Category: Websites
ePhotoZine have posted a new batch of photographic techniques for the new month of July (is it really July already?!). This months most interesting article is called “Is the image really worth enhancing?”, subtitiled “Making the decision of whether to throw-away or enhance an image”. It’s an interesting look at 4 subtly different images of the same subject and the steps that the author went through to select and tweak the final image. Other articles include “Depth-of-field explained”, “Backlighting still lifes” and “Making a black & white fine print”.
Website: ePhotoZine - July Techniques
ePhotoZine have posted a new batch of photographic techniques for the new month of July (is it really July already?!). This months most interesting article is called “Is the image really worth enhancing?”, subtitiled “Making the decision of whether to throw-away or enhance an image”. It’s an interesting look at…
Travels with Valerie and Joe is a smart-looking, new weblog with some excellent photography and travel writing. The “Weekend in Belgium” article is of particular interest to me, as the authors seem to have visited the same places that I did in May! (and I’m always intrigued to see what people make of the same subjects).
Website: Travels with Valerie and Joe
Travels with Valerie and Joe is a smart-looking, new weblog with some excellent photography and travel writing. The “Weekend in Belgium” article is of particular interest to me, as the authors seem to have visited the same places that I did in May! (and I’m always intrigued to see what…
Mike Johnston’s Sunday Morning Photographer column this week considers whether or not you should have a used camera cleaned when you buy it, or if you should take a chance and leave well alone.
“It’s always a tough decision whether to get a camera repaired, especially when the cost of the repair is more than the cost of the camera. My advice to readers back when I was East Coast Editor of Camera & Darkroom magazine was that it is worth it if you intend to use the camera…”
Website: Sunday Morning Photographer
Mike Johnston’s Sunday Morning Photographer column this week considers whether or not you should have a used camera cleaned when you buy it, or if you should take a chance and leave well alone. “It’s always a tough decision whether to get a camera repaired, especially when the cost of…
Vivid Light Photography is an excellent online monthly photography magazine that has been running since 2001 (found via digicamera.net). I’ve never heard of it before until today, so they should maybe increase their advertising budget! Interesting articles in this month’s issue include:
“Digital Learning Curves - Gary sets out to really understand how his new D100 reads and records light. If you shoot digital or are thinking about it - read this article.
Nikon 24-85mm f/3.5-4.5G AF-S Zoom - Nikon’s latest entry into the “normal zoom” category.
Your Own Photo Web Site - Want to share your images with family and friends? How about putting your portfolio online or even selling your prints?”
Website: Vivid Light Photography
Vivid Light Photography is an excellent online monthly photography magazine that has been running since 2001 (found via digicamera.net). I’ve never heard of it before until today, so they should maybe increase their advertising budget! Interesting articles in this month’s issue include: “Digital Learning Curves - Gary sets out to…
Digital Outback Photo have added another brand new feature to their website; the Outback Photo Review.
“Each month the well known fine art photographer Alain Briot and Uwe Steinmueller write an independent review about one photo that was selected for the review of that month. The review is about learning and opening the artists (of course our readers and ours too) perspective. As important as the reviews by Alain and Uwe are reader comments. We will add them to the review if we feel they add a new perspective.”
Website: Outback Photo Review - Rules
Digital Outback Photo have added another brand new feature to their website; the Outback Photo Review. “Each month the well known fine art photographer Alain Briot and Uwe Steinmueller write an independent review about one photo that was selected for the review of that month. The review is about learning…
Luminous Landscape have just launched a pretty amazing special promotion. If you choose to subscribe to the Luminous Landscape Video Journal and buy the $185 Promotional Package, you will be entered into a prize draw worth $5,000! The prizes are:
- A digital SLR of the user’s choice; either a Canon 10D, Nikon D100 or Fuji S2 Pro, and a lens of the winner’s choice - to a total maximum value of U.S. $2,500.
- A 4-day field workshop with Michael Reichmann. This will be a completely private workshop with no other participants.
- Included are all expenses, plus air fare from anywhere in the U.S. or Canada to the selected location, as well as transportation, food and lodging. The value of this is U.S. $2,500.
