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Feb 5, 2010 Photography Books
The Digital Photography Book . Scott Kelby, the man who changed the “digital darkroom” forever with his groundbreaking, #1 bestselling, award-winning book The Photoshop Book for Digital Photographers, now tackles the most important side of digital photography–how to take pro-quality shots using the same tricks today’s top digital pros use (and it’s easier than you’d think).
This entire book is written with a brilliant premise, and here’s how Scott describes it: “If you and I were out on a shoot, and you asked me, ‘Hey, how do I get this flower to be in focus, but I want the background out of focus?’ I wouldn’t stand there and give you a lecture about aperture, exposure, and depth of field. In real life, I’d just say, ‘Get out your telephoto lens, set your f/stop to f/2.8, focus on the flower, and fire away.’ You d say, ‘OK,’ and you’d get the shot. That’s what this book is all about. A book of you and I shooting, and I answer the questions, give you advice, and share the secrets I’ve learned just like I would with a friend, without all the technical explanations and without all the techno-photo-speak.” Read More..
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Feb 5, 2010 Photography
How to Finding Good Quality Wood Picture Frames? Wood picture frames are the natural choice for framing valuable art work and photographic prints; they provide a warmth and luster that goes with virtually any décor, and are available in numerous styles as kits and as ready-made frames. There are many different finishes and types of wood to choose from; however, it’s important to understand that good quality wood picture frames are only one component of the frame project.
Proper framing requires a number of different picture framing supplies in addition to your basic wood picture frames, including mount board, mat board, hanging materials and glazing. This is also true incidentally of photo framing supplies, and even more important when it comes to protecting the print. Ultimately, that is what framing supplies are really about: protecting the quality of your painting or photo from the elements and environmental pollutants, UV light and acids that can cause the m to become faded or discolored. Read More..
Jan 12, 2010 Tripod
Sony VCT-R640 Lightweight Tripod for DSCV1/P41/W1 . Imagine the creative shots you’ll take when you stow along a Sony tripod. Simply mount your SONY digital imaging product (check for compatibility) on one of these extremely portable tripods and soon you’ll be snapping timed exposures or detailed close-ups without any jiggles. Expands from 21″ to 56″ in height. Read More..
Jan 12, 2010 Digital Cameras
Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ35 12.1MP Digital Camera . The Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ35 features AVCHD Lite, High Definition (HD) video recording capability, combined with a powerful 27mm wide-angle, 18x optical zoom Leica DC lens. A successor to the popular FZ28, the FZ35 packs enhanced creative features combined with the power to shoot HD videos, including motion zoom capabilities to take full advantage of the 18x zoom. The operational layout of the FZ35 includes a dedicated video record button, making it a true hybrid–a single model that performs seamlessly at capturing both still and motion images–while still providing smooth and easy operation in either mode. Read More..
Jan 12, 2010 Photography
How to Prevent and Avoiding Digital Camera Shakes. If ever you have seen a picture that is blurred, it is most probably because the camera was shaken while the picture was taken. With traditional photographic film cameras, it was evident only after the negatives and positives were made. However, with digital camera, the captured image can be seen immediately on the LCD screen, and if the image has shaken, then it can be discarded for a new shot.
Digital camera shakes are common with new users. This is primarily because, new users have not fully understood that the shutter-release button must not be pressed twice, but pressed two steps down. The first step locks the focus and exposure while the second step takes the photo. This pressing of the button has to be smooth, otherwise the digital camera shakes and a blurred picture is the result. Read More..
Jan 12, 2010 Photography
A photogenic person is a person that usually appears physically attractive or striking in photographs. Being photogenic just comes naturally to some people, but there are a few things that anyone can do to look better in photos. Try out the tips and trick in this article to be photogenic person.
Suitable colors
Wear clothes with colors that suit you. Certain colors complement certain skin tones, while others tend to bring out the worst. Also take into consideration your hair color. You may have a feel for which colors you look best in, but if not, do some research (check out the external links below) and some trial-and-error. Read More..
Jan 8, 2010 Photography Books
Stone by Design: The Artistry of Lew French . When Lew French made his first stone fireplace at age nineteen, he didn’t expect to feel so drawn to the simple material. Twenty-eight years and countless projects later, he still feels awed by the presence stone has in a well-designed setting, whether it’s an artfully rendered remodel of a writer’s stone studio, a playful fireplace, or a carefully crafted garden pathway. This first collection of French’s work, filled with artistic inspiration for your own home or landscape, is a study in contrast: contemporary hearths of rustic slate, sculptured walls of both great granite slabs and stacked, rounded fieldstones. Read More..
Jan 8, 2010 Photography Books
Black & White Photography Techniques with Adobe Photoshop . Fine art quality, black-and-white prints are within every photographer’s reach with the techniques illustrated in this digital image editing guide. Taking advantage of the control and reproducibility that the digital darkroom offers, this handbook teaches photographers how to fine-tune images with contrast and exposure levels, crop and rotate images for dynamic results, and remove flaws such as dust and scratches long after the photograph has been taken. Instruction on techniques that simulate traditional hand coloring and tinting and add special effects such as frames, infrared, and lighting and lens effects helps photographers realize their artistic vision. Screen shots and images guide readers through the presented techniques, allowing photographers to gauge their own results and anticipate the effects of the outlined corrections and enhancements on their own images. A gallery of the author’s work provides inspiration for simulating—and improving upon—the chemical-based darkroom experience.
Jan 8, 2010 Digital Cameras
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W290 12.1 MP Digital Camera . The Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W290 digital camera features Intelligent Auto mode, a 28mm wide-angle lens, automatically detects 8 scene conditions and selects the appropriate camera settings. Face Detection captures faces more naturally and helps prevent blur. Also, now record high-definition videos in 720p HD and enjoy your memories on your HDTV.
Cyber-shot DSC-W290 Highlights
12.1-megapixel Super HAD CCD Image Sensor
A powerful 12.1-megapixel, 1/2.3-inch Super HAD CCD image sensor helps you capture gorgeous images with superb contrast and clarity down to the finest detail. With 12.1 megapixels, you can create stunning, photo-quality prints up to A3+ (13×19-inch) size, or crop your images and still come away with high-resolution shots. Read More..
Jan 8, 2010 Photography
Fashionable in Landscape Photography Art. Photography is the process, activity and art of creating still or moving pictures by recording radiation on a sensitive medium, such as a photographic film, or an electronic sensor. Light patterns reflected or emitted from objects activate a sensitive chemical or electronic sensor during a timed exposure, usually through a photographic lens in a device known as a camera that also stores the resulting information chemically or electronically. Photography has many uses for business, science, art and pleasure. Nowhere is the phrase “a picture is worth a thousand words” more true than in relation to landscape photography. Photography itself is less than 200 years old. In fact the term “photography,” which most people take for granted, was not coined until 1839. Landscape photography provided people with windows to distant worlds and cultures they would otherwise not be able to experience.
Land formations and natural wonders inspired early landscape photographers. Photos of the gold rush in the American west showed gold miners panning for gold along streams in spectacular settings. In the 1920s Scottish-born Ansel Adams documented the American west with his photographs of some of the most rugged, beautiful and dramatic wilderness landscapes of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, the Grand Tetons, and other mountain ranges. Laura Gilpin traveled the southwest to record American landscapes throughout most of the 20th century. Read More..
