Forget the silly debate over pixel counts among digital cameras. There is little visible difference between cameras with seemingly different ratings. For instance, a 3 MP camera pretty much looks the same as a 6 MP camera, even when blown up to 12 x 18!"
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CHRISTMAS PARTY 2007
David and Michael provided provocative photo quizes, the comittee provided prehistoric baby photos, the girls provided a pre-eminent buffet....what a cracking night.
THANKS FOLKS FOR ALL THE HARD WORK.
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RESULTS OF COMPETITIONS 10TH DECEMBER 2007
SPORTS 1 Tim Nichols 2 Keith Wagner 3 Mick Fryatt
Portraits 1 Andrew Liscott 2 Kathryn Carter 3 Jim Griffin
Journalism 1 Kathryn Carter 2 Mick Fryatt 3 David Morland
Images 1 Denise Carrigan 2 Kathryn Carter 3 Denise carrigan
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Before we talk about what the alternatives to Flickr are, let’s first consider what flickr does for us. Flickr is great for sharing photos for free. It’s definately the biggest photo sharing community on the web.
Read on ..... 7 Alternatives to Flickr | Photography Bay
PhotoOnWeb is a software to create your online photo albums. Easy for sharing your pictures on internet with your friends and familly.
Sort your photos in multiple albums, pick a template and click on the Publish button. PhotoOnWeb will resize the photos, build the web site and publish a photo web album. You can host the pictures yourself with your own ISP web space by FTP or create an account on VSO's server. No computer programming knowledge is required, HTML editing can be used for custom albums.
The navigation in the online gallery is so easy you can browse through the pictures with the keyboard or mouse using your current web browser. Using Flash technology, you can use the full screen of your display to enjoy the details of the pictures: elegant and professional look and feel.
http://www.photoonweb.com/en/
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Just a reminder that enteries for the Portrait, Sport & Photo Journalism competitions are required by Mondy 26th November at the latest.
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If you think understanding photography law can be a nightmare, try dealing with the horrors that can happen when you don’t understand it.
Or when publishers choose to ignore it, stock agencies hide behind it or subjects try to use it to restrict the use of images.
Here are five photography court cases that should scare the bejesus out of photographers.
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For those of us living north of the equator, autumn is just about over and winter is getting started. Here in the UK that means even more rain and grey skies than we've had for most of this year, and for everyone it means lower temperatures. Like most electronic devices, digital cameras can be affected by the cold, which is a bit of a problem at this time of year because most people like to use their camera outdoors....read More
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Virtually all digital cameras, from the humblest compacts to the most advanced super-zoom cameras, have a Macro setting, usually denoted by a symbol that looks like a flower, this article helps you use it successfully. Read more http://tinyurl.com/yq5bb3
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We have a Photoshop pratical night on Monday 12th November.
David will be showing us how to create your own Christmas Cards/Calendars using your digital images.
Bring your own laptop if you have one to work along with the tutorial.
As usual will start at 7.30pm in the Hugh Ripley Hall in Ripon, click for map.
Visitors welcome (small £2 charge).
At the meeting last night, Patrick Couzens judged entries for the Creative Competition,20 print and 19 digital entries gave him a sore head but he bravely tackled the job well.
Edit your images on the fly online with Splashup, a web-based image editor that integrates with Flickr, Facebook, and Picasa. Splashup offers up a surprising array of image editing tools, far beyond the usual crop of resize and contrast— you can also edit multiple images, play with filters and layers, use a variety of brushes, and more. Splashup is one of the best image editors in a long line of image editors; i.e., Picnik, Pixoh, and Resizr, to name just a few.
Photos shouldn’t be trapped in your camera. Set them free.
The Eye-Fi Card is a wireless memory card. It automatically uploads pictures from your digital camera to your PC or Mac and to your favorite photo sharing, printing, blogging or social networking site.
No cables, no waiting, no hassles.
To learn more, press the play button to the right.
Unbelievable images taken from the cockpit of a Tornado bombing airfields in Iraq. This was Rob Woods own photographic journey of his war.
Join us on the 5th of November for the results of our creative competition.
This year judged by Patrick Couzens.
As usual will start at 7.30pm in the Hugh Ripley Hall in Ripon, click for map.
Visitors welcome (small £2 charge).
