Where do creative talents come from? Can creativity be taught? This question has inspired philosophers, artists and academics. That …
Where do creative talents come from? Can creativity be taught? This question has inspired philosophers, artists and academics. That ever-rolling nature vs nurture debate. Is it talent or is it training? Neurobiologists became intrigued by the subject after brain trauma patients reported previously undiscovered, and highly developed, creative talents. Which corners of the brain influence creativity? What holds it back or sets it free? Creativity popped onto the radar of corporates after research suggested employee productivity increases in a creative environment – that people will contribute more to their company if they’re given the chance to let their imaginations wander. But we are much more curious about your views on creativity… What do you think – can everyone be creative?
To make a t-shirt file in however many easy steps needed for Photoshop A rough and ready guide 1. The new t-shirt file / Downl…
To make a t-shirt file in however many easy steps needed for Photoshop A rough and ready guide 1. The new t-shirt file / Download the t-shirt template from the t-shirt upload section or input 2400 wide by 3200 high at 200 pixels/inch in RGB into a new Photoshop file as below. Note: If you are making a black t-shirt ensure the background is blank and there is no background layer 2. Artwork Input / Place artwork file by copying and pasting the art in from another file, this part is entirely up to you. One recommendation though is to have a look at the chart below. This chart indicates how the different colours will work on the different coloured fabrics. Confused? well if you want to print black on any of the 9 plain t-shirts then it should print just fine(left row and right row to the second bottom) but yellow seems to be almost entirely lost on the red, the green and the olive t-shirts. The t-shirt with the big difference is the black one on the bottom right. Since it has white printed behind the text it doesn’t really matter what colour you print onto it. 3. Check your file over This isn’t really a step but I’ll put it in regardless. / Your file will finish up on the front of a t-shirt so be aware your borders will not be the edge of the visible space. This is the maximum printable area on a t-shirt. / / So don’t expect it to cover the sleaves or wrap around to the back just yet. 4. Save the file / The last thing to do is to save your file as a png file, this is the requirement to be able to output to a t-shirt. / If you wish to save an initial PSD file to keep any layers used seperated. Once you are definately happy put in save as and select PNG instead of PSD as below. Save the file then upload as a t-shirt.
PhotoshopWorld, September, 2007 – Notes and Impressions I’ve been using Photoshop for several years (starting with ver. 5.5 and no…
PhotoshopWorld, September, 2007 – Notes and Impressions I’ve been using Photoshop for several years (starting with ver. 5.5 and now using CS3). I’ve also attended several PhotoshopWorld conferences and find them a terrific learning experience. I know many of you on redbubble use Photoshop so I thought you might be interested in my impressions on this recent conference. When I first attended PhotoshopWorld (presented by the National Association of Photoshop Professionals-NAPP) I had just started using Photoshop and the sessions were excellent for someone starting out. I wondered if, at some point, it would simply be a repeat of what I had already learned. While that is true to some extent they have included some more advanced sessions aimed at the experienced photoshop user. Additionally, there are always new features in each release that I haven’t discovered myself so these conferences continue to be very worthwhile. I’m going to discuss only those sessions that I attended. They give each attendee a workbook that has the notes of all the sessions so you can check out and learn from the sessions you weren’t able to attend that were running concurrently. The Opening Session This is always mainly pure entertainment but they also usually have someone from Adobe talk about some of the things their research people are doing. It is clear that 3D and video are going to be a growth areas and Photoshop CS3 Extended supports this as well as the scientific and medical communities. One very interesting look into the future was a special lens that Adobe is working with. The lens is actually multiple lenses and looks something like an insect eye. The purpose of the lens is to focus over many different points in a scene. The software (research only at this time) then puts together all the different images captured and provides apparent infinite depth of field or variations in focus points (in focus or out of focus) at the click of the mouse. It certainly has some interesting possibilities. No mention, of course, if it will ever be a product but I enjoy hearing what they are experimenting with. Photoshop CS3 One-on-One by Deke McClelland In this session, Deke reviewed some of the new features in CS3. I picked up a couple tips I wasn’t aware of even though I’ve been using CS3 since the public beta was available. Here is some of what I learned: - when filtering items in Bridge if you click on an item then you see only the thumbnails for the item but what I did not know is that if you ALT click (OPTION on a MAC, I use Windows) on an item it will display the thumbnails for everything but that item within its category - he said he did not