Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day 2009

Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day 2009 | PhotographyBLOG

This year’s Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day will be held on April 26, and the organisers invite everyone who uses a pinhole camera to participate. Anyone who takes a pinhole photograph on the last Sunday of April (26th) and scans it can upload it to www.pinholeday.org where it becomes part of a public gallery. Pinhole cameras are the oldest photographic tools, which are used to create photos without a lens. So if you as a photographer are looking for routes to your roots, Pinhole Day may be just your ticket.

Spot Sharpening with a Faux Layer Mask in Photoshop Elements

Spot Sharpening with a Faux Layer Mask in Photoshop Elements

One of the features on the wish list of most advanced Photoshop Elements users is Layer Masks. It is one of the key features that separates Photoshop Elements from Photoshop – but it doesn’t have to be that way. It is possible to create faux layer masks in Photoshop Elements if you know how – and today, I am going to show you how.

One of benefits of this approach to creating faux layer masks in Elements is that it uses features built into Elements and it doesn’t rely on a third party plug-in so it works with most versions of Photoshop Elements.

The important lesson to take from this tutorial is not how to do the sharpening, but how to create the faux layer masks that you can use for many purposes.

How Flickr Can Make you a Better Photographer

How Flickr Can Make you a Better Photographer

If you’re not using Flickr yet, then you’re really missing out. Not only is it a great way to store and share your photos, but it’s also an excellent place to get feedback and learn from other photographers.

When I first joined Flickr, I merely saw it as a way to store my photos and serve as yet another backup source, but after using the site for a few months, I became addicted, and quickly realized how the site could make me a better photographer.

Free eBook: Digital Art Photography For Dummies

Free eBook: Digital Art Photography For Dummies – Digital Camera Reviews & Photography Tips

Digital Art Photography For Dummies is jam-packed with full-color images that show you just what you can produce. You’ll earn how to select the right digital equipment , take well-exposed photos, no matter what your shooting conditions may be, tweak, edit, and enhance your images to create something a lot better than what you started with, Create special effects in Photoshop, Mat and frame your work for maximum effect and many more.

Cape Photographers Tsitsikamma 2009

We received this e-mail with some updated information about the Cape Photographers Tsitsikamma 2009. Attachments received with this e-mail can be found here.

Dear fellow photographer

My apologies should you be receiving this more than once; the reason is that I have updated the registration form and split it into separate documents. The update affects only part time delegates where the fees have been revised. The web-link has also been inserted but please only use the attached registration form until the webmaster of George Camera Club and PSSA have done the updated downloads.

http://www.onlinesources.co.za/cameraclub/congress/index.html

Shared accommodation is to be booked directly through George Camera Club ’tillienel@telkomsa.net’ and any other directly with the Parks Board: http://www.sanparks.org/tourism/reservations/

It is also opportune time to use your Wild Card or apply for one if you don’t have one. http://www.sanparks.org/tourism/wild/

Not only does the early bird fee for congress close on 31 March 2009, so does a National Parks Board Photo competition. See the web for more details: http://www.sanparks.org/about/news/2009/january/photo_comp.php

Best regards

Roel van Oudheusden
Treasurer
Cape Photographers

E-mail: roel@mweb.co.za
Fax 086 671 6713
Tel 041 367 3994
Cell (New) 082 739 7679

PhotoFreebies 2

PhotoFreebies 2 | PhotographyBLOG

PhotoFreebies 2 is a free collection of 12 Photoshop-compatible plugins for performing simple but useful photo adjustments and effects. PhotoFreebies 2 includes a new Color Blind plugin for simulating red/green color blindness, and is now available in a 64bit version. Available to download for free now, PhotoFreebies 2 is compatible with Windows only.

Take Better Self-Portraits

Photography: Take Better Self-Portraits

Nathan Marx at Digital Photography School has put together a great tutorial on getting started with self portraiture. The tutorial covers basic tools you’ll need and ways to make life easier when photographing yourself without an assistant to man the camera, like using a remote and tethering your camera for better feedback