Archive for the 'Columnist' Category
Just to Check–
We’ve been talking about how to act when you’re not the photographer in a shoot or as an assistant to a photographer for some time now and some points have been raised. It may be a good thing to go through them one last time before moving on in an effort to put [...]
Localized Editing in LR2 (Part III)–
The Graduated Filter tool is the first of two local adjustment tools in the tool strip (Image 22). It works very much like the graduated filter that popularized by Cokin but it is more flexible and its use is expandable. For example, you can use it to change the exposure, [...]
On Mother’s Day and other Images (2)–
Whenever I receive an image from readers that get me curious about how it was done, I immediately look at the exif data of the photograph. This is the set of data that digital cameras attach to every picture that is taken. It includes the make of the camera, [...]
Trying it out (Part V)–
Quick! Let’s say it’s your wedding then you start noticing that one of your suppliers (the florist, the coordinator, the videographer or the photographer) keeps yapping about his or her own relationship – their foibles, their triumphs, their first date. Is this really the place for such? More, is this the [...]
A Beginner’s Guide to
Flash Photography
Power Management of Your Flash
(Part 48)
(Author’s note: It occurs that even though the NiCad battery has been in use by our photographers for a few decades now, there hasn’t been a local publication that discussed in detail about the properties of this battery chemistry. And it is a fact that NiCad [...]
Sharing Images (4)–
Our first freeware feature today is the Tintii Photo Filter, a tool for applying color effects to your pictures. The software removes all colors from the original image and gives the user a choice of which colors he/she may want to retain. The rest of the picture remains in black and white. Colors, [...]
Trying Out (Part IV)–
People new to photography usually don’t have all the equipment they want to have. Not everybody has all the money in the world and even some of the best photographers started out this way. Jake Versoza, for one, always the talented dude that he is, didn’t always use professional-grade lenses. Early on, [...]