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Lots of good articles and guides at the Guardian Newpaper's website.
http://arts.guardian.co.uk/art/photography
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Photology, set for public release today, is a new photo cataloging and organizing software that will help you make sense of all those photos named "DSC00012.jpg" or something equally unremarkable on your hard drive. Who really has the time at this point to go back and "tag", or group into folders, or make sense of the traffic choke of photos, years in the making, on their computers? If you've been waiting for that rainy day (that hasn't happened yet) Photology might be the solution you've been looking for.
Read more http://tinyurl.com/38q63r
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This PDF document shows you one way to resize your images for the digital competitions using Photoshop Elements 4.
Click here to view the instructions.
If you have any questions post a message in the forum or drop me an email.
Alastair
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Join us on the 29th of October for a lecture on photographing the Gulf War by Rob Wood.
As usual will start at 7.30pm in the Hugh Ripley Hall in Ripon, click for map.
Visitors welcome (small £2 charge).
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Every notable landmark seems to have one thing in common: visitors, and lots of them. But if you want that postcard shot or that image that shows how the location may have once appeared, you have a challenge ahead of you. This digital photography and PhotoShop tutorial will provide a means to remove the tourist throngs from your vacation images.
Read full tutorial at http://tinyurl.com/yj9o4v
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Are you a member of the image sharing site Flickr?
I have just created a group for members of RCPS to post their photographs.
Pop along to http://www.flickr.com/groups/rcps/ and submit some of your work.
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There is a new version of the GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP) available for PCs and Macs.
This gives you a "Photoshop like" image edited package at zero cost.
Well worth a look if you are on a tight budget.
Dowload from http://www.gimp.org
Some online video tutorials to get you started http://tinyurl.com/34cusp
Help and tutorials at http://docs.gimp.org/en/
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York Photographic Society is a friendly welcoming society with a membership that includes all ages, abilities and photographic interests - whether prints or slides, traditional or contemporary in outlook.
We are always willing to share knowledge, experience and enthusiasm with like minded photographers, through a varied programme of internal and external speakers on a wide range of topics.
Read more at http://www.yorkps.org.uk/
Some tutorials on photographing food, idea for the upcoming Presidents competition.
Read More at http://tinyurl.com/2mbhsp
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An interesting article giving advice on how to shoot for stock libraries.
Read More http://tinyurl.com/ywo2xm
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How to Create a Panorama with Photoshop and Photomerge
A panorama is simply a wide-angled view of a physical space. To the photographer a panorama is usually several photographs that are stitched together horizontally to create a seamless picture.
This is going to be a pretty simple tutorial in which we create a panorama using Photoshop’s Photomerge utility.
Read MoreDigital Camera Magazine (UK) has a useful feature in their October issue on Black and White photography. It contains a lot of good information - but one of the topics that they cover was on how to ’see in black and white’.
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http://www.tutorialized.com/ has lots of tutorials for Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro and other programs.
Well worth a look.
You chance to win some prizes in October's competition from Trusted Reviews.
This competition is not run by Ripon City Photographic Society, please don't send your pictures to us.
The theme for October is "SPORT & RECREATION", and the closing date for submissions is October 31st 2007.
I've added a Guestbook and Forum to the website.
This will allow visitors to leave their feedback (in the guest book) and ask questions and get answers (in the forum).
Have a look.
September 2007
What happens when your systems go belly-up, when all of that cutting-edge technology dies and you must rely on (gasp!) your own knowledge? It pays to have these basics in your head. They can get you out of a jam and help you get good shots when nothing else will.
1. Sunny 16 Rule
The basic exposure for an average scene taken on a bright, sunny day is f/16 at a shutter speed equivalent to one over the ISO setting—that is, f/16 at 1/100 sec at ISO 100. From this you can interpolate, and try f/22 at the beach, f/11 on a cloudy-bright day, etc.
2. Moony 11, 8, and 5.6 Rules
There are many different rules that work well when shooting the moon. One favorite for a proper exposure of a full moon is f/11 at one over the ISO setting. For pictures of a half moon, use the same shutter speed at f/8, and for a quarter moon, use the same shutter speed at f/5.6.
3. Camera Shake Rule
The slowest shutter speed at which you can safely handhold a camera is one over the focal length of the lens in use. As shutter speeds get slower, camera shake is likely to result in an increasing loss of sharpness. So, if you're using a 50mm lens, shoot at 1/60 sec or faster. Not enough light? Use a flash, tripod, or brace your camera against a solid object.