Website: Luminous Landscape Promotion
Luminous Landscape have just launched a pretty amazing special promotion. If you choose to subscribe to the Luminous Landscape Video Journal and buy the $185 Promotional Package, you will be entered into a prize draw worth $5,000! The prizes are: - A digital SLR of the user’s choice; either a…
Digital Outback Photo’s series of articles looking at the more technical aspects of digital photography continues with Number 2 in the series, “Pixel Size”. Dick Merrill from Foveon looks at the importance of pixel size and the impact that it has.
“A smaller pixel size allows more pixels to fit in a given field size, increasing resolution. However as the pixel size becomes smaller, fundamental physical limits become increasingly important, placing a practical lower limit on pixel size.”
Website: Digital Outback Photo - “Pixel Size”
Digital Outback Photo’s series of articles looking at the more technical aspects of digital photography continues with Number 2 in the series, “Pixel Size”. Dick Merrill from Foveon looks at the importance of pixel size and the impact that it has. “A smaller pixel size allows more pixels to fit…
Jeff Keller, who runs the popular website Digital Camera Resource Page, has set up his own weblog.
“After spending the last year or two saying “blogs are dumb, who cares what Joe Schmoe has to say”, I’m sold out and set up my own. I don’t really know if I’ll have time to post tons of stuff here, as I’ve got two busy websites plus a magazine column, but we’ll see how it goes.”
Website: Everyone else is doing it…
Jeff Keller, who runs the popular website Digital Camera Resource Page, has set up his own weblog. “After spending the last year or two saying “blogs are dumb, who cares what Joe Schmoe has to say”, I’m sold out and set up my own. I don’t really know if I’ll…
The latest article from Michael Reichmann on his website Luminous Landscape explores the role of luck in photography, using one of his recent photographs to illustrate that you need to be well-prepared to be lucky.
Website: Luminous Landscape - Luck?
The latest article from Michael Reichmann on his website Luminous Landscape explores the role of luck in photography, using one of his recent photographs to illustrate that you need to be well-prepared to be lucky. Website: Luminous Landscape - Luck?
Bettina & Uwe Steinmueller of Digital Outback Photo fame have just visited Yosemite in the US with a Canon 10 and 1Ds. They’ve posted a selection of black and white and colour photographs from their trip.
Website: Digital Outback Photo - Yosemite
Bettina & Uwe Steinmueller of Digital Outback Photo fame have just visited Yosemite in the US with a Canon 10 and 1Ds. They’ve posted a selection of black and white and colour photographs from their trip. Website: Digital Outback Photo - Yosemite
Mike Johnston’s “Sunday Morning Photographer” column this week is all about his new book:
“The book is called The Empirical Photographer. It consists of a careful selection of fourteen of the best of my articles and essays about photography written between 1984 and the year I became Editor of PHOTO Techniques, 1994. Several have been published before, and several are seeing print here for the first time.”
Mike Johnston’s “Sunday Morning Photographer” column this week is all about his new book: “The book is called The Empirical Photographer. It consists of a careful selection of fourteen of the best of my articles and essays about photography written between 1984 and the year I became Editor of PHOTO…
Torontopics have added 2 new pages to their site which include a list of helpful links for the recently announded Nikon Coolpix 5400 and Canon Powershot G5 cameras.
Website: Canon Powershot G5 Page
Website: Nikon Coolpix 5400 Page
Torontopics have added 2 new pages to their site which include a list of helpful links for the recently announded Nikon Coolpix 5400 and Canon Powershot G5 cameras. Website: Canon Powershot G5 Page Website: Nikon Coolpix 5400 Page
This week Mike Johnston continues to investigate how to avoid photographic clich?s by sharing and responding to some of the reader’s email that he received after last week’s article.
“Good morning! Today I’d like to do something I do every once in a while, when it’s merited ? share some reader mail. Every week I get responses to the columns I write here on The Luminous Landscape. The responses to last week’s column, Eschew Clich?s, were so interesting that it would be a pity not to let you read a few of them.”
This week Mike Johnston continues to investigate how to avoid photographic clich?s by sharing and responding to some of the reader’s email that he received after last week’s article. “Good morning! Today I’d like to do something I do every once in a while, when it’s merited ? share some…
I must admit to completely forgetting about the new monthly issue of 28mm.org, which just so happens to be the 1st anniversary issue…There are new galleries from 10 photographers, including some names from the photo-blogging world that you may recognise. So pour yourself a coffee, sit back and see what other photographers have been up to recently.
