In this tutorial we go step by step through shooting infrared with your normal, unmodified digital camera. Infrared photography is, quite simply, stunning. So it is natural for a photographer to want to give this a go. We cover film infrared photography elsewhere, so here we will concentrate on digital infrared here. Digital camera sensors …
With all the doom and gloom around about the economy it is a good time to reflect on its potential impact, strategies to work with it and make it a positive for your photography or related business. When an economic crisis hits, the natural reaction is for business to rein in its expenditures and that …
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Power Family concludes their four-month photographic journey of 41 towns and 13 National Parks Press Release After more than four months, 17,000km, five Australian states, three flat tires and the creation of a priceless photo journal, a Canberra-based family has arrived home after completing the PowerShot Great Aussie Road Trip. Back at home and with …
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An interesting feature of the latest version of Photoshop is the ability to use the alignment and merge capabilities that Photoshop uses for panoramas and HDR to extend the depth of field of your images. We look at how it stacks up. We are still coming to terms with the features in Photoshop CS4, and …
We are pleased to announce the winner and show all the finalists in the August Landscape competition. The prize is a Thinktank Photo Urban Disguise 10, value US$69. These are excellent bags and I use one all the time. This was, I must say, a very tough competition to judge, with so many outstanding and …
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It seems that Apple has problems with Power Macs that were made in China with a strong and toxic smell released from the computer when running. It is not just poisoned milk. It may also be poisoned Macs in the latest about Chinese manufacture. Reports are surfacing of a toxic and potentially carcinogenic gas being …
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Window-dwelling “Reader” to Help Contribute eBooks to Schools Press Release To help combat a general decline in reading in the U.S., particularly among young people, Sony is spearheading a so-called “Reader Revolution” to spark the imaginations of young readers and engage the public in digital reading. In conjunction with National Book Month, the company will …
Photography has been benefiting from the computational capabilities of computers for many years. But so far we have only scratched the surface of what is possible. Computational photography is the application of computer algorithms and processing to the art and science of photography. It is not new but even today we have only just begun …
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We’ve had a 450D for a while now and have finally gotten around to putting up our impressions and image noise test results. The Canon 450D or Rebel XSi in the US is Canon’s latest iteration of this excellent product line. As an owner of both the 350D and 400D I was very curious to …
We consider Canon’s latest camera offerings and just what it means. Well it has been a long time coming but the replacement to the 5D is announced and it is not called the 6D. The 5D Mark II seems to be a mix of the new DiGIC 4 sensor combined with the sensor resolution off …