Short of going out and buying a camera and other accessories, there has to be a desire and action to move on that desire. Or, it’s possible you have a camera, but it’s lying unused somewhere in your house. You may bring it out, from time to time, whenever a family member asks you to [...]
The Wannabe Photographer – A Question of Someday
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The Mediocre Photographer – A Question of Good Enough
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Whether professional or amateur, the tasks are the same. Gather together the equipment, produce a shoot list, get the images, transfer the files to a computer with backup and edit. Each step in the process requires thought and effort. Each step demands your full attention and awareness of details.
It’s quite easy, at times, to be [...]
[REVIEW:] Canon Pixma Pro9000 Mark II – Eolake Stobblehouse
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Dude, my new printer is outstanding. Just for fun I tried to print one of those fractal Mandelbrot images, and the printer beat my expectations in: 1) speed (less than two minutes for a full A3), 2) quietness (I could barely hear it working in the next room), 3) sharpness, and 4) colors. The details [...]
31 year old images of Bob Dylan developed
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Bob Dylan has made another critically acclaimed comeback, although this time it is his image rather than his music that is causing the excitement. 31 years after a concert in Fort Worth, Texas pictures of Dylan taken using Ilford HP5 black and white film have only now been developed after gathering dust for over three [...]
Ricoh GR Digital III Firmware Update
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Ricoh have announced that it will release on 1st December 2009 the first function-enhancing firmware update for its GR Digital III, a high image quality compact digital camera launched in August 2009.
Successor model to the GR Digital II, which went on sale in November 2007, the GR Digital III features a F1.9 large-aperture lens and [...]
Lastolite Tilthead Bracket with Locking Shoe Mount
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JP Distribution is pleased to announce the new Tilthead Bracket with Locking Shoe Mount from award winning manufacturer Lastolite.
The Tilthead Shoe Lock features an adjustable ‘screw locking’ shoe mount, which offers an additional locking mechanism to work alongside the built in method used on the flashgun.
Source and Read More: ephotozine.com
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[REVIEW:] eBook Review: The Essential Guide to Portrait Photography – Brian Auer (Epic Edits)
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Posted by DennisHays
In my opinion, portraits can be the most interesting photos and they seem to naturally draw our attention. Why? I think we’re programmed to enjoy looking at photos of other people. Every person is different and we’re naturally curious about those we see in photos. In fact, I’ve often thought that the most important element [...]
[REVIEW:] Book Review: Live, Laugh, Celebrate – Brian Auer (Epic Edits)
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Before reading this book, I hadn’t really thought about one of the things that separates us from all other species: we celebrate! Birth, birthday, graduation, victory, rite of passage, holiday, and many other events are celebrated by people all over the world each and every day. Some celebrations are very public gatherings, while others are [...]
One Light: Redux – A little slice of Heaven called CHURCH – Fashion Photography Blog
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Living in Los Angeles is indeed a trip. As the famous gossip columnist Rona Barrett once said; “Pick your enemies carefully or you’ll never make it in Los Angeles.” People tend to live in a dream world here where who you are is identified by the car you drive or the celebrity’s personal cell number [...]
[Software:] Image Commander 1.75 – Macintosh
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Posted by DennisHays
Image Commander a full-featured software that allows you to add text or image watermark to any picture. Protect your copyrights with a copyright notice or your logo. Add text comments to any image. Create advanced thumbnails with cool styles and effects. Prepare your image collections to be published on the web. Resize, crop and rotate [...]
[Software:] Contenta CR2 Converter 4.8 – Macintosh
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CR2 conversion and processing – Simplicity at your Fingertip
Contenta CR2 Converter will convert and process your CR2s in batch.
Do you often take hundreds or thousands of pictures in a single shooting session?
Do you shoot in CR2 format ?
Do you need to convert, reduce, rename and organize them into a meaningful sub-folder hierarchy [...]
[Software:] Contenta NEF Converter 4.8 – Macintosh
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NEF conversion and processing – Simplicity at your Fingertip
Contenta NEF Converter will convert and process your NEFs in batch.
Do you often take hundreds or thousands of pictures in a single shooting session?
Do you shoot in NEF format ?
Do you need to convert, reduce, rename and organize them into a meaningful sub-folder hierarchy [...]
[Software:] Photomatix Pro 3.2.7Beta4 – Macintosh & Windows
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If you have ever photographed a high contrast scene, you know that even the best exposure will typically have blown out highlights and flat shadows. Photomatix offers two ways to solve this problem:
HDR Tone Mapping: Reveal highlight and shadow details in an HDR image created from multiple exposures.
