Archive for September, 2008
Book Review: The Camera by Ansel Adams
Ansel Adams has long been known as one of, if not the, most influential and famous photographers ever. His knowledge of photography and cameras, especially in the technical area, are unsurpassed. Ansel Adams was an artist, craftsman, and precise technician in the field of photography.
In reading The Camera by Ansel Adams I found myself whisked [...]
Weekend Perusing: Photokina Madness
Yep, this one’s all about Photokina. That means new camera gear galore and major announcements!
Photokina
Wired has a great collection of announcements all in one place. Like a 3-D point and shoot, Pentax’s new entry level DSLR, Olympus’s micro Four Thirds digital camera and more. Great images for these announcements. The Four [...]
Photoshop CS4: Buy or Die
Press release
Deke McClelland Reviews Photoshop CS4 on dekePod! O’Reilly Media Alert
New Books & New Videos on CS4, Too!
Sebastopol, CA—For visually creative folks of all stripes, the wait is over! Digital shooters are buzzing with the announcement of Adobe’s Creative Suite 4. And day and date with Adobe’s news, electronic publishing pioneer Deke McClelland is providing [...]
Making Your Photography Safe On The Internet
Safe from what exactly? Well…
THEFT! of course.
Truthfully, most people aren’t concerned about people stealing their images on the Internet. Should you be?
Perhaps. That’s the simple answer. Or how about; It depends?
If you are considering selling your photos in any way shape or form then you are going to be responsible for securing your images on [...]
Weekend Perusing: It’s Bloody James Kidd Ye Scurvy Dogs!
I’m out of town this weekend so I’ve handed over the keys to my good buddy and swell photographer Bloody James Kidd!
Ahoy maties!
This be Blood James Kidd and me matey Damien asked me to handle ye good ole Weekend Perusin’ for ye. Hold on to yer bucklers and batten down the hatches as yer captain [...]
Question?: Which Camera Should I Get?
Boy do I get this question asked pretty often. I’ve decided to start sharing emailed questions as they come in. I figure that if one person has this question, then others may have the same.
This question comes from a friend rather than a reader. I’ve cut and pasted the question then my response without editing [...]
How To Be A Green Photographer
These days, everyone is trying to be more green. Chalk it up to the tireless efforts of today’s environmentalists, scientists, and politicians but the buzzword is GREEN!
Let’s take a look at a few steps you can take as a photographer to be more friendly to the environment. At worst you’ll probably end up saving a [...]
Weekend Perusing: PhotoShelter, 3M, and Black and White Images
In Photography News
Well, it comes as a shock to me that PhotoShelter’s Collection is closing because I thought that the project would really take off. That means no more Shoot! The Blog which I had linked to a couple of times in the past. I really loved that blog. But fear not, [...]
Shoot More To Be A Better Photographer
Earlier we asked our readers in the Your Photo Tips.com Flickr Group to give us some of their best one sentence photography tips and we had a great response! For this last and final tip I’ll be elaborating, in my own words, what those photo tips mean to me and how they can help you [...]
Back Up Your Photos Today
Earlier we asked our readers in the Your Photo Tips.com Flickr Group to give us some of their best one sentence photography tips and we had a great response! For this last and final week I’ll be elaborating, in my own words, what those photo tips mean to me and how they can help you [...]
Weekend Perusing: Chrome, Flip Book, R-Strap…
In photography news
There are some great photographers out of a job now as the St. Louis Post-Dispatch just lay-ed off their photographers. Still think you want to be a photo-journalist?
In the photoblogosphere
Photojojo is at it again with a fun photo flipbook which sounds, well… fun!
Lens Culture Weblog has a video posted with National Geographic [...]
Dynamic Depth Of Field
Earlier we asked our readers in the Your Photo Tips.com Flickr Group to give us some of their best one sentence photography tips and we had a great response! For the next few weeks I’ll be elaborating, in my own words, what those photo tips mean to me and how they can help you become [...]
Make Many Mistakes And Learn From Them
Earlier we asked our readers in the Your Photo Tips.com Flickr Group to give us some of their best one sentence photography tips and we had a great response! For the next few weeks I’ll be elaborating, in my own words, what those photo tips mean to me and how they can help you become [...]
