Thursday, October 29, 2009

Free Nikon iPhone App...

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Nikon App

Nikon new iPhone app is a new way to access the educational and editorial content found on NikonUSA.com. Nikon’s new Learn & Explore iPhone application now makes this material available to you, whether you are taking pictures close to home or in the field.

From beginning photographer to experienced enthusiast, you are sure to find information on Learn & Explore that is of interest to you—and now that information can go where you go.

Read an article on getting the most from your travel photography while you’re on vacation. Check information on adjusting depth of field or selecting the right shutter speed when you’re taking photos at your child’s sporting event. Access advice on the right aperture for shooting photos indoors when you’re attending a wedding. It’s all there on the Learn & Explore iPhone app. Photography information at your fingertips.

In addition to articles on the fundamentals of photography and various shooting techniques, you can read the four latest issues of Nikon World magazine, complete with images and audio slideshows. Need the definition of a photography term? Check out the Photography Glossary.

The Learn & Explore iPhone app is continually updated with new articles and information. It’s a must for any enthusiastic photographer.

Nikon iPhone app now available at:

http://nikonusa.com/mobile/iPhone/LearnAndExplore

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Friday, May 1, 2009

Keep Track of where your photos are going on the web...


TinEye
Just what are your photos up to?

Ever wonder just what happens to your photos after you post them on the web? Or even worse what if someone else is using your copyrighted photo on there website without permission?

Well there are now a FREE resources to help you keep tabs on where your work is getting off to.

What is TinEye?

TinEye is a reverse image search engine. You can submit an image to TinEye to find out where it came from, how it is being used, if modified versions of the image exist, or to find higher resolution versions.

TinEye is the first image search engine on the web to use image identification technology rather than keywords, metadata or watermarks.

You can search directly from the TinEye website: TinEye.com

Or you can add TinEye browser plug-ins to either firefox or (IE)internet explorer: TinEye Plug-in

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Monday, April 13, 2009

Free Presets for Adobe Lightroom

Presets for Lightroom

Expand Your Creative Possibilites
with Lightroom Presets


Available for free download here: http://www.ononesoftware.com

onOne makes a variety of Photoshop plug-ins including their most popular available for a free 30 day trial.

The Adobe Camera Raw presets are completely free and do not have the 30 day restriction!

Get Over 140 FREE Lightroom Presets Designed by Photoshop Guru Jack Davis
  • Quickly correct color and tone
  • Easily add creative effects
  • Save time by streamlining your workflow
Extensive Range of Versatile Presets for Lightroom

Designed to provide a streamlined workflow and make you more creative, these presets for Adobe® Photoshop® Lightroom were designed by Photoshop Guru Jack Davis to help you get the most out of Lightroom. PhotoPresets for Lightroom now includes two dynamite collections of development presets. The first collection, PhotoPresets with One-Click WOW! includes 85 presets for quick and easy image optimization such as color and tonal correction. The second collection, PhotoPresets WOW Effects (released in Feb '09), includes 55 additional presets for adding special effects to your images, taking advantage of the new features in Lightroom 2. The best part is the price - you can download all of these presets for free!
Download PhotoPresets for Lightroom Now.

Presets for Photoshop Lightroom

The original photo, by Jack Davis, is on the far left.

The variations on the right represent examples of

what you can do when applying a single or combination of presets to the photo.

See PhotoPresets for Lightroom In Action

Curious how to get started? Photoshop guru Jack Davis has put together a video showing you how to get the most out of PhotoPresets with One-Click WOW! Watch the full video or select one of the six chapters.

Full Movie (26:30, 40 MB)
Chapter 1 - Introduction (2:18, 3 MB)
Chapter 2 - Getting started using white balance, tone & vibrance presets (5:40, 8 MB)
Chapter 3 - Monochrome: Using the Black & White conversion, tints & vignette presets (4:50, 7 MB)
Chapter 4 - Color Effects: Using HSL presets and manual adjustments (4:50, 7 MB)
Chapter 5 - See it in Action: Full workflow with several examples (7:07, 11 MB)
Chapter 6 - Workflow tips for Adobe Photoshop Lightroom (2:09, 4 MB)


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Hear all about it!



Whether you are a pro or a newbie,
gear or Photoshop oriented,
there is a pod-cast tailored to you

You have an i-pod or an mp3 player, even most mobile phones have the ability so why aren't you listening to photography pod-casts? Don't know where to find them, Ok well here is a list to get you started.

From Cameratown.com

The Ultimate List of

Free Photography Podcasts

This list was compiled by Cameratown.com a photography news related website and is quite extensive although by no means complete.