Exposure Fusion: Merge differently exposed photographs [...]
[Software:] Contenta Converter BASIC 4.8 – Macintosh & Windows
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Conversion and processing – Simplicity at your Fingertip
Contenta Converter will convert and process your photos in batch.
Do you often take hundreds or thousands of pictures in a single shooting session?
Do you shoot in RAW format ?
Do you need to convert, reduce, rename and organize them into a meaningful sub-folder hierarchy ?
Do [...]
[Software:] Contenta RAW Converter 4.8 – Macintosh
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RAW conversion and processing – Simplicity at your Fingertip
Contenta RAW Converter will convert and process your RAWs in batch.
Do you often take hundreds or thousands of pictures in a single shooting session?
Do you shoot in RAW format ?
Do you need to convert, reduce, rename and organize them into a meaningful sub-folder hierarchy [...]
[Software:] BabyMaker 1.6 – Windows
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What Will Your Baby Look Like?
Eager to see what your baby will look like? Have a lust for someone? No need to wait for nine months to see your baby! BabyMaker will accurately reproduce a picture of your baby. Satisfy your curiosity and peek into the future!
You Just Need Two Photos!
It [...]
[Software:] Luxand Glamourizer 1.01 – Windows
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Glamour Portraits Made Easy
Turn ordinary snapshots into stunning glamour portraits! With automatic face recognition and skin enhancement, Glamourizer offers complete automation for hundreds of pictures – while treating every single shot with all the attention it deserves.
Removes Skin Imperfections
Glamourizer will make people skin look healthier on the pictures by applying several enhancements. The product will [...]
[Software:] Hornil StylePix 1.0.2 – Windows
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Latest version: 1.0.2
Hornil StylePix, or simply StylePix, is a free image editor with a number of advanced features. Stylepix is an acronym for "Style Pictures". This means your pictures with nice style.
Time saving with intuitive User Interface
Hornil StylePix has intuitive user interface. It is designed to control the selected functions easy and conveniently. [...]
[Software:] 5DFly Photo Design 2.29 – Windows
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Automatic photo design & rendering engine, batch design over 10 amazing pictures by few mouse clicks.
Automatic blending photos onto photo templates Powerful & easy-to-use photo editing software Amazing well-designed photo templates Tool of photo slideshow Flash & PowerPoint
License: Shareware – $86.95
Source and [...]
[Software:] Scarab Darkroom 1.0 Beta build 23 – Windows
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Scarab Darkroom is a new digital camera raw file converter that supports most DSLR-s from Canon, Nikon, Olympus, Pentax, and Sony. It’s easy to use, lean, and super fast. It is still under development and currently in Beta version.
You can download the Beta for Windows from the link below:
Scarab Darkroom BETA
This version is provided [...]
The Handicapped (Not Disabled) Photographer – A Question of Power
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Many times while watching sporting events you will see a contestant seemingly perform beyond the possible. You see performances like this in every field of endeavor, including the arts and business. Why does a young photographer achieve so much in so short a time? But that’s not the real question.
The real question you should [...]
[Software:] CanoScan Toolbox 5.0.1.2a – Windows
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This is a software utility which will help make using your scanner easier
Version 4.1.3.5
Released on 02-08-2006
Compatibility:
Operating system(s): Windows 2000, Windows 98, Windows 98SE, Windows Me, Windows XP
Language(s): English
License: Freeware
Source and Read More: canon-europe.com
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[Software:] WildBit Viewer 5.6 Beta 2.0 – Windows
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WildBit Viewer is compact & fast image viewer with slide show and editor. Eye catching interface within blazing fast folder, file list and thumbnail viewer. Viewer includes also Image Info with Image EXIF meta data JPEG and TIFF support and IPTC (IIMV4) information (like PhotoShop file info) from JPEG and TIFF, Thumbview has changeable [...]
[Software:] XnView for Windows 1.97 Beta 4 – Windows / Macintosh / Linux
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It has the features :
Import about 400 graphic file formats Export about 50 graphic file formats Multipage TIFF, Animated GIF, Animated ICO support Image IPTC, EXIF metadata support EXIF auto rotation support IPTC editing [...]
[Software:] Microsoft Photosynth 2.0109.1112.2054 – Windows
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Photosynth creates an amazing new experience with nothing more than a bunch of photos. Creating a synth allows you to share the places and things you love using the cinematic quality of a movie, the control of a video game, and the mind-blowing detail of the real world.
How Does it Work?
In simple terms, Photosynth allows [...]
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