By: Elizabeth Halford
I get emails regularly from people asking the same question. What makes you a ‘professional’ photographer and how can I be one? Although the definition of being a professional anything is pretty straightforward, for the one searching for where they fit into the photography world, it can actually feel a pretty abstract concept. As I can see from those many emails, there are many photographers wondering where they fit in.
So to make this clear: you’re a ...
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Living in the northern hemisphere of this planet, we look forward to June 21. Not only is it the start of summer, but it's also the longest day of the year, which makes it the perfect time to start a Solargraphy project. For the unfamiliar, Solargraphy is the ractice of using a pinhole camera to track the sun as it moves across the sky. Exposures are made through miniscule apertures, with the light landing directly on photo paper. Traditionally, the objective is to keep track of that giant l...
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This is a quick tip in the form of screen cast, This is simple illustrator tutorial on how you can use illustrator in order to create gear vector icons.
Tutorial Details
Difficulty: Beginner
Tutorial estimation time: 10 to 5mins
Program: Illustrator
Expected Outcome
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An essential compilation which consists of some good GUI elements which are useful design resources for designers, who are working on web design projects a great way to speed up the overall design process with some ready made design resources available to download for free of charge.
WEB UI Treasure Chest v 1.0
GUIFX Elements Pack “Victor”
Wireframe stencils
Token
Webdesign Min Kit
Selected Works
iPhone 3G Stencil
iPhone Wire Frames
Flex 3 Stencil
Google Nexus One template ...
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Today where offering our readers something slightly different a free texture set which is to be used within design projects as well as non-commercial project. Its our first texture set we have ever created so i hope you enjoy and be sure to expect more texture sets within the future.
Creative Nerds Textures Flickr Group
Today is the launch of creative nerds flickr group for textures where which will be updated regularly full of free textures which are all available to be used in commerc...
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The evolution of the world cup logo from 1930 to 2010. Its pretty much football fever all around the world so over on Creative Nerds we decided to take a look back from 1930 to 2010 at some historic world cup football logos to see how over time the world cup changed and evolved over time.
1930 – World Cup Uruguay Logo
This was the first ever world cup which was won by the hosts Uruguay 4 – Argentina 2 therefore Urguay where named as the first ever world cup winners.
1934 – Wor...
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When examining their photos closely, almost every photographer has come across a situation in which a colored halo (usually purple, green or red) is apparent around certain elements of a scene. This sort of optic anomaly, more commonly known as color fringing, is known as chromatic aberration. In this article we'll understand its causes and learn ways to easily avoid it both while shooting and in post-production.
Quick Nav:
What is chromatic aberration?
The (somewhat) simple physics...
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A large collection of only the best top quality 100 design tutorials which will teach you how to use Photoshop in order to manipulate photography, this large reference point showcases every aspect which is essential for creating good photo manipulation with each tutorial having an awesome outcome.
1. How to Make a High-Impact Fashion Poster in Photoshop
In this tutorial, you are going to learn how to use shapes and other objects to create a unique fashion poster scene. Utilizing Adobe Photos...
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