If you know of any great photography pod-casts please post them in the comments section of this post!

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Monday, April 6, 2009

Free Adobe Camera Raw Presets


onOne Software
giving away free
Over 140 Adobe Camera RAW Presets

Available for free download here: http://www.ononesoftware.com

onOne makes a variety of Photoshop plug-ins including their most popular available for a free 30 day trial.

The Adobe Camera Raw presets are completely free and do not have the 30 day restriction!

PhotoPresets let you quickly and easily adjust all of the development parameters in Adobe Camera Raw. Its your one-click solution for correct white balance, tone, vibrance, hue and sharpening of your photo. You can selectively apply tools to lighten and darken the sky or smooth skin, and you can quickly apply unique creative effects to your images. PhotoPresets even allows you to preview each effect before you apply it and stack several presets together to get the look you desire. Then you can save an entire stack of settings as your own custom preset for future use and even use them for batch processing. Getting great results with your Raw images in ACR couldn't be easier. The variations on the right represent examples of what you can do when applying a single or combination of presets to the photo.

Extensive Range of Versatile Presets for Adobe Camera Raw

Designed to provide a streamlined workflow and make you more creative, these presets for Adobe® Camera Raw (ACR) were designed by Photoshop Guru Jack Davis to help you get the most out of your Raw images in Adobe® Photoshop® CS3 or CS4. PhotoPresets for ACR now includes two dynamite collections of development presets. The first collection, PhotoPresets with One-Click WOW! includes 85 presets for quick and easy image optimization such as color and tonal correction. The second collection, PhotoPresets WOW Effects (released in Feb '09), includes 55 additional presets for adding special effects to your images. The best part is the price - you can download all of these presets for free!
Download PhotoPresets for ACR Now.

onOne makes a variety of Photoshop plug-ins including their most popular available for a free 30 day trial. The Adobe Camera Raw presets are completely free and do not have the 30 day restriction.

Here is a sample of what onOne has available:


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Saturday, February 14, 2009

Free Popular Photography Subscription

Rewardsgold.com currently offering FREE

Popular Photography Subscriptions

Here is the link: http://www.rewardsgold.com/mags/pop_...photo_pg3p.htm

This is not a scam (no money is involved) but you do need to provide rewardsgold.com some personal information, which they will no doubt share with marketers likely resulting in increased spam and junk mail. I use a yahoo e-mail account I set up just to give out to potential sources of spam and have not noticed a significant increase.

This blog has no affiliation with rewardsgold.com, other than following the procedures to get a free subscription ourselves. We started getting our subscription shortly after filling out the info form on the rewardsgold.com website. As always when providing personal information over the internet it may be wise to avoid specifics and complete accuracy.

After filling out the marketing information form, and providing an additional e-mail address you will be issued a 1 year subscription to Popular Photography.

If anyone feels like rewardsgold.com is not what they seem or have difficulty redeeming the free subscription offer please leave some feedback on this post.

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Sunday, February 8, 2009

In depth explorations of the latest canon cameras...


Canon White Papers:
Beyond the Manual

Canon's White Papers are not manuals. They are:

* A detailed, in-depth look at the major features within each specific camera

* An exploration of new system enhancements, with an explanation of the technology behind each one.

* A comprehensive overview of Canon software and accessories compatible with each model.

White Papers are traditionally created for product marketing -- but we also want to offer these informative documents to any photographer wanting to learn more.

All of the White Papers below are free to download, easy to read, and we hope they help Canon shooters take the fullest possible advantage of their cameras.

NEW! EOS 5D Mark II
Click here to download the EOS 5D Mark II White Paper (4.2 MB)

EOS 5D
Click here to download the EOS 5D White Paper (1.4 MB)

NEW! EOS 50D
Click here to download the EOS 50D White Paper (4.2 MB)


EOS-1Ds Mark III
Click here to download the EOS-1Ds Mark III White Paper (2.3 MB)

PDF IconAdobe Reader is required to view and print the White Papers. Click here to download Adobe Reader.


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Canon PowerShot S1100 IS commercial draws suspicion...


Some Humor...

