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Weekend Link Round-up
Firefox Firestatus Firefox Add-on: Update Twitter, FaceBook and FriendFeed Right from Firefox Looks like a nice add-on for easy social site updating. Web Dev... (Posted November 9, 2008)
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Pro Sharpening in Photoshop CS3 Using Smart Filters
Veerle Peters has a nice tutorial today, showing how to sharpen a photo using Photoshop CS3's Smart Filters. If you're still using CS2, don't... (Posted February 27, 2008)
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Cross Process and Redscale Effects in Photoshop
I have really been enjoying photography site Epic Edits, not only for it's photography tips but for tutorials on how to achieve certain image... (Posted February 17, 2008)
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Photoshop Vintage Effect Tutorial
From Veerle, a nice tutorial on how to give our digital photos a vintage effect in Photoshop. The tutorial offers some techniques that make... (Posted January 21, 2008)
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Top Best 55 Photoshop Tutorials for Professional Photographers
Emma Alvarez Site: Top Best 55 Photoshop Tutorials For Professional Photographers is a really nice list of links to Photoshop Tutorials for photographers. You... (Posted January 4, 2008)
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How to Read and Understand a Histogram
Photography website Professional Photographer has a great article on understanding the histogram, that's definitely worth a read for anyone interested in photography. So a... (Posted December 16, 2007)
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16 Inspiration Portrait Photography Techniques
Hobbyist photography site, Epic Edits Weblog, has a great article for portrait photography inspiration. 16 Inspirational Portrait Photography Techniques shows 16 different elements or... (Posted December 10, 2007)
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60 Sources of Photography Inspiration
Anyone who has been taking photos for a while eventually reaches a time when nothing seems to be inspiring them. This article from Photography... (Posted November 28, 2007)
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Pixel Addiction: Photoshop and Photography Tutorials
Pixel Addiction Tutorials is a collection of Photoshop and Photography tutorials that anyone with an interest in these things will find very useful, such... (Posted November 13, 2007)
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Demystifying D-SLR Sensor Cleaning
If you (like me) have been terrified at the prospect of cleaning the sensor on your D-SLR camera, here's a nice article that walks through... (Posted October 27, 2007)
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Bernie's Better Beginners Guide to Photography
Bernie's Better Beginner's Guide to Photography Most authors of photography guides are experienced professionals, and speak with the authority of the published photographer. Instead I... (Posted October 19, 2007)
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9 Photoshop Techniques for Great Photos
Warning: These 9 Photoshop Techniques May Result In Great Photos - a nice round-up article with ideas on how to bring some artistic effects... (Posted September 25, 2007)
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Create Realistic Film Grain for Digital Photography with Photoshop
Realistic film grain for digital photograpy - a tutorial For a very long time I've been looking for a way to create realistic looking... (Posted September 22, 2007)
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Photoshop with Photography
Site Deziner Folio offers up some nice photoshop tips for use with digital photos. Simple and Effective Photographic Results for Beginners. Some nice, simple... (Posted September 3, 2007)
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90+ Online Photography Tools and Resources
90 Online Photography Tools and Resources is another great list from Mashable, with a host of online photography goodies, from online photo editors to photo... (Posted June 23, 2007)
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Top 10 Most Common Photographic Mistakes
The Ten Most Common Photographic Mistakes is an excellent article with some great tips for taking better photos. Lots of photographic examples to illustrate the... (Posted June 18, 2007)
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The Bucket Method for Photographing Flowers
The Bucket Method for Photographing Flowers is a great, do-it-yourself project for making a "bucket" to photograph flowers against a black (or white, if you... (Posted June 13, 2007)
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Find out what the Shutter Life Expectancy of your Digital Camera Might Be
Camera Shutter Life | Database collects user information for a LOT of digital cameras and the shutter count that users achieved with them. In checking... (Posted June 11, 2007)
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Digital Photography Tips Links
Digital Photography Tips, Digital Photography techniques: how to take better photos from the HP Digital Photography site, a lot of photography and digital photography articles... (Posted June 9, 2007)
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One Year of Stock Photography
Christophe Testi: One Year of Stock Photography! - details one photographer's experience with selling his photos on various stock photography sites. A great read for... (Posted May 16, 2007)
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Learn better photography with Kris Krug Video
