Photography

New eBook available: The Power of B&W in Adobe Lightroom & Beyond (A Masterclass)

April 12, 2011

The Power of Black & White in Adobe Lightroom & Beyond (A Masterclass) by Piet Van den Eynde is an exceptional course on creating black and white photographs in Adobe Lightroom. For the emerging photographer, digital black and white seems like it’s simply a mouse-click away but the process to create exceptional monochrome images requires [...]

5 comments Read the full article →

Easy Ways to Get Stunning Photographs from Your Point-and-Shoot

March 5, 2011

Maybe a DSLR camera is out of your price range, or maybe you are too intimidated by the myriad of knobs, buttons, and lenses that come with shooting with such a camera. Or then again, maybe you simply do not want to lug your prized camera to your son’s muddy soccer game, but still want [...]

8 comments Read the full article →

“The Evocative Image” – A Photographer’s Guide to Capturing Mood

February 24, 2011

A new ebook has just been released by Craft & Vision, titled The Evocative Image, written by Andrew S. Gibson. The Evocative Image is an inspiring introduction to the processes and techniques specific to making photographs that express what we feel. With great examples, creative exercises, and insightful comments Gibson offers up his unique perspective [...]

4 comments Read the full article →

My Top 5 Favorite Photography Podcasts (audio/video) – recommended!

February 23, 2011

I assume you’re reading this article because you already know what podcasts are. In case you don’t, here’s a really quick introduction to podcasts, courtesy of Wikipedia: A podcast (or non-streamed webcast) is a series of digital media files (either audio or video) that are released episodically and often downloaded through web syndication. The word [...]

3 comments Read the full article →

7 Tips for Printing Photographs Professionally

February 23, 2011

If you’ve ever taken a beautiful, brilliant photograph on your digital camera only to see it look like a muddy mess when you print it out, you’re not alone. It’s not hard to get professional quality photographs from your digital images, it just takes a little know-how and practice. Some of the best things you [...]

6 comments Read the full article →

January 2011: Blog Summary & Income Report

February 8, 2011

2011 is the number of the year which means bye bye to 2010 and also bye bye to December. I hope you all had a great Christmas and New Year and I wish you all a happy and prosperous New Year as well. There’s no way around it, you’re probably here to read the December [...]

14 comments Read the full article →

Photo of the week: Flying Seagull (I think?)

February 4, 2011

For this photo of the week I decided to go with a lucky shot I captured the other day. I think it’s a seagull, but to be honest, I was never really good at recognizing animals, especially those I don’t see too often. I was walking along the waterfront with my Nikon D7000 in aperture [...]

14 comments Read the full article →

New eBook from Craft & Vision: Winter in the Canadian Rockies by Darwin Wigget

January 18, 2011

Winter in the Canadian Rockies by Darwin Wiggett is the newest ebook to be added to the Craft & Vision library and the latest in The Print & The Process Series. Darwin captures the spirit of Canada’s most striking mountain range in this monograph of breath-taking landscapes. Photographers of all levels, and geographic persuasion, will [...]

7 comments Read the full article →

Photo of the week: Rainbow over Malta

January 6, 2011

Here’s another photo of the week where it’s all about being in the right place at the right time. I can’t remember the last time I saw a rainbow in Malta – in fact, I can’t remember the last time I saw a rainbow anywhere and I had a camera handy. Needless to say, I [...]

16 comments Read the full article →

Facebook sets a new Photo upload record

January 5, 2011

Randi Zuckerberg (Mark’s sister) who leads Facebook’s consumer marketing team, wrote in a tweet that 750 million photos were uploaded to Facebook during the New Years Eve weekend. The previous record was during Halloween 2010. In July 2010, Facebook said more than 100 million photos are uploaded to their site – each day! It’s unknown [...]

13 comments Read the full article →

December 2010: Blog Summary & Income Report

January 4, 2011

20 comments Read the full article →

Photo of the week: Sunset (and your opinion needed!)

December 17, 2010

Another week went by since the last photo of the week update and I haven’t really been out shooting since, except for this snapshot below I caught a few days ago. And that’s exactly what it is, just a snapshot. I really had no intentions of making this photo a 5-star photo to begin with [...]

30 comments Read the full article →

Photography: What’s drawing the eye (visual mass)?

December 15, 2010

If you like taking pictures, then you’d probably prefer taking pictures that people like to look at as well. Sometimes we get lucky and capture a great shot, but often it takes a little bit of thought or planning to get it just right. Remember, don’t just take pictures – make them! One thing you, [...]

