DSLR Lens SelectionA quick look at available lenses shows that there are far more lenses to chose from than DSLR cameras, yet there is a lot less information about them. Most people know by now that kit lenses only get you so far, if anywhere at all. Here we discuss how to create a personalized set of lens. Remember, those are not the only possibilities, so feel free to adapt those to your needs. |
Comparing Traditional and Digital PhotographyBy Jill Kane When it comes to photography, the digital wave is very much in evidence and yet, both operate on the same principles. Both have a lens, an aperture and a shutter. The difference lies in how the image is formed. |
How to promote a photoblogLet’s take a closer look at why you might need a photoblog and how you could make it get noticed in the field which is pretty much crowded today (one of the major photoblog directories Photoblogs.org lists over 32,000 photoblogs!). |
Warmer Winter Photos: Top tips for warming up photo colorBy William Sawalich Want to stay warm this winter? Wear a sweater and double up on the socks. Want to keep your photos warm in these cold months? Follow these simple tips to add pleasing warmth to even the coolest photographs. |
Turning Photos Into Art: Painting photos with the Art History BrushBy William Sawalich I’m always looking for fun and easy ways to make photographs look like paintings, and I recently learned another great one. Photoshop’s Art History Brush is a variant of the History Brush, with which the previous action (from Photoshop’s history palette) is painted away. The Art History Brush adds a twist to the recreation of this history by adding artful effects as the previous history state is returned to the photo. |
CompositionIn our modern world of automatic cameras, which focus for us and adjust the exposure in an ever more perfect way (most of the time), the biggest difference between a good photograph and a mediocre one is the composition. |
Choosing a Camera Lens FilterCamera lens filters still have many uses in digital photography, and should be an important part of any photographer's camera bag. These can include polarizing filters to reduce glare and improve saturation, or simple UV/haze filters to provide extra protection for the front of your lens. This article aims to familiarize one with these and other filter options that cannot be reproduced using digital editing techniques. Common problems/disadvantages and filter sizes are discussed towards the end. |
Lenses and Focal Length Photography TutorialIn Photography, your lens is often your most important purchase. This photography tutorial outlines some important qualities of different lenses, and how each performs in identical situations. |
Depth of Field in PhotographyDepth of field (DOF) is the distance in front and beyond the object that is in focus. This tutorial will teach you about how to use Depth of Field in your own photography. |
Before you Buy: Choosing a Camera BagCamera bags can be one of the most difficult pieces of equipment to choose. No camera bag is made to fit every occasion so I will here talk about some different types of bags and cover a few points to consider. |
Understanding RAW File FormatRAW file format is the uncompressed, unprocessed data file captured by the camera's image sensor, before any in-camera processing has been applied (though, in practice, depending on the camera manufacturer, some minimal in-camera processing may have been applied to the RAW data). In this sense, an image saved in the RAW file format is the digital equivalent to the (exposed but as yet unprocessed) film negative. |
Studio Photography GuideStudio photography is easy because you can get exactly what you want. Studio photography is hard because you can get exactly what you want. |
Infrared Photo Effect In PhotoshopIn this Adobe Photoshop tutorial, we're going to learn how to simulate the look of infrared photography in Photoshop. We'll be taking a look at Photoshop's Channels palette and seeing how to isolate a color channel as well as how to apply filters to color channels, we'll be using a few different layer blend modes, seeing how to bring some of the color from the original image back into the effect. |
10 Tips For Better Night PhotographyNight photography is one of those aspects of photography that always gets attention. People love to see night scenes—that mysterious mix of ambient light and city lights. The challenge is to compose them well. Night photos used to be difficult to capture with film (though film still shines for superlong night exposures) because of exposure problems. |
10 Tips For Better Night PhotographyNight photography is one of those aspects of photography that always gets attention. People love to see night scenes—that mysterious mix of ambient light and city lights. The challenge is to compose them well. Night photos used to be difficult to capture with film (though film still shines for superlong night exposures) because of exposure problems. |
Three Short Tutorials for Photographers and Photography LoversSince its very beginning, Photoshop is the best tool for photo editing and this time I'll take you through a few of short tutorials with some very basic yet practical techniques about using Photoshop with your pictures. Won't take you more than 10 minutes each! Want to try? |
Concert, Stage, and Low-Light PhotographyCapturing compelling images of people in low light--whether it be musicians in concert, thespians onstage, or your kid in an indoor karate tournament--is a great challenge for any photographer. If you are allowed to use flash you still have to worry about focusing on rapidly-moving subjects and utilizing lenses that bring you close enough to your subjects. Without flash, you suddenly have to worry a lot more about motion, exact exposure, and color temperature. |
Near Infrared Digital Photography: A TutorialNear infrared light consists of light just beyond visible red light (wavelengths greater than 780nm). Contrary to popular thought, near infrared photography does not allow the recording of thermal radiation (heat). Far-infrared thermal imaging requires more specialized equipment, and is not the subject of this tutorial. Infrared images exhibit a few distinct effects that give them an exotic, antique look. |
Tilt-Shift Photography Photoshop TutorialThis tutorial has been produced using Photoshop CS2 on a PC. Photoshop is a graphics editing program for enhancing photographs and producing stunning effects. Similar to playing poker, where superb knowledge of the basics is necessary to win, using Photoshop requires mastery of its fundamentals to be effective. With this in mind, a good tutorial like this can be a useful to those who want to gain adept knowledge of Photoshop. |
Transform a Person into an AlienIn this tutorial is written how to create a very cool looking alien using Adobe Photoshop. Grab a picture of someone and get ready to alienize it! |
Storm Effect in PhotoshopA simple and detailed tutorial on how to create a cool storm effect in Photoshop. |
