Back in the days of analog photography imperfections were part of the job. Colour washes, light leaks, vignettes and blurs were all common problems that appeared during the processing of your film, particularly from cheap cameras, or simply down to human error. While these problems don’t affect digital cameras, we can recreate the cool effects in Photoshop to give our shots that cool lo-fi retro effect. SpoonGraphics show you how it’s done.
Black and white has long been the default “artistic” style for photographs, so it can be easy to forget how compelling a color photograph can be. Lifehacker presents an in-depth guide to help you get amazing color in your photos.
In digital photography, there’s a lot of talk about bits: 12-bit vs 14-bit Analog to Digital Converters (ADC), 8-bit vs 16-bit color, 32-bit vs 64-bit Photoshop. But, what does it all mean? Although more bits generally means better quality processing, it’s not always that simple. Sometimes you really need to know the full story before making a conclusion, and DPS has the goods.
DeviantArt is surely one of the largest resource for quality free resources, and the deviants never tire to keep it up to date. You can follow them and receive their deviations or If you don’t have a profile you can simply browse their gallery, download and keep your stock updated for your future designs. ChethStudios presents a list of DeviantArt Stockers
The Histogram is a modern day light meter and can instantly tell you how much light is reaching the sensor of you camera from the actual recorded image. Though it may first appear difficult to understand, it is not, and FuelYourPhotography explains what you need to know.
Rolling hills and vales, enchanting areas of woodland, rugged shorelines and a dappled spring meadow can all become the most obvious of subjects for the landscape shooter, often yielding strongly emotive and awe-inspiring results.The recipe for success however is less obvious and at DigitalPhotographySchool they provide a list of the most necessary ingredients for capturing that captivating landscape.
As so many new camera owners are starting out with photography, DPS thought he’d compile a list of photography tips and techniques that new camera owners might like to work through.
Birds are very interesting creatures, but it’s not so easy to photograph them. Wild birds usually don’t pose where you want and, moreover, it’s often difficult to get close enough to take quality pictures. But if you know some basics of bird photography, it becomes much easier to capture amazing moments of the birds’ life. DPS has all the tips.
SmashingMagazine presents beautiful and inspiring photographs created using a pinhole camera. Please notice how photographers use the camera creatively to produce quite remarkable images. At the bottom of this post you will find links to some photographers and references to related resources that will help you get you started.
How do we store files off-site as a back-up on DVDs in such as manner that we can easily retrieve a file if it’s lost or corrupted somehow. How do we know where it is? We could catalogue each DVDs but that would be very time consuming and fortunately it’s not necessary. DPS presents a simple and pragmatic solution.
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