4. Anatomical Gray Card
Metering off an 18-percent neutral gray card is a good way to get a midtone reading that will give you a good overall exposure of a scene. Forgot your gray card? Hold your open hand up so it's facing the light, take a reading off your palm, open up one stop, and shoot. (Various skin tones rarely account for even a full-stop difference.)
5. Depth of Field Rules
When focusing on a deep subject, focus on a point about a third of the way into the picture to maximize depth of field, because the depth-of-field zone behind that point is about twice as deep as the depth-of-field zone in front of it. This works for all apertures and focal lengths, but the smaller the aperture and the shorter the focal length, and the greater the distance you shoot at, the greater the depth of field.
6. Largest Digital Print Rule
To calculate in inches the largest photo-quality print you can make with a digital camera, divide the vertical and horizontal pixel counts (see your manual) by 200. For critical applications, or if you want exhibition-quality prints, divide the pixel counts by 250.
7. Exposure Rules
The classic advice is, "Expose for the highlights, and let the shadows take care of themselves." This works with slide film and digital. But with negative film, especially color negative, you're better off overexposing by one stop.
8. Quick Flash-fill Rule
When using an automatic flash unit that doesn't provide auto flash-fill ratios, set the flash's ISO dial to twice the ISO you're using. Meter the scene, select an f-stop, set the autoflash aperture to the same f-stop, and shoot. The resulting 2:1 flash-fill ratio will produce filled shadows one stop darker than the main subject.
9. Flash Range Rule
Want to know how much extra flash range you get by going to a faster ISO? The rule is, "Double the distance, four times the speed." For example: If your flash is good to 20 feet at ISO 100 (film or digital), it will be good to 40 feet at ISO 400.
10. Megapixel Multiplier Rule
To double the resolution in a digital camera, you must increase the number of megapixels by a factor of four—not two. Why? The number of pixels in both the vertical and horizontal dimensions must be doubled to double the pixel density across the image sensor.
11. Action-stopping Rules
To stop action moving across the frame that's perpendicular to the lens axis, you need shutter speeds two stops faster than action moving toward or away from you. For action moving at a 45-degree angle to the lens axis, you can use a shutter speed one stop slower. For example: If a person running toward you at moderate speed can be stopped at 1/125 sec, you'll need a shutter speed of 1/500 sec to stop the subject moving across the frame, and a shutter speed of 1/250 sec to stop him if moving obliquely with respect to the camera.
This tutorial covers the basics of contrast in your pictures.
Contrast is the difference in tone in your picture. Specifically the difference between the brightest colors in the pictures (called highlights) to the darkest colors in the picture (called shadows). Usually talking about contrast goes hand in hand with talking about hard light and soft light.
Read the full thing at Back to Basics - Contrast | DIYPhotography.net
English speaking photography club of The Hague
“IMAGES” has been in existence in The Hague since 1984, and has a growing and committed membership, despite the constant change in the expatriate community in the area. Members come from many different countries and span many ages. All interests are covered: prints and slides, colour and black & white, and digital. We are a friendly, enthusiastic group of photographers and we motivate and learn from each other by exchanging ideas, developing new skills and critiquing each other's photos. We do our best to cater for beginners as well as for experienced photographers - through help, advice, exchange of information and new challenges.
http://www.imagesphotoclub.com/index.html
Agony Aunties David, Michael and Andrew attempted to heal the rift between Camera, Computer and their precocious son The Photograph.
Poor image, disappearing pixels could be cured with a small TIFF file. Shooting RAW can create extra work but does give a lifelike exposure. Members clamoured for more..Apple or Microsoft, it's down to the individual, Canon or Nikon, it depends on your budget but Natural History must be kept pure, and No titles on your prints. That's what aunt Andrew said.
To see if the advice from the Aunties was taken visit us on October 15th, 7.30 pm Hugh Ripley Hall, it's judgement day for the dreaded Square Format Competition.
Members then seemed happy to seal the union for another year as they pinned cheques to Andrews designer jeans.
Next week its a the turn of our members to judge photographs sent from our colleagues in the Hague Photographic group, Holland. Light hearted fun, details phone 01765604353 or see Alastair's work on www. riponphotographic.co.uk..