Getting started with Infared PhotographyInfrared photography looks like nothing else. I’m sure you’ve seen some IR photos around the web, but maybe you don’t know how to achieve this special effect? Look no further, here’s a guide on what to think about when choosing your object, how to shoot and what to do in post-production. |
Four specialty apps that will make your portraits impressRetouching a portrait usually takes several steps in Photoshop to make a well-exposed image effectively stand out. Pros use techniques like cloning, burning and dodging; various filters; and localized color enhancements with layer masks to get a stunning portrait. It’s a fine art that takes a lot of practice. Luckily for those who want great results without the learning curve, these applications will give your portraits a professional look quickly and easily. |
Manage Your Photo LibraryMake image management the first step in your workflow, and you’ll free yourself to spend more time doing the more interesting digital darkroom tasks. Whether you prefer the total control of creating your own file structure or letting your software manage your files automatically, there are many excellent applications for keeping images tagged, flagged and organized. |
Learning Light PaintingLearning Light PaintingListThumbs Learning Light Painting May 01, 2008 * abduzeedo's blog We have published some articles about Light Painting, and in this post we will share some basic information about this technique. We will talk about the tools, the camera settings, the light and the technique. Also, we want to say thank you very much to Christopher Hibbert, the author of this article. |
The Better PrintGetting a good print today has become the norm with the latest digital cameras and printers. While you still may have some challenges, printer manufacturers, in particular, have worked hard to give users the ability to create outstanding prints. Now it's time to move beyond simply outputting a good print. I want to help you find ways to make your prints better express what you saw when you took the picture and how you felt about the subject. |
Creative Photo ProjectsTaking, organizing and perfecting your images is a good start, but the best part of photography is getting the "Wow!" from friends and family when you share your shots. Online services and software are making it easier than ever for even casual photographers to create polished, pro-quality slideshows, greeting cards, web-based projects and more. |
Digital Infrared PhotographyDigital infrared photography opens up a whole new world of creativity, even for photographers who already have a creative bent. |
Color Saturation: Getting It RightWhile black-and-white photography has enjoyed a rebirth of interest, color is still how the world appears and is mostly photographed. Yet colors you see and experience often don't quite translate to the picture you compose. We also sometimes want to interpret the world's colors in ways that better express how we felt about a subject. |
10 Ingredients For Successful ImagesIf you're in the mood to cook up some sumptuous photographs, here's a quick 10-step recipe that I think you'll find appetizing. To illustrate this article, I'll use photographs that I took on a recent trip to Papua New Guinea. While some of you may not get to (or may not want to go to) that exotic destination, the same ingredients can be used to create images that will quench your photographic thirst in any location. Let's dig in! |
Asking Permission to Photograph PeopleI always ask for permission if the person will be the main subject of my photo – I figure that I’m a guest in another country and that I want to behave like I’d expect someone to behave if they were in my home – with respect and friendliness. |
HDR Photography. Using Photomatrix ProHDR combines the dynamic range of multiple exposures into one image. Detail normally lost in shadows or washed out in overexposed areas are captured and revealed, better matching what we see with our own eyes. |
How to make your photos look their best when posting them onlineWhen making fine-art prints, more resolution is better, but on the web, it’s more complicated. You want to strike a balance between image dimensions, typical screen resolution and file size. |
Considerations for shooting, editing and assembling photo presentations that entertainCreating a good slideshow isn’t just about putting together a group of shots. How those pictures relate and interact can make a big difference. In this article, we’ll talk about how to put multiple images together to develop interesting slideshows, both in terms of how the images should go together and the software and technology that you can use. |
Pro Tips: Demystifying Image ResizingPro Tips: Demystifying Image Resizing Depending on how we want to use an image, we often need to create new copies at different resolutions. You might be making your image smaller for use on the web or increasing the resolution to make a larger print. |
Keep The Noise Down In Your Digital ImagesNoise, the digital equivalent of film grain, can be a challenge to overcome. It appears as an irregular, sand-like texture that, if small, is essentially invisible; if large, it can be unsightly and a distraction from your image. Noise can have color to it (chromatic noise) or only vary in brightness (luminance noise). (As with grain, this fine-patterned look is sometimes desirable for certain creative effects.) |
How to test a lensThere are two sets of characteristics that you need to consider when examining a lens: build and optical. The build characteristics are too often ignored, although in my opinion they have much more of an immediate impact on photography than the optical ones — they can either get or lose you the shot, while the optical quality only determines how the picture looks once it’s in the box. And personally, I’d rather have the shot with a slightly lower quality than miss it altogether. |
5 Image Bookmarking Sites To Never Loose Cool Pictures Found On The Web AgainImage bookmarking sites are great way to never loose interesting photos or images you see browsing around the web. Most of us are very used to link bookmarking sites like Delicious, but when it comes to pictures, often, we don’t know how to left some notes for ourselves and bookmark them. That’s why you may want to browse across some of the most popular image bookmarking sites listed below. |
Five Ways To Better Organize Your PhotosHere are my five personal favorite photo organization tips to help keep track of digital image files, and help keep them safe in the process. Because after all, if you can’t find them when you need them, why bother keeping them? |
20+ free Graphic Image Editing SoftwaresI have collected 22 best image editing software which has many of the features of photoshop or fireworks to edit your images instantly. Hope this list will help all web designers who don’t have enough fund to buy Adobe Photoshop. |
