Author Archives: Steve Crane

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”

Where can I get free audio for my AVs?

In his post Free Loops for Windows Jake Ludington listed some sources of loops and samples that can be used in making your own music. These sources might also offer sounds and music clips you can use in putting together your audio-visual presentations. Here’s what Jake said. KVR Audio emerged many years ago as anContinue reading “Where can I get free audio for my AVs?”

Free Music Archive Puts Thousands of Royalty-Free Songs Up for Grabs

Lifehacker – Free Music Archive Puts Thousands of Royalty-Free Songs Up for Grabs – Music Need a worry-free background track for a multimedia project, or just some new tunes to work into your daily mix? The Free Music Archive, a project of indie freeform station WFMU, has downloads and streams galore.

Lightroom Top 10 Gotcha’s

Lightroom Top 10 Gotcha’s | Lightroom Queen Blog If you’re just starting out with Lightroom, there are a few CRUCIAL bits of information which will save you hours of headaches and untangling. They’re the kind of thing that just make you say “I’d wish I’d known that before….” These are my top ten gotchas, directContinue reading “Lightroom Top 10 Gotcha’s”

2009 Photoshop Workshops

DANCE OF LIGHT PHOTOGRAPHY Eric & Nicole Palmer present in STELLENBOSCH BEGINNERS PHOTOSHOP DAY on the 9 May 2009 ADVANCED PHOTOSHOP DAY on the 13 June 2009 Time: 8h30 to 17h30Cost: R 650 per personVenue: Jonkershoek Nature Reserve For details and bookings:contact Nicole directly on 082 5105 694or e-mail : nicolep@adept.co.za NICOLE PALMER 082 5105Continue reading “2009 Photoshop Workshops”

Handy Tweaks To Make GIMP Replace Photoshop

Handy Tweaks To Make GIMP Replace Photoshop | How-To | Smashing Magazine GIMP is the favorite graphics editing program of many designers and graphic artists. It is free and compatible with Windows, Mac and Linux (the two big reasons for its popularity). It has a wide array of features, as well as plug-ins, filters andContinue reading “Handy Tweaks To Make GIMP Replace Photoshop”

Fleet Street Press Photographer Lingo

One of our members, Peter Smith, is an ex Fleet Street press photographer and photo editor. Reading the comments on the article we linked to here prompted him to send in this information on some of the language they used. He says. I dug out a cutting penned by one of our reporters on theContinue reading “Fleet Street Press Photographer Lingo”