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101 Photoshop Tips & Techniques in a 5 Minute Video

101 Photoshop Tips & Techniques in a 5 Minute Video

This is simply awesome. Adobe Photoshop guru Deke McClelland has done an entertaining but very helpful video where he shares 101 Photoshop Tips and techniques in a five minute video. You will enjoy watch this video even if you are no Photoshop enthusiast because Deke’s style is impressive and very innovative. This is for Both Windows and MAC [...]
My 3 Favorite Things about Flickr

My 3 Favorite Things about Flickr

I’ve been asked a few times why I’ve decided to use flickr as my image hosting site instead of some of the many other options available to me.  If I’m going to be completely honest, it’s that it was the only one I’d heard of when I got my account back in 2005. But let’s forget about that for a second, and instead concentrate one why I stay at flickr. [...]
Wedding Photography Equipment

Wedding Photography Equipment

This guest post on wedding photography equipment was submitted by F.C. from Camera Tech. Image by man’s pic So you’re desperately keen to go into wedding photography — or maybe you’ve made a start. The only problem you’re faced with is the equipment: and there are a lot of choices. Firstly, the most important thing to realize is that [...]
SeenBy.com Fine Art Photography

SeenBy.com Fine Art Photography

SeenBy.com have announced the launch of their fine art photography website. More here:  SeenBy.com Fine Art Photography  1  1     Technorati Tags: Adobe Photoshop, by-com-fine, camera, canon-power, film, memory-card, memory-stick, printers, sony, websites
7 Ways to Get Your Photos Seen

7 Ways to Get Your Photos Seen

I wanted to talk a little about a different kind of exposure for your photography… the kind that results in more people seeing your work. I have had a lot of people ask how to get their photos seen and many believe that simply posting photos to a site like Flickr is all they need to do. If you are taking the time to create something, I think it is important that [...]
7 Ways to Get Your Photos Seen

7 Ways to Get Your Photos Seen

I wanted to talk a little about a different kind of exposure for your photography… the kind that results in more people seeing your work. I have had a lot of people ask how to get their photos seen and many believe that simply posting photos to a site like Flickr is all they need to do. If you are taking the time to create something, I think it is important that [...]
Stop Taking Pictures, Start Creating Images

Stop Taking Pictures, Start Creating Images

A Guest Post by Matthew Dutile There’s one surefire way to start becoming a better photographer. Stop taking pictures. A picture is what you take when you accidentally mash your hands on the shutter release while your camera sits idle on the living room table. It’s when you bump the camera while it hangs from your shoulder and snap that oddly angled picture of [...]
The Caravan Gallery Launch Latest Book Using Panasonic G1

The Caravan Gallery Launch Latest Book Using Panasonic G1

Panasonic has announced that its Lumix cameras have been used to capture 109 images for The Caravan Gallery’s latest book, Is Britain Great? 2 More here:  The Caravan Gallery Launch Latest Book Using Panasonic G1         Technorati Tags: books, digital, camera, caravan, caravan-gallery, digital, launch-latest, lumix, mark-goldstein, [...]
Canon EOS 7D Review

Canon EOS 7D Review

A guest Review of the Canon EOS 7D by Patrick Dean from NeutralDay.com. The 18 megapixel Canon EOS 7D is a significant leap forward for the prosumer line of EOS DSLR cameras. It offers increased resolution, high ISO capabilities, a new AF system, improved handling and functionality, and rapid-fire continuous shooting. Intended for enthusiasts and semi-professional [...]
The Glass Menagerie: Choosing your Best Lenses

The Glass Menagerie: Choosing your Best Lenses

Image by canonsnapper ‘Choosing the right lenses is tougher than picking the right camera. Kim Brebach from Get the Picture explains why.’ Traveling Lightly A wise photographer once said: the bigger the camera, the less likely you’ll have it with you when you want it. Most of us use our cameras to shoot kids and pets, sports, city- or landscapes and [...]
Action Tips and Techniques – Adobe Photoshop | Free Software Help

Action Tips and Techniques – Adobe Photoshop | Free Software Help

Photoshop Actions are an essential tool for the modern day scrapper. No more fuzzy photos. No more awful red eyes, bad colouring or shots full of anything but. Read this article: Action Tips and Techniques – Adobe Photoshop | Free Software Help         Technorati Tags: Actions, bad-colouring, colouring-or-shots, essential-tool, [...]
10 Rules for Editing Digital Images

10 Rules for Editing Digital Images

During the week one of our readers – wedding photographer Martin Whitton – shot me a list of his ‘10 rules for editing digital images’. I thought I’d share them today as a discussion starter for readers. Martin comments that ‘these ideas may seem a little elementary, but sticking to the basics keeps our editing focused, maintains consistency from image [...]
10 Rules for Editing Digital Images

10 Rules for Editing Digital Images

During the week one of our readers – wedding photographer Martin Whitton – shot me a list of his ‘10 rules for editing digital images’. I thought I’d share them today as a discussion starter for readers. Martin comments that ‘these ideas may seem a little elementary, but sticking to the basics keeps our editing focused, maintains [...]
Preparing for an African Photo Safari

Preparing for an African Photo Safari

For many, going to Africa is a once in a lifetime occurrence—a chance to see wild animals in their natural habitat, to experience new cultures and unique environments—and your opportunity to capture it in all its grandeur—so you want to make absolutely certain that you are well prepared to make the most of it. I recently returned from a safari to the Kruger [...]
Nikon SB-900: The Basics

Nikon SB-900: The Basics

This video demonstrates the basic hands-on demonstration on Nikon’s new professional-grade speedlight of SB-900. If you are not so sure about SB-900′s “Light Pattern” – SB-900 can throw light in different directions: Above, Even, and Below http://www.youtube.com/v/8NRvTLqLvUQ?f=videos&app=youtube_gdata Go here to read the rest: Nikon [...]