Nikon Creative Lighting System
| January 21, 2012 | Posted by admin under Software |
Great photography requires great light. Nikon’s Creative Lighting System offers a comprehensive solution for creating the perfect light for your subjects. The system is a fusion of the latest technologies that allow your Nikon camera to communicate wit and intelligently control Nikon Speedlights.
Kingston SDHC Flash Memory Cards: Class 4, 6 and 10
| January 21, 2012 | Posted by admin under Memory Cards |
Whether you are a mom using your camera to record milestones or a photographer using it to make a living, Kingston has the right SDHC card for you. Available in Class 4, 6 and 10, Kingston SDHC cards give you faster capture performance and larger volume storage to ensure you never miss a…
Best iPad Apps for Photographers
| January 20, 2012 | Posted by admin under Software |
The iPad remains the undisputed champ when it comes to the sheer volume of apps. There are close to 3000 apps just in the photo and video category. Since iPad 2 has a camera, many new apps add utility to its camera function. For example, IncrediBooth (Synthetic Corp) has a $0,99 app that uses the…
ACDSee Pro Camera Software
| January 19, 2012 | Posted by admin under Software |
Released in the fall of 2011, Version 5 of this Raw workflow suite includes a technology called LCE (Lighting and Contrast Enhancement) for which ACD Systems has taken out a patent. The company says it lets you create an HDR (high dynamic range) image from a single exposure. Other enhancements include: non-destructive editing extended to…
Snap Art 3: Turn Your Photos into Works of Art
| January 18, 2012 | Posted by admin under Software |
Snap Art is all about adding painterly strokes to your photograph to make it look like a handmade painting or drawing. This is not a standalone application, but a plug-in that works with Photoshop CS, Photoshop Elements and Lightroom. Version 3 of this software sports a redesigned interface that the company says makes it easier…
SanDisk Extreme Cards: More Performance to Get the Shot
| December 10, 2011 | Posted by admin under Memory Cards |
You go to extremes to get just the right shot, and with the SanDisk line of Extreme cards you’ll get that shot every time. Trust the SanDisk Extreme Pro CompactFlash card with blistering read/write speeds of up to 95MB/sec and the SanDisk Extreme Pro SDHC card with write speed up to 45 MB/sec (300x), When…
Sony Digital Memory Cards – a Full Range of Options
| December 3, 2010 | Posted by admin under Memory Cards |
Removable memory cards are essential for storing your digital images in the camera. These are the most common formats: CompactFlash, which is common in pro-spec SLRs; SD, here shown in its newer SDHC form, which is widely used in consumer SLRs; Sony’s memory stick, which is used more in compact cameras than the company’s SLRs; and xD…
Filter Effects
| November 22, 2010 | Posted by admin under Photography |
One of the most alluring early advantages of digital photography was the ability to create fantastic visual effects at the touch of a button. These ranged from the visually dazzling to the faintly ridiculous. In time, it has become recognized that many special filter effects are solutions looking for visual problems. Filters are now, rightfully,…
Hand-Coloring of Photographs: Hand-Tinting
| November 22, 2010 | Posted by admin under Photography |
Hand-coloring in the digital domain is altogether a different proposition from painting directly onto prints. It allows you risk-free experimentation, no commitment to interim results, and freedom from the mess of paints. The core technique is to apply, using a suitable Brush tool, the desired color values to the grayscale values of the image, leaving…
Optex Digiscan2 – Digitally Scan Your Photo Negatives
| February 10, 2010 | Posted by admin under Accessories |
Most families have numerous slides and negatives (often in shoe boxes), and some of these photos are definitely worth digitizing. While some flatbeds include a film-scanning feature, the Optex Digiscan 2 may produce better results at greater speed. Serious photographers need a high-grade scanner, but families who usually want prints up to 8×10″ should be satisfied…