find the magnifier option in Bridge all that helpful, I only make note of that since I never found it that useful either, so it wasn’t just me - the new Brightness/Contrast Command in CS3 is significantly improved, I knew about this but he demonstrated the difference by clicking the Use Legacy box and the difference is easy to see, that’s the only useful purpose for that checkbox since you should never want to use the legacy version - he highly recommends watching the histogram palette for clipping when doing any conversions to black and white - one nice new feature of the clone source palette is the ability to flip the area you are cloning from, he demonstrated this by cloning the right eye of a person and replacing their left eye (which was closed), you do this by setting the “W” offset to -100% - the new Photomerge is incredible, this one I knew about since I use it a lot, if you haven’t tried it you should, it can even handle handheld panoramic attempts very well - a couple tips regarding the new Refine Edge for selections, this is very powerful and I picked up some things I didn’t know about this – if you use Contract/Expand then it needs some feathering / – the Contrast slider is used to sharpen edges of a selection / – Radius traces the contour of an image as you apply a blur and is therefore better than feathering - use Smart Sharpen as a Smart Filter (if you haven’t used smart filters yet you’ll find that they are very powerful in the ability to go back and make changes), when you create a smart filter (with Smart Sharpen or any other eligible filter) you will see a mask for the Smart Filter set (very powerful option) and below that the filter (or filters) listed, just to the right of the filter name you will see a couple little up arrows, right click on those arrows and one of the options is Edit Smart Filter Blending Options, this is very powerful in that you can select a different blending option for each filter There was more, of course, but those were the highlights for me. By the way, Deke is an excellent presenter and instructor. As Easy As 1,2,3 by Ben Willmore Ben is also an outstanding instructor and in this session he gave a series of easy examples to create some interesting effects. He showed how to use the Extract Filter to remove an image of fire which can then be placed on another image and you can see through the flames as one would expect. Every time I’ve seen Ben use the Extract Filter he makes it look simple and this time it was as easy as (well that’s the title of his session). However, there was one other suggestion before he started and that was to photograph the fire against a black background. 1. In the Extract Filter window he used a large brush to paint over the entire image (fire only, not the background). / 2. The trick here is to then turn on the Force Foreground check box and then with the Eyedropper tool click on an orangish-yellow area of the flames (obviously referring to the specific image being shown). Click OK and you now have an image of the fire with the background removed / 3. Now drag the fire and place onto another image. Here’s a tip to improve a rather dull sky. You do need some detail in the sky but if it is a cloudy dull mostly overcast day this works well. / 1. create a new layer (empty), set your foreground color to a neutral gray that is a little brighter than 50% gray / 2. paint over the sky on this new layer with a brush using the foreground color that you set / 3. change the blending mode of this layer to Color Burn / If it’s too strong or not strong enough try a different shade of gray. Create your own sunset. This tip uses Gradient Map and does a nice job. / 1. Create a Gradient Map Adjustment layer with the mode set to color and click OK to enter the Gradient Map dialog box / 2. Select a preset gradient that contains three colors (blue to orange to yellow is good) / 3. Customize the gradient by changing the preset color to R68 G29 B22 for the one on the left, R134 G30 B14 for the one in the middle and R255 G238 B43 for the one on the right. Now reposition the squares until you get the effect you like. Here is an extraneous tip. If you are using Free Transform and you can’t see the entire area of the object you are working with hit CNTL 0 (COMMAND on a MAC) and the window will be resized to show the entire area. Photoshop For Geeks There were three sessions aimed at people who are looking for something more technical. They had beginning, intermediate and advanced versions. I sat in on the intermediate session for awhile. The discussion involved creating and debugging scripts. It was interesting to get into something more computer intensive (my background made me curious) but I’m not writing scripts so I didn’t stay of the entire session. It would be something interesting to work on but the photography certainly keeps me busy. I was glad to see sessions that were getting into the technical aspects of processing images with a computer. Sharpening Reinvented by Deke McClelland One of the things that Deke discussed that I found very interesting was how to properly view an image when you are sharpening it. Most recommendations are to look at an image at 100% magnification when trying to make decisions on sharpening. He said this is best if that image is going to be viewed on a computer (on a website, as an example). However, if you are sharpening for a print, he recommends that you view it at 25% to get the best idea of how the sharpening will look on a print. I’ve often wondered about this since if you have the ruler active when