digital photography
EarthBound Light
Submitted by mitch on Fri, 01/09/2009 - 21:21.
EarthBound Light is a site that is loaded with tips for the digital photography enthusiast. Bob Johnson has more than twenty years experience in nature photography. His Photo Tip of the Week section is a popular resource among digital photographers.
EarthBound Light is not a glitzy site. The look-and-feel is like a Microsoft Frontpage or Adobe Dreamweaver template site. Pretty much vanilla HTML with very few bells and whistles. There is an RSS feed and even bookmarking.
75 Eye-Catching Aerial Photographs
Submitted by mitch on Mon, 01/05/2009 - 22:04.
Smashing Magazine has published samples and links to 75 inspiration photographs. Their article, "The World From Above: The Beauty Of Aerial Photography," contains some of the very best examplars of aerial photography.
The article also includes links to tutorials that explain how to do aerial photography.
Maybe it's just me, but I thought there was some ripping good photography here. Especially the evening shots from the air.
Twenty-One Settings, Techniques, and Rules
Submitted by mitch on Fri, 01/02/2009 - 20:35.
Digital cameras were a popular gift choice this year. Digital Photography School has posted a tutorial (essay, whatever you want to call it) that loaded with help for the new digital camera owner.
The Online Photographer
Submitted by mitch on Fri, 01/02/2009 - 19:36.
The Online Photographer began several years ago on Blogger. It's now in Version 2.0 and hosted away from Blogger, although it still retains its blog look-and-feel.
The site is hosted by Mike Johnston, who's a long-time magazine editor and author on photographic topics. The site revolves around his essays and commentaries. Mike claims to be shy and to avoid confrontation. He doesn't seem to be shy about expressing his opinions on The Online Photographer and some of them are expressed with no small measure of emotion.
DPReview Turns 10!
Submitted by mitch on Sat, 12/27/2008 - 20:19.
Phil Askey's site has passed an important milestone. This week is the 10th anniversary for Digital Photography Review (aka DPReview.com).
Phil Askey provides the best hands-on reviews of digital cameras. The forums on DPReview are among the most active digital photography forums on the Web. To celebrate, Phil has opened a new labs section and a public beta feature: Challenges.
Full Frame Dilemma
Submitted by mitch on Thu, 12/25/2008 - 23:20.
Michael Johnston posted a blog entry this week on this site The Online Photographer that discusses the full frame dilemma. Will you see a difference if you replace your DSLR with an APC-size sensor for one with a full frame 35mm sensor? Is full frame a "magic bullet" for giving your photos a WOW! factor?
Read Michael Johnston's blog for his answer:
NAPP Forums
Submitted by mitch on Mon, 12/22/2008 - 14:23.
I have run into two excessively moderated forums in as many days. The forums at PhotoshopUser.com, the site for NAPP (National Association of Photoshop Users) is one of them. The other is the Photoshop User Support Group on flickr.
PhotographyBB
Submitted by mitch on Fri, 12/19/2008 - 23:26.
PhotographyBB is a digital photography community site. There are over 50 forums on a range of topics (activity varies widely). There are tutorials. There's even a monthly .PDF magazine.
DG28.com
Submitted by mitch on Fri, 12/19/2008 - 13:05.
DG28 is the site for photographer Neil Turner. There are three places that you can go on DG28:
- Blog - Neil's latest news, opinions, anecdotes and pictures.
- Portfolio - the showcase of Neil's work.
- Original DG28 - where you find Neil's photo education materials, which began in November 2000
The link you really want to visit is the page with his phjotographic technique tutorials. That's the real gem at DG28.
White Balance: Accurate Color, Part 1
Submitted by mitch on Tue, 12/16/2008 - 10:04.
Light is constantly variable. Photographic film and digital sensors don't have the human eye's ability to adapt to the color of ambient light. One problem that even in-camera digital capture white balance can’t fix is "mixed lighting."
