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Trendy Camera-Bag-Look with Crumpler
A bag serves as the receptacle to different items. Commonly, it is made from leather, cloth or paper which can easily be opened and closed. ...
Canvas Camera Bags: Protecting Your Camera While Looking Good
It is a fact that the profession of photography will require you to purchase a lot of equipments. Even if you are just a recreational photog...
Posted by Unknown | 7:46 AM
Canon Camera Bag: Protecting Your Expensive Canon Camera
Today, digital cameras are a must-have for everyone. It may be more expensive than your regular film camera on the first purchase, but you w...
Posted by Unknown | 7:44 AM
Workflow: The Digital Darkroom
Before digital photography came of age, photographs had to go through the darkroom. Like cars on a conveyor belt, each image had to go thro...
Posted by Unknown | 10:49 PM
Bags Galore: The Camera Backpack for a Stylish Camera Carrying Gear
When you go out of the house to go somewhere else, you never forget to bring your bag. Bags are very important; it's where you put all y...
Posted by Unknown | 7:40 AM
White Balance and Color Cast
Light has color. Most people don't realize what difference light sources make in photography until they see the results--and then wond...
Posted by Unknown | 10:49 PM
Bean Bag for Your Camera
Watching television at home and sitting in your favorite bean bag offers a lot of comfort. But did you know that not all bean bags are large...
Posted by Unknown | 7:43 AM
What Photo Editing Software should I use?
If you're serious about photography, and if you're looking for the best and most powerful photo editing program around, the de facto...
Posted by Unknown | 10:48 PM
Unsharp Mask
Yes, the name is backwards. The "Unsharp Mask" tool in Adobe Photoshop and other programs does exactly the opposite of what the n...
Posted by Unknown | 10:48 PM
Understanding the Histogram
Imagine, for a moment, if we could do a statistical analysis on a digital photo. We would want some way to count how many dots of each col...
Posted by Unknown | 10:47 PM
Sharpening
Digital photo editing beginners often misunderstand what the Sharpening tool can do for a photo. The first thing to remember about Sharpen...
Posted by Unknown | 10:46 PM
Red Eye Removal
One of the most common problems in photography is the demonic transformation of the Red Eye effect. It comes from using a flash in a dimly ...
Posted by Unknown | 10:36 PM
Photochopping
Photochopping involves using a photo editing program to edit a picture. It's regarded by many as a visual parody, though some people fe...
Posted by Unknown | 10:35 PM
Photo Editing the News
With the advent of digital photography, news has become closer and more immediate. A combat photographer embedded with troops in Iraq can s...
Posted by Unknown | 10:35 PM
Photo Editing Terms 6 - T to Z
Thumb Drive A Thumb Drive is one name for a USB Flash Chip. Other nicknames are Jump Drive and USB Keychain. The Thumb Drive comes in vari...
Posted by Unknown | 10:34 PM
Photo Editing Terms 5 - R to S
Red Eye Red Eye is the reflection of the camera flash off of the back of the subject's eyes. It happens most often with a bright flash...
Posted by Unknown | 10:32 PM
Photo Editing Terms 4 - M to R
Megabyte A megabyte is generally about a million bytes, or a thousand kilobytes. Technically, a megabyte is 1024 kilobytes. Megapixel A...
Posted by Unknown | 10:31 PM
Photo Editing Terms 3 - I to M
Image Resolution The Resolution is the number of pixels, or dots, in a picture. Inkjet Printer An Inkjet printer sprays tiny jets of ink...
Posted by Unknown | 10:31 PM
Photo Editing Terms 2 - D to I
Dodging Dodging is making a section of a photo lighter. When this is done in the darkroom, it's usually by blocking some of the light ...
Posted by Unknown | 10:26 PM
Photo Editing Terms 1 - A to D
Aperture The Aperture is the size of the opening in the camera lens at the moment a photo is taken. Aperture is measured in fractions, so ...
Posted by Unknown | 10:25 PM
Photo Editing Overview
Photographs capture a moment in time. Photos are generally regarded as "factual," as opposed to a drawing or painting, which wou...
Posted by Unknown | 10:25 PM
Tips for Finding a Perfect Olympus Camera Bag
Camera bags are widely available in different colors, sizes, designs, shapes, functions, and materials. This is an essential equipment for p...
Posted by Unknown | 8:12 AM
Online Photo Editors
Let's say you're on vacation. You've just taken a fantastic picture with your brand-new SupraUltraMax 18 megapixel camera, and ...
Posted by Unknown | 10:24 PM
Megapixels
In the world of marketing digital cameras, megapixels seem to be the beginning and end of a camera's power. Like a computer's RAM a...
Posted by Unknown | 10:23 PM
JPG Compression
"I've heard a lot of confusing stuff about JPGs. Some people tell me they're perfect for online photography, and other people w...
Posted by Unknown | 10:23 PM
History of Photo Faking
Almost as soon as the first photographs came out of cameras, people were using them to manipulate images. Take, for example, the very famo...
Posted by Unknown | 10:22 PM
History - Photoshop
Adobe Photoshop is the market leader in photo editing software. Originally designed by John and Thomas Knoll in 1987 for the Macintosh, the...
Posted by Unknown | 10:21 PM
Free Photo Editing Software
Are there any cheaper alternatives to Adobe Photoshop CS2's steep price? There are a handful of products in the under-$100 price range...
Posted by Unknown | 10:20 PM
History - Deluxe Paint
One of the first really powerful photo editing programs was Deluxe Paint, designed by Dan Silva and Electronic Arts for the Commodore Amiga ...
Posted by Unknown | 10:21 PM
Ethics of Photo Editing
In the past, photo editing was time consuming and tedious. Anything beyond simply lightening or darkening a picture meant hours of painstak...
Posted by Unknown | 10:19 PM
Digital Image File Types
There are so many different file types to choose from, like RAW, JPG, GIF, TIFF, and PNG. Which one is right for you? RAW is the internal...
Posted by Unknown | 10:18 PM
Cropping and Straightening
Imagine returning home from the family reunion, camera in hand, and waiting for the printed pictures to come back. After a delay of at leas...
Posted by Unknown | 10:18 PM