October 11th, 2009
Image by Today is a good day
Here is a quick quote that caught my attention today when talking to a friend who is a landscape photography enthusiast.
He said:
“Photograph the light not the land.”
His theory is that it’s the light not the actual subjects in a scene that can make or break a landscape image.
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October 10th, 2009
Image by G a r r y
There’s something about trees that gets to me. I’m not sure exactly what it is but something about their shape, majesty, intricacy and symbolism draws me to them as photographic subjects. Today I spent a couple of hours surfing through Flickr, particularly looking for Tree images (some OF trees [...]
October 10th, 2009
In this post Laura Charon from Beyond Megapixels shares a process for adding a Neutral Density Gradient Filter to an image using PHotoshop CS3.
A key piece of equipment in a photographer’s gear is a neutral density gradient filter. This is a filter that affixes to the camera’s lens. One half of the filter is darkened [...]
October 10th, 2009
One of the cool things about Lightroom is its ability to store develop settings as Presets so you can use them again later to edit other images.
In addition to creating and saving your own presets, you can also download presets from the web and use them in Lightroom.
In this post, I’ll show you how [...]
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October 10th, 2009
One of the cool things about Lightroom is its ability to store develop settings as Presets so you can use them again later to edit other images.
In addition to creating and saving your own presets, you can also download presets from the web and use them in Lightroom.
In this post, I’ll show you how [...]
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October 8th, 2009
I come from an era where, to shoot in low light, you had three options: use a faster lens; a faster film; dose up your chemical brew or stretch the dev time. Times were tough but at least you learnt the hard way.
These days to ‘do it in the dark’ you still have to juggle [...]
October 8th, 2009
Photo by josef.stuefer
One subject that presents photographers with wonderful opportunities but also a lot of challenges is the spider’s web. There’s something about their delicate nature (while also being incredibly strong for their size), flexibility and beauty that draws me to them every time.
But how do you photograph spider’s webs? Here are 11 tips to [...]
October 8th, 2009
Mamiya, famous for their venerable range of medium format cameras, has announced the release of two new lines of medium format DSLRs. With megapixel counts between 22MP and 56MP, the four new cameras are at the leading edge in the medium format arena.
While hard and fast stats have not been released, and while the press [...]
October 8th, 2009
Mamiya, famous for their venerable range of medium format cameras, has announced the release of two new lines of medium format DSLRs. With megapixel counts between 22MP and 56MP, the four new cameras are at the leading edge in the medium format arena.
While hard and fast stats have not been released, and while the press [...]
October 6th, 2009
Sony has had a bad year in its LCD TV and games business but seems to have a winner in its DSLR cameras. Supporting this success, the company has fed the market with a stream of models to satisfy a variety of budgets and requirements.
Now three models: Sony Alpha 230, 330 and 380. The 230 [...]