you view an image in Photoshop, and set magnification to 100%, an inch on the ruler is much longer than an actual inch so you’re clearly looking at the image at a greater magnification than you would see on the print. This is dependent on the resolution you are working with but if you typically print images using 300dpi (or close to that), as I do, this can make a big difference. He discussed Unsharp Mask and explained some of what is going on. Sharpening is effected by increasing edge contrast. The Radius option defines the thickness of the edge and a value less than 0.3 will not give much of an effect. Threshold rules out or includes pixels based on the difference in the pixels. He recommended using a High Amount and Low Radius. He discussed Smart Sharpen and said that the checkbox called More Accurate really doesn’t do much but it is helpful when working on wood grain or fibers, otherwise it is not necessary. However, for low res images it may be worthwhile. There is a box called “Remove” in Smart Sharpen and you should select the Lens Blur option for that box with images from digital cameras. Also, the radius value you normally use should be increased by 50% when using the Lens Blur option. The motion blur option should be used if the image is not sharp due to camera movement. Advanced Masking Techniques by Tim Grey Tim covered this in the Tech Expo Center which is where vendors set up their booths and you can check out the latest products. There are several “mini-sessions” going on in this area and Tim did one on masking. He discussed basic techniques that I’ve seen before and used often, but he also covered something I had been wondering about for awhile and it is something that should have been obvious to me but wasn’t, until he said it. That is the technique for applying more than one mask to a layer or set of layers. The simple answer is nested groups and, like I said, it should have been obvious. If you have several layers and want a layer mask to apply in the same way to all the layers simply put the layers in a group and use the mask on the group. This is something I do often for this purpose. Now if you want another mask on top of the first mask you simply create a new group which will have its own mask and put the first group inside the new group. That is, nested groups. It should have been obvious to me but wasn’t until Tim mentioned it. This is why I attend sessions even though they may cover topics I am very familiar with. There is always some little hint or tip that I never thought of. Shooting for Photoshop by Ben Willmore Ben discussed some things to do when shooting images that you will later put together with HDR (High Dynamic Range). He uses a 2 stop difference between exposures. He says handheld can work with HDR. This was somewhat of a surprise to me but I’m going to give it a try. When putting the images together with HDR there are several options / - Exposure and Gamma (he said this is rarely used) / - Highlight Compression (he said not to use this) / - Equalize Histogram (he said not to use this) / - Local Adaptation (this is the one to use, probably always) When using Local Adaptation expand the curve box (this is the only option that offers a functional curve) and adjust the Radius and Threshold to remove halos. Work with the curve box to get the image the way you want it. He also gave a suggestion for trying to simulate infrared using the Black and White Adjustment Layer which is new to CS3. Start by increasing green and yellow and decreasing blue and cyan and, of course, set it to monochrome. Moving the sliders in these directions gives you a good start. He covered many different situations but one that I found very interesting was a technique to give an image the color cast found in a natural light situation but because of the low light a flash was required. Shooting in natural light would result in a blurred image either due to subject movement or camera movement since a slow shutter speed was necessary. So you use flash, you get a nice sharp image (no movement) but the color cast of the scene is lost since light source is now from the flash. The way to resolve this is to take a second shot without the flash. This will give you the color of the scene even if it is significantly blurry. Now in Photoshop you simply use Match Color to put the natural color from the image without flash over the image where the flash was necessary. Very simple and effective and something to keep in mind if you are ever in that situation. Photomerge has been greatly improved in CS3. It handles handheld shots very well. He said the Auto option works fine and implied there was no need to be concerned with the other options. Color by the Numbers by Dan Margulis This was a two part session; part 2 was just an extension of part 1. I had seen this offered at previous conferences but always had a conflict. I also wasn’t sure it would be something I would really want to use. I was wrong. This session was amazing and very enlightening. However, it was not for the novice. He moved very quickly and did not explain how things worked, just that he was doing it and what result he was trying to achieve. It certainly helped to have a good understanding of Curves, blending modes, Channels and color modes. He also used Curves as one typically would when working in CMYK (white on the left, black on the right). Most of us do it reversed as is typical in RGB mode so you needed to keep that in mind while he was quickly adjusting Curves. He used Apply Image a lot to pick up a specific channel and