Photography

Pbeic points to a nice article On Composition. Some good advice in there, including some good tips that should really be imprinted into my brain so I don’t forget when I start snapping pictures.

Someone posted their workflow when dealing with files from camera to printer. Another good one to look at and follow. Done for the Digital Rebel, but applicable most places.

[ 1/20 F5.6 ISO 400, no post-processing other than conversion from RAW ]

A page of digital darkroom tips, with info on scanning, workflow, photoshop, monitor calibration, color space, color profiles, archiving, and everything in between, amounting to what appears to be a huge amount of information!

Did some looking for info for $boss today as far as the relationship of megapixels, DPI, PPI and what is needed to print something “nicely” for a project he’s working on. In my search I found Resolution & Print Size which gives an overview of why you need a certain number of megapixels to get

Dave posted a nice explanation on hyperfocal distance, what it is and how to set it in the dpreview forums. This is something that dad tried to explain to me when he first gave me his Pentax 35mm and at the time I sort of got it, but I was also still confused about lense

I guess in retrospect, hanging a bird feeder close to the bedroom window wasn’t all that bright an idea. [ 200mm, F11 1/500, RAW, minor levels/brighness adjustments in post ]

Pbleic has posted his workflow with photoshop actions and other tips and whatnot that he uses for his work with the Canon 300D D-SLR. He’s calling for beta testers who are experienced photoshop users, which puts me right out 🙂 I read through the PDF in the zip but haven’t a clue what half the

So tonight I decided that it might be interesting to see how sharp my four lenses are, and how they react at different apateurs. Good idea. Sadly this good idea was plagued by several bad factors, leaving 30 minutes of picture taking pretty much down the tube. No tripod, everything handheld Nowhere near enough light

I spent some quality time this weekend with my camera and my first SLR lense ever, a manual SMC 50mm 1.7, some Vivitar close up lenses (No. 1, 2 and 4, in all combinations) and the foliage on my porch and outside the apartments front door. Click more for my other favorites….