Learn better photography with Kris Krug at Northern Voice | ScobleShow: Videoblog about geeks, technology, and developers - talking photography. If you have an... (Posted April 5, 2007)
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Seven Essential Steps to Digital Workflow
Seven Essential Steps to Digital Workflow is a nice little article on digital photography workflow from capture to cropping and sharpening. I'm always hungry for... (Posted April 3, 2007)
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Focal Length and Aperture Explained
Focal Length and Aperture Explained for the Photography Novice - a really nice beginner look at focal length and aperture, explained in plain english... (Posted March 25, 2007)
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3 Solutions for shooting against the light in photography
3 Simple Solutions for Shooting Against the Light in Photography that Work "Shooting against the light has always been a tricky thing in photography",... (Posted March 19, 2007)
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Four Methods to Remove Colorcast in Photos
Four Methods to Remove Colorcast in digital photos using Photoshop. "Sometimes getting the color balance right on digital shots is difficult. Here are some... (Posted March 11, 2007)
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PhotoWalkthrough.com: learning digital photography with video and audio tutorials
If you've been looking for a site that will help you learn digital photography post-processing, then it's certainly worth looking at PhotoWalkthrough.com PhotoWalkthrough offers... (Posted March 11, 2007)
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Getting Started with HDR Photography
HDR or High Dynamic Range photography is one of the hottest new imaging trends. As great as digital photography is, there are inevitably scenes... (Posted March 2, 2007)
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Set Your Camera to Automatically Transfer your Pictures, Sort and more (WindowsXP)
Set Your Camera to Automatically Transfer Pictures to Your Computer, Sort By Date and More! (Windows XP) - step-by-step how to set up a... (Posted February 26, 2007)
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The SimCam: Film and Digital Camera Simulator
The SimCam: Film and Digital Camera Simulator is a fantastic tool for anyone wanting to understand the basic concepts of photography - film or digital.... (Posted February 18, 2007)
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Demystifying exposure: interactive audio tutorials for digital photography
a shot apart: tutorials presents a whole series of digital photography lessons in audio/interactive form (mp3). This series looks at "Demystifying Exposure" and consists of... (Posted February 10, 2007)
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5 Things you need to know about SLR lenses
5 Things You Need to Know About SLR Lenses - a good article for anyone trying to figure out what lenses they should be looking... (Posted February 6, 2007)
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Microsoft Photo Info Power Tool
Microsoft Photo Info - a brand, spanking new Power Tool from Microsoft! This add-in for Windows "allows photographers to add, change and delete common metadata... (Posted January 23, 2007)
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Cheap cameras don't take crappy photos, people do
Cheap cameras don't take crappy photos, people do is a one of the nicest illustration I've seen on how to improve photos, regardless of what... (Posted December 28, 2006)
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Local Contrast Enhancement: how to remove haze from your digital photos
The Contrast Enhancement technique is one that every digital photographer should have in their post-processing toolbox. The technique involves using the Unsharp Mask Tool (in... (Posted December 21, 2006)
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Turn your camera upside down for more flattering portraits
Well that's a tip I've never heard before! Turn Your Digital Camera Upside Down For Better Portraits - Digital Camera University suggests that "believe it... (Posted December 18, 2006)
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PhotoWalkthrough.com
PhotoWalkthrough.com - tutorial guidance on photography image creation and tools. - a series of video tutorials which walk through the process of photo post-processing in... (Posted December 13, 2006)
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Photography: Rules of Composition
Lost in Bluedom has a great photography article on composing your photos. The Rules of Composition - looks at the classic "rule of thirds", as... (Posted December 10, 2006)
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Turn an ordinary photo into an extraordinary photo
Blurbomat | How to Turn an Ordinary Photo Into an Extraordinary Photo walks through the photoshop process he took when post-processing a photo in photoshop.... (Posted November 29, 2006)
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A Photoshop tutorial for photographers
A Photoshop tutorial for photograpers - Twisted Tree Photography is an excellent resource for digital photographers, with a lot of interesting articles on the use... (Posted November 28, 2006)
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Eye for Photos: Photography Tips
Eye for Photos offers up some nice guides, tips and tricks for photography and post-processing. Start with Principles of Photography, then Photography Basics, Macro Photography... (Posted November 18, 2006)
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Top 10 Digital Photography Tips