apply a specific blending mode. He also changed color modes from RGB to LAB to show how effective you can be in enriching the blacks when working in LAB. He would take some very dull images and fix the color and contrast just by getting the numbers correct. He first identified what area of the image should be the brightest and what area should be the darkest. He then got the color correct and went on from there. He emphasized that it is very important to get the color correct before doing anything else because if you did not you could introduce significant problems and with “color by the numbers” it’s not a subjective visual change, you simply get it right and then move on the make it look the way you want. Like I said, this was a rather advanced class but probably the most enlightening for me since I’m now going to approach all my images a little differently. He recommends setting the darkest part of an image where you still want to see detail to R=15, G=15,B=15 and setting the brightest highlight where you still want to see detail to R=245,G=245,B=245. Use a Threshold Adjustment Layer to find the white point and black point (in an area you care about) and click on these with eye dropper sampler tool. Then you can go into Curves and adjust each channel to the values stated above. Once done you have the proper color for your image and you can proceed with other changes. For improving contrast look at the channels, select the channel with the least contrast and use Curves on that channel to obtain the desired contrast and then change the blending mode for that adjustment layer to Luminosity so you do not affect the color in the image, only the contrast. This is a very interesting technique in that you can adjust the contrast only on the channel that needs it. He also had a session called “Five Minutes to a Picture Postcard”. In that session he used the same techniques I discussed above only he moved even more quickly. He took some very dull images and made the colors brilliant like you would expect on a Picture Postcard. I’m sure this was difficult for many people to follow but when you get to the point where you can follow what he is doing it is pretty amazing. Optimizing Photoshop – Sponsored by Adobe This was another advanced technical session (I was really glad to see these at PhotoshopWorld). Two computer technicians from Adobe, Scott Byer and Adam Jenigim, talked about performance management and system tuning and requirements with respect to Photoshop on both MAC and Windows platforms. I’ve wanted to see something like this for some time. They said that the information presented would be posted on Scott’s blog at Session Notes. Last time I checked it was not there yet. Hopefully, it will be soon. They talked about optimal and critical available memory levels when running Photoshop and suggested that you want available memory to be in the 20-40MB range. Many other performance issues were discussed and I’m waiting for the session notes to be posted on their blog. Mastering Curves by Ben Willmore As I’ve said before, Ben is an outstanding instructor. He has the ability to make any subject seem simple and easy to understand. This is a session of his that I have attended before but he has updated it and there is always something new I learn from him. Things to keep in mind when using Curves / - angle determines contrast / - a steeper curve yields more contrast and detail / - a flatter curve yields less contrast and detail and you want to avoid the curve going downhill unless you are trying to achieve a special effect / - the part of the curve that goes downhill will give you colors opposite to the original colors of that area of your image / - set the blending mode to luminosity to prevent color shifts / - when you want to mark the position on the curve that represents a specific part of your image you hold down the CNTL key (COMMAND on MAC) and click on that point in the image but if you want that spot marked on the curve for each of the channels (instead of the RGB composite) then you also hold down the SHIFT key Correct Everything in Camera Raw 4 by Deke McClelland PhotoshopNews has an update of the features of CameraRaw 4.1. You can read it at / Camera Raw 4.1 The clarity slider in CameraRaw is like Unsharp Mask with a low amount and high radius. It changes contrast along the edges (similar to sharpening). The Curves tab has two options. These are independent of each other so if you change one you will not see it affect the other. What this does is give you the ability to make two different Curves adjustments in CameraRaw. You can only see the effect of sharpening in CameraRaw if you are viewing at 100% so if it looks like nothing is changing check that you are at 100%. The Detail option is like Threshold in Unsharp Mask. Sharpening in CameraRaw only affects the luminance of an image (no color shift). By holding down the ALT key (OPTION on the MAC) you can see the effect of the sharpening slides when you move them. If you do this while moving the Masking slider you see a black and white image, the black areas are not sharpened and the white areas are sharpened. Deke still prefers to sharpen in Photoshop rather than in CameraRaw. (I guess maybe he doesn’t really correct everything in CameraRaw). I hope you found this helpful or at least interesting. Obviously, much more was covered at the conference. I’ve just included some of the highlights here. I am a member of NAPP (National Association of Photosohop Professionals) and have found it an excellent source for learning about Photoshop.
