December 2008

Fantasy light effects in Photoshop

Fantasy art scenes are usually handled with a liberal sprinkling of Photoshop plug-in fairy dust – but you don’t have to slavishly follow that route. [...]

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How to Photograph Mixed Light

Ever wondered how to create those wonderful atmospheric exterior photographs where golden light from a house window streams into the cold, blue light of the [...]

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Lighting simulator Light Cage

Here is a great lighting simulator to plan and test your portrait lighting with one light source + fill light if wished

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Should you upgrade from a Canon 5D to a 5D Mark II?

While the Mark II has seen a number of subtle changes to its design (more on these later) there’s very little – if any – [...]

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Seven Years in Afghanistan Photo Essay

October 7th marked the seventh anniversary of US and allied troops in Afghanistan. Four weeks after September 11th, 2001, troops were sent into the nation [...]

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7 Ways to Take Outstanding Candid Pictures

When the photography world first came across the idea of candid portaiture – making informal shots of people who were not aware of being photographed [...]

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One model, five aging looks.

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Here is a photo shoot with one model made up in several looks according to increasing ages. 10 years old look 20 years old look

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How to Extend the Height of a Building with Vanishing Point

How to Extend the Height of a Building with Vanishing Point

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A Guide to Nocturnal Photography

In some ways “nocturnal” photography is no different from most genres, and in other ways, there’s a world of difference. This article will explore the [...]

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Canon EOS 5D Mark II overview

The Canon EOS-5D Mark II raises the standards of the entire EOS line, as it is the first EOS digital SLR camera to offer both [...]

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Fuji Finepix S8100 FD Review

The Fuji Finepix S8100FD is a standard super zoom digital camera. It has a fairly typical set of features for this type of camera including [...]

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Curves for advanced lighting control photoshop video tutorial

Curves for advanced lighting control photoshop video tutorial

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Nikon D3X Review and Sample Images

Picking up the camera, it would come as no surprise when we say that it feels almost identical to the Nikon D3. With the same [...]

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The LiteShaper frame and softbox

The LiteShaper frame and softbox

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How to Photograph Winter Landscapes

Many people dream of the long, languorous days of summer, with its gentle, warm zephyrs. But, as a landscape photographer I dream of the short [...]

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Choosing Your Photo Sales Channels

We’re spoiled for choice these days and that’s no good thing. If you want to create a website to promote your photography, you can take [...]

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How to Create High Dynamic Range Photos

EV, short for Exposure Value, can be defined as the various combinations of camera shutter speed and relative aperture that give the same exposure. For [...]

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5D mark II black dots and vertical banding noise – Canon's official response

We have learned that some users of the Canon EOS 5D Mark II digital SLR camera have identified two types of image quality phenomena that [...]

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Photography : The Rules of Composition

Composition is the combining of distinct parts or elements to form a whole.  In photography that thought is very important in taking good pictures.  The [...]

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Photography – Exposure – Getting it right

By ‘exposure’ we mean the amount of light that falls onto the film, or CCD if you are using a digital camera. In modern cameras [...]

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Depth of Field in Photography

Depth of field (DOF) is the distance in front and beyond the object that is in focus. This tutorial will teach you about how to [...]

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Sony A300 Camera Review

The A300 may be average in terms of size and weight, but it does have something that makes it stand out of the crowd: Live [...]

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Astrography – Photography of the stars and planets

Astrophotography is a complex activity, you can not simply point a camera at the sky and take a photo. There are a wide range of [...]

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Fixing it in photoshop

Try as we might, it’s not always possible to capture what’s needed in a single photograph. Though I prefer to do as much as possible [...]

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Giroptic Launches 360° Digital Camera

High-end digital cameras have always made it possible to take panoramic shots through the means of point and shoot, point and shoot, point and shoot [...]

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Photo Editing – Process, Workflow and Balance

Nothing gets me excited like a good process and when it comes to photo editing its something that evolves as your eye becomes more aware [...]

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Canon PowerShot SX10 IS Sample Photo Gallery + camera review

Unless otherwise noted, photographs below were taken at default settings, with the ISO fixed at 80. The image quality and resolution were at their highest [...]

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Download the free PhotographyBB Magazine Issue 11

The PhotographyBB Online Magazine Issue #11 for December is now available for download! The holiday season is upon us and what better way to celebrate [...]

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LightRoom 2 Adjustment Brush

In the last post I wrote about LR2′s Graduated Filter. The other localized editing tool, which many think might be the most significant addition to [...]

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ISO in digital photography guide

ISO should be one of the easiest aspects of digital photography to master, but many beginners in photography still have a hard time understanding this [...]

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How to Photograph Children

People always say, ‘Never work with children or animals’ – where’s the challenge in that! Capturing stunning images of children is one of the most [...]

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Canon 50d camera review

The EOS 50D digital SLR is blurring the line between the mid-range and professional cameras. Incorporating the best features of Canon’s prosumer models, the Canon [...]

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Studio Quality High Key Lighting Without The Studio

How to create the high key image outdoors 1. Set up a white diffuser or diffusion panel behind your subject like a backdrop. (Make sure [...]

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Nikon Coolpix S610 camera review

The Nikon Coolpix S610 and its twin the S160c pack a 10 megapixels sensor, a 4X stabilized wide-angle lens and a 3 ” LCD in [...]

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Ricoh GR Digital II Review

If it were not for Ricoh, the Serious Compacts blog would probably not exist. In a time when Canon, Nikon, Sony, and Fuji had dropped [...]

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Pentax K-m Digital SLR Camera Review

A look around the body shows a different layout in the buttons from the other Pentax models with the removal of the image stabiliser switch, [...]

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Olympus E-30 Camera : Initial Impressions

I’ve played with the Multi Exposure feature and it is cool, although I don’t have anything worth showing yet. The Art Filters differ from the [...]

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Jill Greenberg behind the scenes video

Jill Greenberg behind the scenes video

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Canon Powershot SX10 IS Review

The Canon Powershot SX10 is an advanced, super zoom camera. It has a wide angle, 20x optical zoom lens and an impressive set of controls, [...]

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Canon EOS 5D Mark II Test

Following the if-it-ain’t-broke axiom, Canon didn’t change much of the ergonomics from the original 5D. Same control layout (two command wheels and a tiny joystick [...]

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Olympus EVOLT E-520 camera review

Point-and-shoot enthusiasts looking for a smooth move into the digital SLR world will love Olympus‘s nifty E-520 ($539-$599, with lens). Not only will its performance [...]

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Lightroom 2.2 download available

Lightroom 2.2 is now available on Adobe.com. (Mac, Win)  The release includes new camera support for the following models: Canon EOS 5D Mark II Canon [...]

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Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX37 Review

Panasonic’s compact digital camera range is a better starting point than most for the absolute beginner, with intelligent auto functions switching shooting modes for you [...]

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Wide-Angle Photography

Digital cameras and zoom lenses go hand in hand. When shopping for your new camera, chances are one of the first features the salesman mentioned [...]

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