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8 eBooks That Every Photographer Should Read
With high-quality digital cameras now in widespread, it is quite easy to get into photography inexpensively. A snapshot here a shot there and voila! You’re good to go. However, though seemingly an easy task to undertake, photography still remains a difficult skill to learn on your own. In fact, it takes most people years of…
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Vibrant Photo Manipulation by PSDlearning.com
“Using vibrant colors is the best way to make an image stand out, although getting the right balance is not always easy. Here we learn how to use lots of vibrant color to create a slightly abstract photo manipulation using pencils and fruit. We will learn how to use the pen tool effectively and also…
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Understanding Shutter Speed
“This post on Understanding Shutter Speed, written by Hawaii photographer Natalie Norton is a follow up post to Moving Toward Manual: Understanding Aperture. The posts are being written as a beginner’s guide to gaining confidence in using manual camera settings.” Knowing your camera is very important and suggest you read this article from digital-photography-school.com if…
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Rendering a Striking Matchbox in Photoshop
“This tutorial consists of creating a digital illustration in Photoshop of a box of matches. We’ll be creating the matchbox cover design, the striker on the matchbox from a pattern, and placing the cardboard texture on the box. We’ll also create the matches and align everything into a 3D perspective.” A really impressive tutorial from…
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Extreme macro photography trick (video)
Don’t have a real macro lens but want to get really close? Grab a lens in the 100mm range and also your 50mm standard lens and stack them together for a 1:1 magnification. Or try different lens combinations to get in even closer. quick video 4, extreme macro photography trick from Jim Talkington on Vimeo.
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Photography – Seeing the Possibilities
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An Introduction to Digital Photography: Ten Ways to Improve Your Skills
“The advent of high quality and inexpensive digital cameras has made it easier than ever to learn the basics of photography. The immediate feedback you get by being able to preview your images (via the LCD screen) in relationship to your exposure settings is invaluable. In the film days (not that long ago!), photographers had…
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Using Ink Drops in Your Digital Compositions – tutorial
We all love Photoshop and its effects, but sometimes it’s great to get your hands dirty when creating elements for your graphics. Ink drops can add a creative and energetic element to your designs. This tutorial demonstrates techniques to creatively work ink drops into your compositions. This tutorial by PSDtuts.com is a great example on…
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PSDTuts Photoshop Video Channel
“When it comes to learning, everyone has their own preference, whether it’s through images, words or … by watching! That’s why I’m happy to announce that we’ve opened a Photoshop Video Channel at the very cool Vimeo video site for anyone and everyone to contribute to!” If you prefer watching videos rather than reading tutorials,…
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Summer Portraiture: Practical Technique
“It’s now almost July, and just because the weather outside is frightfully bright (for those in the Northern Hemisphere) doesn’t mean that you have to cancel all of your portrait photography. But taking advantage of the clear skies doesn’t mean that you have to shoot in broad daylight either. “ A nice article by digital-photography-school.com…
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Create a Vibrant Digital Vector Collage
“In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to use Fireworks CS3 and Illustrator CS3 together. You’ll create some illustrative vector elements to add to the final composition. You’ll also mix in photos and light effects. Learn how to use a cool paper background and tips to improve your workflow.” In case you haven’t visited Vectortuts.com yet,…
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Trendy Geometric Lines Design Tutorial
A tutorial by blog.spoongraphics.co.uk Starting with the design application of Adobe Illustrator create a group of vector based geometric lines at dynamic 45 degree angles, then follow the walk through to rough them up with brush textures in Adobe Photoshop resulting in a cool and trendy design style. Click here to view the tutorial