Good morning to all the wonderful Bubblers in the world! / I have a request… / An image...
Good morning to all the wonderful Bubblers in the world! / I have a request… / An image of mine is a finalist in an online art competition and I need your votes please!! / Please click on the picture below to go to the polling booth ahem voting page!! Thanks so very much everyone! / Lots of love and massive bear hugs!!! / / / / ...oh and I’ll be in Sydney tomorrow at Global Gallery between 2pm and 5pm hope to meet some NSW bubblers!! That would be cool!!
Thanks to all that have commented on Empty, it has had over 250 views, 60 comments and 22 favoritings, i am so pleased with this image an…
Thanks to all that have commented on Empty, it has had over 250 views, 60 comments and 22 favoritings, i am so pleased with this image and is almost on page 1 of the most popular!! so please if you have not commented please do, it would make my day for it to be on the front page! Many thanks, / Dave
I just discovered three of my vintage train series have been Featured in the Trains Group, all at once!! I am quite blown away!! They …
I just discovered three of my vintage train series have been Featured in the Trains Group, all at once!! I am quite blown away!! They are The Sleeper, The Washbasin and Anticipation Thanks all for your comments, favouritings and support. Soooo much appreciated. Rosalie :)
I have had no formal training in Photography ….though some excellent help and guidance from friends (you know who you are) I’ve been…
I have had no formal training in Photography ….though some excellent help and guidance from friends (you know who you are) I’ve been looking at photgraphy courses …can anyone recommend anything for me please ? Has to be part-time as I work. Thanks, Caroline ps…not looking for just PS type courses..
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I just loved this shot of Roy’s so begged for a copy so I could have a go at playing with photoshop to see what happened…. Here’s what I came up with Please go tell Roy what you think…..and slap me if you don’t like it :)
Many thanks to the trains group for featuring my image all aboard...
Many thanks to the trains group for featuring my image all aboard much appreciated indeed
Hey there beautiful peeps! / We are two weeks into our honeymoon and having a ball! / Haven’t had too many opps to get onto the Bubble and …
Hey there beautiful peeps! / We are two weeks into our honeymoon and having a ball! / Haven’t had too many opps to get onto the Bubble and I’ve been hanging out to share some piccies with you all. / I hope you enjoy what’s below (these aren’t the happy snaps, I’ll save those for facebook, these are me being typically artyfarty!!) just a mixed bunch from Dubai and Sicily, and towns like Deira, Sant Agata, Falcone, Milazzo, San Marco and Lacarra. / Love ya’s! :D / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Thank You to the Letter_Boxes Group for featuring two of my Letterboxes: “Telescope_Mai…
Thank You to the Letter_Boxes Group for featuring two of my Letterboxes: Telescope_Mailbox #7 in my Mailboxes with Character Series / and Train_Mailbox #8 in my Mailboxes with Character Series For those who haven’t seen – Check out my Mailboxes with Character Calendar Sooo very happy!!
Thanks so …
Thanks so much to the wonderful host for the feature..I am truly honored. :)
Thank you very much Cherish for the feature:))) / This is the main train station in central Lisbon- Rossio. / Thanks to all friends who vis…
Thank you very much Cherish for the feature:))) / This is the main train station in central Lisbon- Rossio. / Thanks to all friends who visited this work:)) / Tereza / . / . / . / . / . / . / .
