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Doing Image Competition Right!
Digital ProTalk &bull Dec 14, 2011
I spent a good bit of the morning readying our Help-Portrait images. Sarah is taking over and will complete the final retouching on them. The plan is to get them down to Costco tomorrow for printing. Thanks to everyone who offered suggestions on how to get the best color from Costco's printing services. I thought the best was the online upload of the images and even gave it a try. It really works quite well. The only problem… Full Story »
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2011 Frugal Gift Guide for Photographers
Canon Blogger &bull Dec 12, 2011
Let's face it - the economy being what it is, the really high end items are likely out of the reach of most mortals. Some are tried and true, some are innovative and new, while others are just plain cool! The rules for my gift guide are simple - everything must be under $50! The reason? Well, lots of photographers are posting their own versions of "Gift Guides", and some are just plain decadent with money. Lens… Full Story »
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Five Reasons to Love the Square Format
Digital Photography School &bull Dec 8, 2011
Perhaps one of the unintended consequences of digital photography is that it has opened up areas of photography that were previously limited to people that had certain equipment. The square format is a good example - before digital you really… Full Story »
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"First Lights Of Christmas"
Digital ProTalk &bull Nov 25, 2011
It's officially the second day of the holiday season counting Thanksgiving as the first day. This is a close-up image of one of those trees. I think it captures the flavor and colors of the season as we move closer… Full Story »
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Wednesday Wonderfulness: Creative Self Assignments
Digital ProTalk &bull Nov 23, 2011
We got a short day today. As a matter of fact we are only working a half day today. Unless we have some last minute orders, we have most everything caught up for holidays which is always a relief. Today LaDawn and I begin the holiday festivities with family so I'm going to keep today's post short and sweet. Here we go. I think one of the best ways to get your creative juices flowing is with self assignments. Those self assignments can center around photographing shapes, colors, the alphabet, focal lengths, f-stops, shutter speeds, etc. What… Full Story »
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Fisherman in Switzerland
Stuck in Customs &bull Nov 19, 2011
And that moving train was thanks to you great readers here of the blog, that recommended that I take a ride on the Glacier Express from St. Moritz to Zermatt. It was a great suggestion! In fact, it was so… Full Story »
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Content Aware Resizing in Gimp
Digital Photography School &bull Nov 13, 2011
In a previous post, I looked at content aware resizing in Photoshop CS4 which is the same as in CS5. I also mentioned the online application called Rsizr. Today I'm going to show you a plug-in for Gimp that does… Full Story »
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Video - Installing and Organizing Presets
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Killer Tips &bull Nov 10, 2011
I was looking through this site the other day and I realized that I have various videos and tips on installing and organizing presets. Since I refer back to this video constantly whenever I release new presets, I thought it'd… Full Story »
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"Beautiful Lines"
Digital ProTalk &bull Nov 8, 2011
This is one of my favorite images from my Napa workshop two weeks ago. We were working the grounds of Beringer's Winery and there were some fabulous locations in which to work. This location, at first glance, looked like nothing… Full Story »
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Better Pano Edges
PhotoWalkPro &bull Nov 4, 2011
I have been working on some of my pano shots from my trip to Peru and I thought I would pass along a helpful hint for fixing the edges in Photoshop CS5. When you shoot multi-image panos there are often… Full Story »
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Michael The Maven's Photography Contest
Current Photo Contests &bull Nov 3, 2011
Crop out as much background as possible to help direct the viewer to your subject in the photo, unless the background has compelling information important to your composition such as a scenic sky or other important element. Close-ups may provide… Full Story »
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Let Elements Get Your Buildings Back In Line
PhotoWalkPro &bull Nov 2, 2011
I originally wrote this article for Amazon for the launch of Adobe Photoshop Elements 10 a couple of months ago. I thought I would share it with you here on the blog so you could see one of the great features in Elements that you can use on… Full Story »
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Aperture updated to v3.2.1, iPhoto to v9.2.1
Rob Galbraith DPI &bull Oct 28, 2011Aperture 3.2.1, a maintenance release of the pro photo management and RAW conversion software from Apple, fixes a crashing problem on Macs with Core Duo processors and corrects bugs related to the Crop tool as well as the map display… Full Story »
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Water
Photopoints.net &bull Oct 16, 2011To resize the photo, hold the Shift key down and drag your mouse over the image.You may also move the photo to any location on the page by clicking on it and dragging it. This is a wonderful shot. Love… Full Story »
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Temptations (Digital BW Part II)
The Online Photographer &bull Oct 10, 2011
In some ways, Saturday's essay "Why Would a Digital Camera Have a BW-only Sensor?" I struggle to try to express ideas clearly, but even as I was writing that one I already knew, in advance-before I had read one word of response-that too many people were going to miss the point. As I said to one commenter, the writer has to take some of the responsibility when readers don't understand. I work hard at trying to make myself understandable, I really do. But sometimes I fall down. Try thinking about it in terms of temptations. What I'm saying is that… Full Story »
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PW171 - Color Splash Studio App Review
Photowalkthrough.com &bull Oct 7, 2011
Get a 15% discount AND keep your photos safe with secure online backup using our Mozy coupon code. Use our promo code photo for 15% off MozyHome or photo15 for 15% off MozyPro. Colour Splash Studio is one of an emerging breed of photography applications that aim to do one task well and that… Full Story »
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Apple iPhone 4S brings new imaging features
The Imaging Resource News Page &bull Oct 4, 2011
Apple iPhone 4S brings new imaging featuresBy Michael R. Tomkins, The Imaging Resource(Tuesday, October 4, 2011 - 18:01 EDT)Cupertino, CA-based Apple Inc. has today announced its latest iPhone-series smartphone, and it's not the much-rumored iPhone 5, but instead a more modest update to the existing model dubbed the iPhone 4S. Physically, the Apple iPhone 4S is very similar to the preceding iPhone 4. The exterior design is pretty-much unchanged, with the same 3.5-inch, 960 x 640 pixel touchscreen, exactly the same chassis dimensions, and a near-identical weight. Of course, the imaging features of the iPhone 4S will be of most… Full Story »
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Video: Using tool presets in Photoshop CS5
John Nack on Adobe &bull Sep 29, 2011
Julieanne Kost shows off one of the most perennially underused capabilities in Photoshop-namely, the ability to create & use presets that store settings for tools (e.g. common crop dimensions, type styles*, brushes with colors, etc.). * It's true, tool presets… Full Story »
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The Mobile Photo Awards
Current Photo Contests &bull Sep 25, 2011
Crop out as much background as possible to help direct the viewer to your subject in the photo, unless the background has compelling information important to your composition such as a scenic sky or other important element. Close-ups may provide… Full Story »
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Photoshop Elements turns 10
Photocritic Photography Blog &bull Sep 20, 2011
Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you... The baby brother of photo editing behemoth Photoshop turns 10 years old this year, and celebrates by releasing version 10 - Adobe Photoshop Elements 10, to give it its full and official name. As ever, it's aimed… Full Story »
