When To Use Selective Coloring by Digital Photo Secrets

When To Use Selective Coloring by Digital Photo Secrets: "I had a great response from last week’s article on Selective Coloring. As well as lots of great email comments, there were a number of readers who uploaded their selective color photos to our gallery."

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Making A Great Photo – Simplicity by Digital Photo Secrets

Making A Great Photo – Simplicity by Digital Photo Secrets: "Oftentimes, there’s only one thing I need to communicate with people who are just getting started in photography. It’s so amazingly simple that it couldn’t be anything but simplicity itself. "

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Why Your Photos Are Dark And What You Can Do About It by Digital Photo Secrets

Why Your Photos Are Dark And What You Can Do About It by Digital Photo Secrets: "How many times have you taken a picture near sunset or twilight, only to get back a much darker image than the one you originally envisioned?"

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Readers: Lens Filters: To Use or Not To Use? Your 2 cents, if you please!

Readers: Lens Filters: To Use or Not To Use? Your 2 cents, if you please!: "For those of you who are newer to the wild, wild world of photography, there are many different kinds of lens filters, and thus they are used for varied reasons. The two most commonly used filters would be 1) Polarizing filters which are used to reduce glare and improve overall image saturation and 2) UV filters which essentially exist to provide extra protection (from scratches, cracks etc) to the front of your lens. These filters run anywhere from a few dollars (for a piece of shizizzle) all the way up to the $900 range (I’ve heard rumors that this variety is plated in gold. . . though I’ve never seen one with my own eyes, so I can’t definitively say)."

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Creating Quality Slideshows

Creating Quality Slideshows: "All those photos you have on your harddrive, what are you doing with them? Are they sitting there and then up on a website? Maybe a share on Facebook or Google+? Have you ever thought of presenting your work in a slideshow, or projected, exhibition?"

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How To Properly Scan a Photograph (And Get An Even Better Image) - How-To Geek

How To Properly Scan a Photograph (And Get An Even Better Image) - How-To Geek: "Somewhere in your home, there’s a box of old analog photographs you probably want digital copies of. Unless you know how to use your scanner correctly, the image quality can turn out poor. Here’s how to get the best results."

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What Makes for a Good SLR Lens? – PictureCorrect

What Makes for a Good SLR Lens? – PictureCorrect: "


I went to visit an old friend yesterday who was my main inspiration to get into photography. It seems that he has been taking beautiful photos forever forever and went on to show me his newest gift – a brand new Canon lens – Ultra-Wide 16-35mm f/2.8."

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Time-lapse of a Pregnancy: Creative Photography Project – PictureCorrect

Time-lapse of a Pregnancy: Creative Photography Project – PictureCorrect: "We have seen a plethora of timelapse videos surface on the interwebs lately covering an almost endless array of events ranging from stars and auroras to a man walking clear across the United States. Racking up over 7 million views in the first 10 days of its posting, the world became enamored with a time lapse video documenting an entire 9-month long pregnancy. Watch “Introducing” below and help welcome Amelie Amaya into the world!"

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MIT researchers create camera that can see around corners

MIT researchers create camera that can see around corners: "Fans of the classic 1982 science fiction movie Blade Runner will remember the ESPER machine that allows Deckard to zoom in and see around corners in a two-dimensional photograph. While such technology is still some way off, researchers in MIT’s Media Lab have developed a system using a femtosecond laser that can reproduce low-resolution 3D images of objects that lie outside a camera’s line of sight."

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How To Create A Video Masterpiece With Your Photos (& Get 100,000 Youtube Views)

How To Create A Video Masterpiece With Your Photos (& Get 100,000 Youtube Views): "You love digital photography…

Or at least you love when you capture a beautiful moment and you can share that moment with others.

What if you could share more of these moments with more people?"

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