Top Ten Digital Photography Tips is a really good read for some reminders of things to consider to take your digital photos up a notch.... (Posted November 16, 2006)
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Digital Lens Filters: mimicking traditional techniques in Photoshop
Digital Lens Filters takes a look at mimicking the use of colored lens filters with black and white film with digital cameras and Photoshop.... (Posted November 13, 2006)
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Developing an Efficient Digital Photography Workflow
Developing a Professional Digital Photography Workflow - PictureCorrect Tips - an excellent article on how to develop a routine method for processing digital photos, from... (Posted October 26, 2006)
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How to buy and use polarizing filters
How to Use and Buy Polarizing Filters - A great look at polarizing filters - what they do and what kind to buy.... (Posted October 25, 2006)
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Best Photos of 2005
immense world: 18 Best Photos of Year 2005 are so fabulous! They are each so special in their own way. The fish one freaks me... (Posted October 24, 2006)
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The Law for Photographers
The Law for Photographers / Travel Photography Law / Legal Issues of Taking Photos - a good read for any photographer who has ever wondered... (Posted September 30, 2006)
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Photographing Children - a How to
Digital Photography World: PHOTOGRAPHING CHILDREN - an in-depth look at how to get great photographs of children.... (Posted September 11, 2006)
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Ways to Photograph Motion
Expressing Motion in Photography - PictureCorrect Tips and Lessons - looks at freezing motion, motion blur of the whole image, motion blur of just... (Posted September 6, 2006)
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Photography Techniques Education Site
dg28.com - photographer education is a treasure trove of photography technique advice, showing how to deal with a number of shooting conditions to achieve... (Posted September 4, 2006)
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Create a Killer Panorama in Photoshop
Creating a Killer Panorama" href="http://www.informit.com/guides/content.asp?g=photoshop&seqNum=290&f1=rss&rl=1">Photoshop Reference Guide > Creating a Killer Panorama - a how-to.... (Posted September 2, 2006)
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Next generation Canon Rebel announced: the XTi/400D
Canon EOS XTi/400D featuring a 10.1 Megapixel CMOS, 30D focus including 2.8 enhanced, Antidust, Large 2.5" viewfinder and picture styles . You can see... (Posted August 24, 2006)
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A couple of photography links
Digital Photography Tips From The Top Floor - 101 Ways To Improve Your Digital Photography Controlled Image Sharpening in Photoshop CS2 - for when unsharp... (Posted August 23, 2006)
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Photojojo � Panographies: Panoramas on Steroids - a very cool panorama-like effect how to from Photojojo.... (Posted July 17, 2006)
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Picture2Life Online Photo Editing
Picture2Life! is yet another online photo editing tool. This is the second one I've seen this week. This one looks nice, although I'm still not... (Posted June 24, 2006)
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A couple of photography links
A couple of photography links - DIY Photography - Concert Photography and How to pick a digital camera And in case all that reading has... (Posted May 30, 2006)
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Downloadable Pinhole Camera
Make your own pinhole camera with this dowloadable, cut and fold template. Random Good Stuff: Free downloadable Camera... (Posted May 22, 2006)
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Photography Jam
PhotographyJam - the photographer's resource: Camera basics: shutter-speed, aperture and ISO - link says it all. New and promising for photography basics information.... (Posted May 17, 2006)
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10 Ways to Add Variety to Your Digital Photos
� 10 Ways to Add Variety to Your Digital Photography :: Digital Photography School - some excellent tips for injecting some interest in to digital... (Posted May 8, 2006)
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Photography: Colour to Mono
Digital Camera takes a look at Colour to mono - four methods for convering a colour photo into black and white. I like the results... (Posted March 9, 2006)
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Pixoh
Pixoh: Edit pictures online - for when you don't have access to a full blown editor. Features Flickr import/export, crop, rotate etc.... (Posted March 6, 2006)
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UFRaw - open source raw conversion program. Looks very promising .... (Posted November 26, 2005)
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Gimp for Photographers
Gimp for Photographers - seems like an attractive option if Photoshop is unavailable. And the author offers some great tips and links, specifically for photographers.... (Posted December 20, 2004)
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Photoshop & Photography Tips
Jay Arraich Photography and Photoshop Tips. Excellent informational site plus some free for personal use black & white photos as well.... (Posted February 23, 2003)
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