Website: 28mm.org
I must admit to completely forgetting about the new monthly issue of 28mm.org, which just so happens to be the 1st anniversary issue…There are new galleries from 10 photographers, including some names from the photo-blogging world that you may recognise. So pour yourself a coffee, sit back and see what…
As well as re-designing the look and feel of the entire website, ePhotoZine have posted 6 new Techniques for to try. My favourites this month are “Removing undesirable elements from an image” and “Creative Elements darkroom techniques (part 2)”; one digital, one traditional darkroom, which represents my photography tastes quite nicely :-)
Website: ePhotoZine - June Techniques
As well as re-designing the look and feel of the entire website, ePhotoZine have posted 6 new Techniques for to try. My favourites this month are “Removing undesirable elements from an image” and “Creative Elements darkroom techniques (part 2)”; one digital, one traditional darkroom, which represents my photography tastes quite…
This week Mike Johnston looks at photographic clich?...
“The urge to make clich?s stems from a desire to make pictures that look like everybody else’s pictures. Why would anybody want to do this? Personally I think it’s because it relieves us from having to rely only on our own judgment when evaluating what we’ve done. Photographers, far more than other kinds of artists, are perpetually insecure about whether what they’ve done is going to be accepted as good.”
This week Mike Johnston looks at photographic clich?... “The urge to make clich?s stems from a desire to make pictures that look like everybody else’s pictures. Why would anybody want to do this? Personally I think it’s because it relieves us from having to rely only on our own judgment…
Lor has emailed me to let me know about an exciting new venture that aims to make photoblogging easier and more accessible. Due to launch on July 1st, Expressions! (my-expressions.com) is a hosted solution for visually driven blogs/photoblogs/media blogs, catering specifically for the beginner photo/mediablogger. There will also be an advanced version in the very near future. It looks like a great idea to me if you haven’t already got your own photoblog.
Website: Expressions! website
Lor has emailed me to let me know about an exciting new venture that aims to make photoblogging easier and more accessible. Due to launch on July 1st, Expressions! (my-expressions.com) is a hosted solution for visually driven blogs/photoblogs/media blogs, catering specifically for the beginner photo/mediablogger. There will also be an…
The “Capture One DSLR” e-booklet from Digitial Outback Photo may be of interest to all users of Capture One DSLR (Pro and LE versions) RAW conversion software and Adobe Photoshop. Here’s the official blurb for the $17.95 e-booklet:
“DOP1007: for all users of Capture One DSLR (Pro or LE). It also features our new Photoshop Layer based workflow. Includes a 33 page chapter about working with Photoshop layers. For some this might be worth the price alone.”
You can download a PDF of the Table of Contents before buying to see what exactly the e-booklet contains.
The “Capture One DSLR” e-booklet from Digitial Outback Photo may be of interest to all users of Capture One DSLR (Pro and LE versions) RAW conversion software and Adobe Photoshop. Here’s the official blurb for the $17.95 e-booklet: “DOP1007: for all users of Capture One DSLR (Pro or LE). It…
Michael Reichmann’s new article “Safe Computing for Photographers” is a concise guide to protecting the photographs that you have so lovingly created from the computer issues that will affect you at some point in the (probably near) future.
“Photography is now about computers as much as it is about cameras and lenses. The use of computers brings with it a host of new issues ? but the most important is safety. Some of the specific concerns that we all have are…
? backups of both our general working environment as well as of irreplaceable image files
? securing our computers against virus attacks and spam
? ensuring that our other important files and programs are safe against catastrophic failure”
Website: Luminous Landscape - Safe Computing for Photographers
Michael Reichmann’s new article “Safe Computing for Photographers” is a concise guide to protecting the photographs that you have so lovingly created from the computer issues that will affect you at some point in the (probably near) future. “Photography is now about computers as much as it is about cameras…
The winning entries in Luminous Landscape’s Lunar Eclipse Competition were announced over the weekend, together with some technical details about how each shot was taken. The winning photo by Jim Hardy is a great image, and I also like Matthew Felton’s cityscape.
Website: Luminous Landscape - Lunar Eclipse Competition Winners
The winning entries in Luminous Landscape’s Lunar Eclipse Competition were announced over the weekend, together with some technical details about how each shot was taken. The winning photo by Jim Hardy is a great image, and I also like Matthew Felton’s cityscape. Website: Luminous Landscape - Lunar Eclipse Competition Winners…