38 comments Read the full article →

Photo of the week: Snowy tree

December 9, 2010

Let’s be honest, this shot isn’t going to win any prizes, I know that Why publish this shot as photo of the week, you’re wondering? Well, I’ve headed up north to where my family lives to spend Christmas and there’s snow and cold here. I like how it looks outside, so bright and white and [...]

16 comments Read the full article →

Photo of the week: Birds (pigeons?)

December 6, 2010

I forgot to put this one up yesterday, so even though I’m posting it this week it’s actually a picture for last week Anyway – time’s not important. I didn’t get to shoot much last week but this is probably the one I like the most. I’m a complete newbiew when it comes to photographing [...]

6 comments Read the full article →

We live in a digital world today – have you scanned your old photographs yet?

November 28, 2010

This is just a friendly reminder to make sure that you scan your old photographs. You know, the ones you had developed years ago and you now have stored away in photo albums in a big dusty shelving unit in the back of your living room? Or perhaps they’re in boxes, now stored in the [...]

1 comment Read the full article →

Photo of the week: Birth of Christ

November 26, 2010

I don’t get to experience much daylight during this time of year. In the mornings, sure, but that’s when I go to work – and when I leave work, it’s dark. So when I had to go out and play with my new Sigma 70-200 f/2.8 lens tonight, it was completely dark. In fact, darker [...]

3 comments Read the full article →

10 Best Printers for Amateur Photographers

November 22, 2010

Now that photography has gone digital, we often forget how important it is to have hard copies of our images. Remember the nostalgia you used to experience by looking through photo albums or scrapbooks? How about photo-themed craft projects? Remember, if you print out your pictures instead of leaving them on the computer, you’ll still [...]

5 comments Read the full article →

Top 10 Gadgets I Want For Christmas – And Maybe You Would Too? [2010]

November 12, 2010

Christmas is closing in on us, but according to the stores and malls it kinda looks like it’s Christmas already. It’s amazing how they manage to make everything look Christmassy sooner and sooner almost every year. Anywho, what’s a tech blog without a top 10 list of some of the greatest gadgets that most of [...]

71 comments Read the full article →

RAW vs JPEG – Yes, that battle again… and I Shoot RAW!

November 11, 2010

I recently became a regular reader of Jared Polin’s FroKnowsPhoto.com photography blog. He he has a ton of great videos and publishes quite often, ranging from a weekly post processing edit of readers’ RAW files to video reviews of camera gear to unboxing of new cool stuff. Oh, and his grandmother Lil often appears as [...]

10 comments Read the full article →

The How & How Much: Starting a Photography Business

November 10, 2010

As the economy continues to crawl ever so slowly out of the recent recession, more and more people are starting their own businesses out of their homes to make a living. One of those start-up businesses can be a photography company. So many people out there claim to enjoy taking pictures, and some people are [...]

11 comments Read the full article →

Quick Tip: Free Mac data recovery software

November 9, 2010

Just a quick tip for Mac users on how to recover deleted or lost data, such as pictures or documents. CleverFiles has just released Disk Drill, which is a new free Mac data recovery software. Disk Drill recovers damaged and deleted data from external or internal hard drives, memory cards, etc. and allows protecting data [...]

17 comments Read the full article →

Photoshop vs Photoshop Elements: Which One Is Right for You?

November 2, 2010

If you’re in the market for an image editing software, chances are you’re choosing between Photoshop and Photoshop Elements. Both are excellent software for manipulating digital photographs and images. In this article, I’ll discuss some of the ways the two software are different. Hopefully, after reading this, you can make an informed decision. Keep in [...]

9 comments Read the full article →

Friday Flick Find: The PEN Story – stop motion video of stop motion, amazing!

September 24, 2010

Some stop motion videos suck, some are good and some are just amazing – like this one, which took around 60,000 pictures to shoot and contains 9,600 developed prints. I can’t even imagine how many hours were spent making this 3 minute video! Click here for more great Friday Flick Find videos!

6 comments Read the full article →

Nikon introduces a new mouth watering DSLR camera: D7000

September 15, 2010

Yesterday I was working myself to come up with reasons I do not need Nikons new 55-300mm VR lens. Today I got myself a much bigger task at hand because Nikon has introduced their new D7000 camera which has everything I miss about my current D5000. I can’t really cover everything about this camera in [...]

8 comments Read the full article →

Photographing Lightning [pictures included]

September 10, 2010

Last night we had some thunderstorms over Malta with a good amount of lightning as well and I’ve always wanted to get a really great shot of a lightning strike, so I figured I might as well begin to practice and figure out how to do it. At first I stepped outside on the patio [...]

7 comments Read the full article →

← Previous Entries

Next Entries →