While going through bubblemail, I’ve just learned I won the “Color Select Fun challenge in That’s Entertainment! (Fun & Recreation Photos…
While going through bubblemail, I’ve just learned I won the Color Select Fun challenge in That’s Entertainment! (Fun & Recreation Photos) group Challenge Win Features Sunday Night Sunset in the group Cards for Everyday Garden Song in the group Weekly Theme Challenges Thank you to all those who voted for my winning entry in the challenge and also to the wonderful hosts of these amazing groups for featuring my work! Glenna
I am elated to announce that my photograph “The End of the Line” has been selected for purchase by the Newfoundland and Labrador provinci…
I am elated to announce that my photograph “The End of the Line” has been selected for purchase by the Newfoundland and Labrador provincial art gallery, The Rooms Purchases of my images in the past have been by private individuals. This is my first sale to a art gallery! Thank You to all, who have supported me. Best Wishes, Brian The End of the Line
Hi to all, I am often asked about River Photography and opportunities for people to see some of the beautiful sites along the River Mu…
Hi to all, I am often asked about River Photography and opportunities for people to see some of the beautiful sites along the River Murray. With the help of Dave from the Mannum Motel, we have arranged a possible photography five day cruise for photographers and their partners on the wonderful paddle steamer PS Marion. PS MARION Historic River Murray Paddle Steamer / Photographic Cruise – Learn the Art of Photography / Monday July 6th to Friday 10th July 2009 / 5 Day, 4 Night Workshop & Cruise / $799 per person based on twin share Cruise inclusive of all meals, Photography and Photoshop workshops with Instructor. Proposed Itinerary. Monday / Join PS Marion this afternoon, embarkation commences from 2pm at Arnold Park, Mannum. Departing at 3pm we cruise upstream to our overnight mooring at Piggy Flat. Camera set up, Sun Set and Sun Rise Workshop while cruising before a Sun Set shoot Tuesday / For those brave enough, a sun rise shoot before breakfast, then Departing Piggy Flat we cruise past the settlements of Younghusband, Teal Flat, Bowhill and Purnong to Big Bend where you will be treated to a Big Bend by Night experience. Afternoon workshop covering aspects of motion – movement photography. / Experience a sun set on the river against the wide expanse of cliffs at Big Bend, after sun set, Enjoy dinner and an evening of entertainment, including a nocturnal tour to see native Australian animals in their natural habitat at night, provided by Big Bend By Night. Wednesday This morning we cruise on upstream to Swan Reach. Passengers disembark to enjoy a visit to the Swan Reach Museum followed by lunch at the Swan Reach Hotel. Overnight mooring at Swan Reach. / Day time workshop covering the use of ISO, White Balance, and associated setting to help optimise you images. Enjoy a late afternoon shoot incorporating majestic River Gums – wildlife and the river shack environment. Thursday This morning we cruise downstream passing spectacular river cliffs and a myriad of bird life to Ngaut Ngaut Conservation Park. Join guides on a tour through the Ngaut Ngaut Aboriginal Site and experience aboriginal culture as you journey through the ancestral home of the Nganguraku people before continuing downstream past the settlements of Wongulla and Walker Flat to our overnight mooring near Caurnamont. Day time workshop covering aspects of night photography and star trail shooting. Night Shoot opportunity from either the vessel or from the banks. Friday Your final day on board PS Marion. Relax and enjoy the passing river scenery and listen to the slap of the paddles as we steam back to our home port of Mannum, arriving mid afternoon. Please note that although this tour has been arrange with the keen photographer in mind, there is also plenty of entertainment and opportunities for the “non photographer” to enjoy the river and the Ps Marion. The tour is based on a normal annual public cruise. All workshops will include instruction and notes prepared by Steve Chapple. Assistance will be provided throughout the tour on all your matters of photography including some opportunity to work with Photoshop CS3. / We strongly recommend that you take out travel insurance Itinerary may change due to unforeseen circumstances or to allow for better photography opportunities. All meals, instruction and workshop notes included. / Facilities will be provided for charging of batteries and downloading of images, but we strongly recommend you supply your preferred equipment as required. For all bookings and further tour information please contact the: / Mannum Visitor Information Centre Phone: (08) 8569 1303 Fax: (08) 8569 2383 email: info@psmarion.com or Online Further information on the Marion Cruises can be found at: / http://www.psmarion.com/html/marion_cruises.html Please note this tour will only proceed as a specialised photography tour if sufficient bookings are received.