Jim
We need up to four photos on disc to send to the dutch club ( http://www.imagesphotoclub.com/ )
They will need them for the 3rd Tuesday in October but we must have time to get them formatted into the correct size and onto one disc.
Michael will raise it at the next meeting but we were thinking that it would be good to get entries in by the 8th October as this is the day we will view the dutch photos and comment on.
Either bring in them in on a disk for Monday 8th or email them to Sarah here ripon.cps@googlemail.com
Thanks
Kathy
26 members attended our first meeting of the winter programme.
Welcomed by our president, Michael Voice he then announced the public choice of photographs displayed at the exhibition last week, they were Ian Whittaker,Kathryn Carter and Tim Nicols.
Introducing professional photographers Richard Jemison and Nigel Whitfield who gave us a preview of the photographs in their third book " Teesway 199 " a journey by the River Tees. 70 excellent photos, an eclectic mix of superb landscapes,ancient artifacts and other images in which they applied an unconventional photographic approach. Combined with a robust narrative, technical tips and audience participation it was a first class start to our season. I might even open my wallet for this book...
Members then enjoyed a tasty finger buffet while chatting and paying subscriptions.
Next Monday there is a Practical Camera evening, a chance to make better use of your own camera by questioning the experts....7 30pm at the Hugh Ripley Hall, all welcome.
More details just phone 01765604353 or check out our excellent website http://www.riponphotographic.co.uk
JAMES GRIFFIN
CB Richard Ellis, International Property Agents have launched a new competition – The Urban Photographer of the Year 2007 “Cities at Work”.
This exciting competition is open to members of the public, both professional and amateur photographers aged 16 years and older. You can find out more information on www.citiesatwork.co.uk.
There are 27 prizes in total, one for each of the 24 hours in a day and the top 3 prizes. The Urban Photographer of the Year will be jetting away to Marrakech and the Atlas Mountains for a photo safari for two.
The competition closes on 14th December with the winners to be announced in the New Year. All winning photographs will be presented as part of an Urban Photography of the Year exhibition which will be unveiled at the Tate Gallery in Liverpool, the exhibition will subsequently be toured across the UK.
Ripon City Photographic Society now has a page on Facebook.
Its an ideal place to share links, hints and information on photography and the club.
Sign up to Facebook if you haven't already and pop along and start sharing your photographic knowledge.
Link to our group on Facebook
Last weekend Ripon Photographic society held their annual Exhibition. 295 visitors enjoyed viewing 320 images in print or digital.
The portrait booth was very popular, with many visitors buying extra prints for relatives. After viewing all, they were able to sit down and enjoy a digital demonstration on editing and refresh themselves with tea and biscuits.
Photo shows the Mayor of Ripon, Councillor Andrew Williams presenting member Ms Nancy Trotter with the Windsor cup for best portrait, looking on is the society President Michael Voice.
Either bring in them in on a disk on the Monday night or email them to Sarah here ripon.cps@googlemail.com
Square Format Competition
Hand in 1st October 2007 - Judged 15th October 2007
Open topic but prints, digital and slides must be in square format.
Creative (Open) Competition
Hand in 22nd October 2007 - Judged 5th November 2007
Creative use of traditional film techniques or using digital techniques
Natural History Competition
Hand in 5th November 2007 - Judged 19th November 2007
Natural History photography depicts untamed animals and uncultivated plants in a natural habitat.
Sport & Photojournalism and Portrait Competition
Hand in 26th November 2007 - Judged 10th December 2007
Portrait (People and figure studies) shall include figure studies, groups of a portrait nature and animal portraits.
Sport & Photojournalism Shall be any photograph that could be used as an informative picture in a journal publication and sports being any photograph connected with sport.
Presidents Competition
Hand in 7th January 2008 - Judged 21st January 2008
Topic to be decided
Black & White Competition
Hand in 4th February 2008 - Judged 18th February 2008
Print or digital image must be black and white.
