Here comes a dose of some very good resources for photographers. Continue Reading »

Most digital SLR cameras can capture photos in RAW format. This gives you much more control when editing the photos, like adjusting contrast, exposure and white balance.

But not all cameras save the same RAW data. The main difference between them is bit depth. Most beginner cameras like Canon EAOS 100D save the data in 12 bit, more advanced ones 14 bit, and most high-end cameras 16 bit. Now what is the advantage of a higher bit depth? Continue Reading »

Do you not want to shoot in RAW at all? Do you sometimes not have the time to develop your RAW images? Here is a great guide from Revell Photography how to adjust the camera settings for better results when you avoid RAW:

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Publishing your pictures on the web is a crucial matter for most photographers. It’s great for showing your pictures to friends and to get feedback from other photographers. There are a lot of picture sharing sites out there, though Yahoo’s Flickr and Google’s Picasa Web Albums seem to be the most popular and attractive ones. Both offer a free version, with the posibility to opt in for pay-services. But let’s compare the free versions of Picasa vs. Flickr in detail! Continue Reading »

For those speaking German, there is an interesting tutorial on kwerfeldein of how to create this unusual hover vehicle. Not too difficult, and it’s an amazing result!

Every photographer has already made contact with this problem: Purple, red or yellow edges around high-contrast border in the image, often called “purple fringing”. This phenomenon is called chromatic aberration, it is a result of the lens not being able to focus all colours in one point.

This is a tutorial showing how to remove this fringing with Adobe Camera Raw. Continue Reading »

Pxleyes have released a great tutorial of how to create a bubble-like panorama picture. It is quite simple and the results are awsome, if you take some care!

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How (not) to clean your lenses

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Here you go with an excellent collection of free high quality textures which fit perfectly to a beach, sea, shore, coastal or maritime context. Resolution is mostly around 12 Megapixels (~4200x2800px), this should be more than enough for most of your design projects. Both personal and commercial use is allowed!

All pictures taken by freepx.net. Boom!

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1. Never use mixed colours for obtaining a grey – make sure to always use only half-tone (e.g. 34%) black. Mixed colours will result in a grey which is not perfectly grey but toned with some other colour.
2. Use vectors wherever possible. They will be much sharper then rasterized graphics.
3. Never use deep black (100% black mixed with other colours) for text – you would get ugly coloured edges! Continue Reading »