Monthly Archives: April 2009

Southern Cape Digital Workshop

Join well-known photographer David Rogers from Friday 24th to Sunday 26th July for a three-day workshop focusing on the coastal and floral treasures of the Southern Cape. The workshop includes accommodation at Bucaco Sud in the quiet coastal town of Betty’s Bay. This area is the heart of the Cape Floral Region, which has suchContinue reading “Southern Cape Digital Workshop”

Upscale and Out of Res!

Learn more about image dimensions and how to get the best out of your printed images. Upscale and Out of Res! Several concepts are important when discussing the characteristics of bit map images: pixel dimensions, image resolution, output resolution, and screen frequency. Another type of resolution, called bit resolution or pixel depth, is important whenContinue reading “Upscale and Out of Res!”

Ultimate Collection Of Useful Photoshop Plug-Ins

Ultimate Collection Of Useful Photoshop Plug-Ins | Developer’s Toolbox | Smashing Magazine Can Photoshop do everything? Of course, it can. But one should have extreme skills, plenty of experience and a great deal of time before retouching images or creating graphics pixel by pixel. Photoshop is an amazing graphics application that has forever changed graphic,Continue reading “Ultimate Collection Of Useful Photoshop Plug-Ins”

Virtual Camera

Craig Hickman’s Virtual Camera is an online application, or web site, that presents a camera whose settings you can control. As you change the settings the image on the simulated LCD changes, showing you how the setting changes affect the image. You can choose auto, program, aperture priority, shutter priority and manual modes as youContinue reading “Virtual Camera”

40 Amazing Online Photography Magazines

40 Amazing Online Photography Magazines | Inspiration | Smashing Magazine Whatever country we live in, we’re probably all familiar with the well-known photography magazines available in our newsagents and bookstores. The UK has Practical Photography, France has Photo, the Italians have Zoom and the Americans have American Photo. What you may not know is thatContinue reading “40 Amazing Online Photography Magazines”

Environmental Photographer of the Year

CIWEM (The Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management) runs the Environmental Photographer of the Year, which is one of the fastest growing photographic competitions in the world. In 2008 we received over 1,400 entries from over 40 countries –we are hoping to increase this in the 2009 competition.   This is a serious competitionContinue reading “Environmental Photographer of the Year”

Time to Make Your Music Legal

Time to Make Your Music Legal « Photofocus As a photographer, I know what it feels like to have my images used without my permission. Those of us who earn a living selling photos are particularly sensitive to Copyright infringement. Yet, countless times, I see photographers using illegal music in their public slide shows. It’sContinue reading “Time to Make Your Music Legal”