From The Onion . Com


People In Canon Commercial Having More Fun With Camera Than Humanly Possible

January 8, 2009 | Issue 45•02

NEW YORK—According to sources, the people in a commercial for the Canon PowerShot S1100 IS digital camera have expressed a degree of pleasure that far exceeds the enjoyment that any known consumer electronic device could possibly provide. "Despite what we're seeing in this commercial, no existing camera is capable of producing the increased release of serotonin and dopamine that these people appear to be experiencing," said Dr. Otto Hauser, a brain and cognitive sciences professor at New York University. "Features such as red-eye reduction and night display would perhaps trigger a very brief elevation of mood, but…oh, come on! They just high-fived, for Christ's sake." At press time, Hauser said the level of fun that the camera is providing has outstripped what would be even remotely attainable with a Jet Ski–brand watercraft and a 12-pack of Samuel Adams premium ale.


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Is that the 70-200 L in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me...



Canon offers on-line dating tips
no were not kidding...

One of the more interesting features right now at the Canon Digital Learning Center is a guide called Quick Tips: Better online dating portraits. Apparently just owning the latest Canon Camera does not make you automatically attractive to the opposite sex. In an effort to correct this Canon has laid out a nice little guide to help improve your odds...

The guide is a good overview on portrature and contains some nifty examples that you can hover your mouse over to see both the right way and wrong way to make good portraits. Certinaly full of good basic portrait tips and worth the read whatever your relationshp status.

Quick Tip: Better Online Dating Portraits

In the past several years, the Internet has evolved into a place you can go for anything: Pay bills; find a job; get a degree; learn a new language; go shopping; and, of course, meet new people. In fact, online dating has become an increasingly popular way to start a relationship. Most online dating websites entitle subscribers to a profile page with introductory information about yourself -- complimented by one or more profile portraits. These portraits are the first look you have at a prospective partner, and them of you -- so it's very important that your online dating portrait capture you at your best, and be a technically pleasing image that has impact within the limited space of a dating profile.

Note the soft focus trees, which create a pleasing, but not distracting background.

ROLL OVER IMAGE to see what this shot looks like at f/16 (note the sharp-focus trees).

Many people ignore or waste this great opportunity to show themselves off, and instead opt to use older pictures they have lying around, or pick a snapshot from a recent vacation or party (or worse yet, a picture taken with a cellphone camera or a computer camera). These pictures may be fun shots or have meaningful memories -- but often they are poorly exposed, full of distracting backgrounds/other people, too widely framed to clearly see your face, or simply not a very flattering portrait. If this sounds like what you're using now, don't worry! This tip will give you the techniques you need to take a brand new, flattering, high-impact self-portrait that will help you stand out from the crowd!

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Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Put the power of the Obama campaign posters towards your own use...

Obamicon.ME and others
giving the power of the poster
to the people!

Like those really cool Obama campaign posters made by Shepard Fairey? Want to make one of your own?


You are in luck!

No Photoshop skills are required to make your very own Obama/Fairey style posters over at Obamicon.me. The site hosted by Paste Magazine allows you to upload any image (or use a web/phone cam) smaller than 4mb, and they will instantly turn it into Obama inspired pop art with the click of your mouse. How cool is that! Obamicon.me allows you to download your creations and post them in a gallery with everyone elses. Of course some photoshop skills will still come in handy as they recomend .png or .gif files with transparent backgrounds for the best effect.

Additionally there are a couple of other options available on the net.

Obamafy is a photo booth plug-in from Dubi Kaufmann and is available for download here: http://www.dubster.com/obamafy/ It is only available for Mac's OS X 10.5 Leopard, so PC users don't even think about it....

VECTORTUTS has a nice tutorial by Zach Wentz
Creating an inspirational political poster.
"This tutorial is inspired by Sheppard Fairey's famous political poster series for the Obama campaign in the US. We'll be showing you how to create this style of design. We'll start with basic image editing techniques in Photoshop to get our guide layers setup, and then we'll jump into Illustrator. You don't need any fancy equipment to do this. I used an older mouse that still has the rubber ball."

Finally University of Washington's in the studio blog gives some alternate advice based on the VECTORTUTS tutorial but with a little more thought about the art rather than just trying to automate the process. In How to emulate the iconic Obama poster, Part II Author DavidW notes "One detail that I noticed about Fairey’s poster was his use of both hard lines and curves. That is, Obama’s features aren’t exclusively represented with rounded shapes, nor exclusively sharp-edged shapes. There’s a mix. I think that mix really speaks both to Fairey’s artistic eye and ability to communicate such emotion with relatively little (just colors and shapes)." To this end he goes on to explain his process to achieving a successful Fairey/Obama style poster.

Flickr has one of the best collections of Obamicon and other Obama/Fairey inspired posters, here are a few...
PRIME by Joriel "Joz" Jimenez
support-our-troops by Lord Jim
HOPE
nude by KayVee.INC


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