Wireless Triggers. The Cactus is also referred [...]

Capture One 4 PRO released by Phase One

Phase One A/S today announced the immediate availability of Capture One 4 PRO, the RAW workflow software for photographers focused on transforming RAW files into [...]

Turning Rejection into Success.

If turning photography into income has a downside, it’s this: it doesn’t always work. You’ll pitch for jobs you won’t get, enter competitions you won’t [...]

Photoshop Video Tutorial – Adding a Reflection.

from Yanik Chauvin

Apple MacBook Family Redefines Notebook Design

Apple today unveiled an all-new MacBook family that redefines notebook design, and at the same time dramatically lowers the entry price for advanced notebook features [...]

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