A huge thank you to the wonderful group / IN THE BEGINNING – ANCIENT PRACTICES / and it’s hosts S.I. Sheehan and tkrosevear / For …
A huge thank you to the wonderful group / IN THE BEGINNING – ANCIENT PRACTICES / and it’s hosts S.I. Sheehan and tkrosevear / For featuring my work “Mystical Figure” / / This is the second feature for this work!!! Also to the amazing group / COLOURED PENCIL ART / and it’s hosts Laura Barber-R…and Stephanie Greaves For featuring my work “On a Train Bound for Nowhere” / / This is the third feature for this work!!! I’m so honoured to be featured by these outstanding groups!! / For once in my life I’m speechless with delight!!! / Hope you are all having a fantastic week!! / luv and hugs / Carol
Deke did a guest blog spot training video over at Scott Kelby’s blog Last Wednesday. It goes for about 30 mins, I have no idea if the vi…
Deke did a guest blog spot training video over at Scott Kelby’s blog Last Wednesday. It goes for about 30 mins, I have no idea if the video is there for a limited time – so get on over there and watch one of the masters at work. Go There
“White and Pink Flowers” t-shirt and “Train” were featured in the Buyers Club group!!!!...
“White and Pink Flowers” t-shirt and “Train” were featured in the Buyers Club group!!!!
First, from me . . . Some de-mystification: / .. / There are three basic physical controls on a camera, digital or otherwise: / 1.) Focu…
First, from me . . . Some de-mystification: / .. / There are three basic physical controls on a camera, digital or otherwise: / 1.) Focus / 2.) Aperture / 3.) Shutter speed. / .. / Of the three, Aperture and Shutter speed control exposure. Aperture also controls how deep the area is that will be in focus (depth of field) and Shutter Speed also controls how motion of the subject (and camera) is recorded. All the modes on a camera, Program, Aperture Priority, Shutter Priority, Manual, Auto, etc. are just different ways of controlling Aperture and Shutter Speed. There are different modes for controlling focus too. / .. / Definitions: (from Camerapedia ) / 1.) Focus: to focus means to adjust a lens or its optical elements for achieving a sharp image of subjects in a certain distance from the camera / 2.) Aperture: An opening in a lens that controls the amount of light passing through it. (added by me – the aperture is variable in size and also controls depth of field / 3.) Shutter speed: The amount of time the shutter remains open. (from me: it controls not only exposure, but how motion is captured, i.e. blurred or frozen) / 4.) Depth of Field: The range of distances (from near to far) within which a scene will be considered to be “in focus” (several factors influence/control depth of field: aperture size, distance from subject, point of focus, focal length of lens) .. / Now, there are other aspects such as how sharp or how big an image can be made with a camera, or how much light is needed to make an image, or how colour will be represented. In film cameras we determine these with film format (such as 35mm, 6×6cm, 6×7cm, etc.), film type, colour balance, & speed (iso), colour temperature of the light source, and filter choices. In digital, colour temperature of the light source, white balance, sensitivity (iso), sensor size (you chose one when you bought your camera), color space, RAW vs. .jpeg, vs, .TIFF, etc. and other factors make these determinations. I’m trying to keep this brief, and I know it’s over-simplified. So, now some reading . . . / .. / I haven’t reviewed these word for word. They look good. / .. / How to use basic camera controls / Cambridge in Color’s Tutorials / Geoff Lawrence’s Free Photography Tutorials / Digital Photography School / Photoflex Lighting School (more of an advanced tutorial, and it’s aimed at selling their products, but I like it because it’s good!) / Tutorial9 (don’t know about this one, it looks interesting) / Short Courses – Using Your Camera (looks pretty basic) / About Com – Photography Basics (always a lot of info at about.com on just ‘about’ anything / Beginning Digital Photography (about SLR’s but applicable beyond that / Mark Raymond Mason’s Tutorials .. / Some other sites where you can post your work for review: / .. / Photo.net / Photocritiq / UseFilm / Betterphoto (now a paid site,but a first class one) / .. / Blogger (make your own photoblog, go solo, or allow co-authors to post with you) / .. / Some online photo-magazines I like: / .. / Shutterbug / Megapixel (English and French) / DPreview (included real-life photo samples from various cameras, many nice shots of London) / Steves Digicams / .. / Also see Sharon Mau’s Journal for a bunch more great links. (See comments below.) / .. / Learn why the smallest aperture doesn’t necessarily produce the sharpest image, here ’s true! Basic science! / ..
