In the days of yore, if you wanted to take a picture, you needed to dig out the old Kodak Instamatic and fire off a couple of frames. When you finally used up the roll of film (kids, ask your … Continued
Digital Photography
What All Those Buttons Do: The Best Settings for Your Digital Camera
Many photographers may have found under the tree this holiday season a new digital camera. Whether it was a “point and shoot” or DSLR, the first thing you may have noticed was the camera dial has all sorts of letters … Continued
For Intermediate Photographers: The Smart Way to Transform Color Photos to B&W
A couple of weeks ago we talked about the better way to get a black and white image using the Graduate Layer adjustment layer. In both Photoshop and Photoshop Elements, there are even better ways to do this. These methods … Continued
Intro to Your Digital Camera: Changing Color Photos to Black & White
Black and white has been a classic photographic style ever since the first print came out of the darkroom. There is something about the tones and shapes that draws one into the image. However, with digital cameras, many have said … Continued
Traveling With Your Digital Camera
With the holidays coming up, many of us will be flying around the country with our digital cameras. Here are some tips and tricks for traveling with your beloved digital camera. Digital Cameras & Airport X-Ray Machines One of the … Continued
Burning and Dodging: The Smart Way
By Bill Guy Ever since Photoshop came out it copied many of the tools and ways of film photography. One of these was the old darkroom trick of Burning and Dodging. In the darkroom we would use our hands, arms, … Continued