All digital cameras can shoot infrared shots with the use of a filter. Infra-red film has been (and still is) quite widely used both inscientific photography and in more creative forms of photography, whereboth areas make use of the very different tonalities (and colours)produced. What is not widely known is that most, if not all, …
A thoughtful article on what is digital fine art. In the interests of stimulating some debate, I propose to attempt toanswer this question and then encourage you to email us yourreactions/feelings/ideas for publication. I would define digital fine art as any art in which computer or digitaltechnology has been used in some part of the …
An introduction to 3D for those new to it. What is 3D? For those of us used to working in Photoshop and Illustrator it isimportant to realise that all that work is 2D, or two-dimensional.Photographs of real objects or painting them from scratch in Painter,they are still 2D. This is because we are either working …
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[X]periment ’05 is a bi-annual national design conference organised by the Design Institute of Australia (DIA), and held in Adelaide. [X]periment ’05 is a bi-annual national design conference organised bythe Design Institute of Australia (DIA), and held in Adelaide. This year’s [X]periment conference will include a stimulating range ofevents focusing on the theme of multi-disciplinary …
In the last two years, through the sale of donated artwork at the annual Basefield exhibition, they’ve raised over $15,000 for local children’s charities here in Melbourne. Press Release In the last two years, through the sale of donated artwork at theannual Basefield exhibition, we’ve raised over $15,000 for localchildren’s charities here in Melbourne. It …
Image making, whether digital or analog, can be a health hazard. Take some steps to protect yourself. “I note the passing recently of Yousuf Karsh in a Boston hospital,which only goes to reinforce a theory I have held for some years now,that photography is injurious to your health….. nay not onlyinjurious, but in fact it …
In this interview we talk to several people with a deep knowledge of digital camera design. While the interview is now two years old, the information in it is still highly relevant. As professional photography moves from being predominantly film basedto predominantly digital, many of us are struggling to come to termswith the key issues …
David Ho is a digital artist who creates very painterly images using Poser. I became aware of David Ho’s art work preparing our coverage of the2001 International Digital Art Awards. Again, while judging the 2002IDAA this time, his work jumped out at me and screamed for attention.Dealing with the inner, esoteric and personal aspects of …
Viewfinder Australia offer Australian images in CD collections. Viewfinder Australia is a dinky-die Aussie group of photographers up inQueensland. They currently have about eight CD collections available.Each has 104 images, both as high resolution JPEG and medium resolutionCMYK TIFF. Viewfinder’s images are large – 30MB+ in RGB and are pricedat a level significantly lower than …
New filter system from French maker Cokin suits both still and video, film and digital photography French camerafilter specialist Cokin, has announced the release of thenew Cokin Z-PRO Filter Holder, suitable for both film and digitalcameras, in particular D-SLRs and video/broadcast cameras (includingthe new HD format). It is modular, it can be easily dismantled, and …