I got the final results of the October Photography Exhibit! These three pictures were accepted in the Exhibit! !http://images-2.red…
I got the final results of the October Photography Exhibit! These three pictures were accepted in the Exhibit! 32nd ANNUAL OCTOBER PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBIT / 10/4/2009 To 10/30/2009 / This display of fine photography attracts hundreds of area visitors. A wide variety of categories provides something for everyone to enjoy. The photographs displayed are selected by jurors from the huge number of entries that are submitted by both professional and amateur photographers. / Sponsored by Citizens National Bank and Time Warner Cable. / (Photographers interested in entering this juried exhibit should contact the Wassenberg Art Center for a prospectus, or download one from this website in mid-August. Entries are taken in September.) / 1-5 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday (closed Mondays) / Free
Such a lovely surprise!! Sold a Laminated print of She Sells Sea Shells by the Sea Shore...
Such a lovely surprise!! Sold a Laminated print of She Sells Sea Shells by the Sea Shore I feel honoured that Pink Tulips was featured on the Home Page View to Cradle Mountain featured in the new Group Cradle Mountain Tasmania Australia An Alternative Route from Bodalla to Cooma featured in Australian Travel Photography and Writing To read click HERE Romancing the Icicle featured in The Compact Group Which Way to Fall featured in Rural NSW Saw Leaf Banksia featured in Protaceae Family Train Mailbox featured in Snail Mail Redback Spider Mailbox featured in Snail Mail For some more quirky letterboxes – check out my Mailboxes with Character Calendar Thank You to all for all your encouragement and wonderful comments. I’m feeling much better lately and now that I have my camera back, I hope to start snapping away again real soon! :o)
Thank you to the unknown buyer who has just bought a mounted print of my image Wings of Steam...
Thank you to the unknown buyer who has just bought a mounted print of my image Wings of Steam , It is really appreciated
About 4 months ago my sister told me that one of her friends was looking through our photos from our 2008 Europe trip. Her friend works f…
About 4 months ago my sister told me that one of her friends was looking through our photos from our 2008 Europe trip. Her friend works for a publishing company, and was impressed by the shots she saw, and wanted to use them in a book on Paris she was publishing. While I was excited at the time, didn’t get my hopes up about it, until it was actually done. In true Parmi style, I totally forgot about this until today, when a copy of the book turned up in the mail for me! The book is set for release on Dec 1st I am currently in a state of shock that 6 photos (5 of mine and 1 of my sister’s) have been used in the book! I had to make a journal entry to commemorate the event :) Below are the shots from the book and the original photos that I took while in Paris. So fitting that the book itself is PARIS – A Personal Guide To The City’s Best. A 300+ page hard cover book on Paris culture, dining, accommodation, mixed in with some of Bennett’s French recipes. (Shannon Bennett is the owner of internationally renowned restaurant, Vue de monde in Melbourne) Given that Paris is quite possibly my favourite city I have visited so far, this was poetic in it’s own way. / Paris Underground / My sister’s photo / Notre Dame / Notre Dame / Notre Dame / Pantheon Link to the book online All book shots taken from Shannon Bennett’s PARIS – A Guide To The City’s Best. Published by The Miegunyah Press 2009, copyright to Melbourne University Publishing Limited. Edit: I left to make a cup of coffee and came back to a massive outpouring of encouragement and congrats from so many of you! YOU GUYS ROCK! I am so supported on here by all of you and I can’t even express in words how incredible that feels! Thank you just doesn’t cut it!!! :)
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