“The Boys and Girls of Modern Day Railways” prints by The Polaroid Kidd Mike Brodie aka “The Polaroid Kidd” is a somewhat accidental documentary photographer. By photographing his friends, their homes, and lifestyles, Brodie has captured a marginalized segment of the American population that’s not so prevalent in main stream society. His haunting photos ofContinue reading “The Boys and Girls of Modern Days Railways”
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The Crest Hotel — a photo essay
richard mark dobson – the crest hotel | burn magazine I remember the Crest Hotel way back in the 70’s. In fact it was from this hotel that I gathered my first impressions of our newly adopted land, South Africa.
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”
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”
Helderberg Photographic Society 