Pictorial Competition
Hand in 3rd March 2008 - Judged 17th March 2008
Our current definition of pictorial is "Shall be any photograph which the author would place on a wall for public viewing"
More details in Competition Glossary and in Competition Rules
Autumn 2007
| September 24th | LECTURE (with nibbles) | “Tees Way 199” Richard Jemison and Nigel Whitfield |
| October 1st | PRACTICAL | Ask The Experts – Camera Practical (bring your camera & ask those questions you have been too embarrassed to) Entries for Square Format competition |
| October 8th | EXCHANGE | The Hague
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| October 15th | COMPETITION | Square Format (Open) Judge: |
| October 22nd | PRACTICAL | Portraits Richard Egan (plus model) |
| October 29th | LECTURE | “Gulf War” Rob Wood |
| November 5th | COMPETITION
& Raffle Draw | Creative (Open) Judge: Patrick Couzens Entries for Natural History competition |
| November 12th | PRACTICAL | Photoshop Christmas Cards/Calendars
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| November 19th | COMPETITION | Natural History
Judge: |
| November 26th | LECTURE | “Press Photography” Malcolm Clarke Entries for Sport & Photojournalism/Portrait comp. |
| December 3rd | PRACTICAL | Selecting Images & Mounting Prints
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| December 10th
| COMPETITION
| Sports & Photojournalism/Portrait
Judge: |
| December 17th | PARTY NIGHT
| Quiz/Food (tickets to be purchased in advance) |
| December 24th | NO MEETING |
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| December 31st | NO MEETING |
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| January 7th | X FACTOR | Club Night
Entries for President’s competition |
| January 14th | EXCHANGE | Berwick |
| January 21st | COMPETITION | President’s Competition Subject Food, Panel of Three Images Judge: Michael Voice |
| January 28th | PRACTICAL | Black & White (what makes a good picture and conversion in photoshop) David Morland |
| February 4th | LECTURE | “Natural History” Michael Palmer Michael has 400+ slides to show us! Entries for Monochrome competition |
| February 11th | HALF TERM – NO MEETING |
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| February 18th | COMPETITION | Monochrome competition (subject: open) Black & White, Sephia and Duo Toned images.
Judge: David Morland |
| February 25th | LECTURE | "Hong Kong” by Andrew Linscott entries for Pictorial competition |
| March 3rd | PRACTICAL | Model NightThe ladies have asked to come back! |
| March 10th | COMPETITION | Pictorial Subject: Seasons Judge: |
| March 17th | AGM | Annual General Meeting |
| March 24th | Easter Monday No Meeting | No Meeting |
| March 31st | DINNER & PRIZE PRESENTATION |
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| HOW TO CONTACT US | ||
| Club Position | Name | Contact Details |
| President | Michael Voice | Email Michael.Voice@rdyo.nestle.com |
| Secretary | JAMES GRIFFIN | Email jimandbetty4@btinternet.com |
| Treasurer | Andrew Linscott | Email aelinscott@aol.com |
| Web Master | Alastair Montgomery | Email rcc@montgomery.me.uk |
| Competition Secretary | Sarah Harrison | Email ripon.cps@googlemail.com |
31 August 2007
To UK Camera Clubs
Dear Secretary,
We are now calling for entries for Garden Photographer of the Year 2008. This exciting competition is open to all photographers and not only will winners qualify for up to £10 000 worth of cash and prizes, but they will also have their photographs displayed amongst the botanical delights of the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew, London in the summer of 2008.
Special Camera Club Offer
Free lecture for your camera club from leading photographer Clive Nichols
Entrants uploading pictures by 30th September 2007, will have the chance to win a free* lecture from leading professional photographer, Clive Nichols, for their camera club. Entrants should go to www.gpoty.org and follow the instructions to upload their pictures.
At the checkout page, they should enter the special promotional code, CCCN0907 in order to qualify.
Clive Nichols will then choose his personal favourite. The winner will receive a lecture from Clive Nichols for his/her Camera Club. (All photographs including the winning image entered in this offer will go forward to the main competition judging in the normal way).
When entering descriptive information about your shot, Camera Club members are encouraged to write brief details about their Camera Club.
(Professional photographers wishing to photograph at Kew Gardens should contact pr@kew.org to obtain a photography permit.)
We also have promotional posters available; you can download one from our special download page
Or alternatively, if you would like flyers for your members, please FIRST 'reply' to this message and then fill in your details on this form; send the complete message to press@gpoty.org
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| Your name | |
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| Poster or flyers or both? |
We wish you the best of luck with your entries! Please don’t hesitate to contact us if you would like any more information.
Yours faithfully,
Mary Denton
Press Officer
Garden Photographer of the Year
Telephone: +44 (0)1295 71228
Email: press@gpoty.org
www.gpoty.org
www.kew.org
*This offer covers Clive Nichols’ time, but the winning Camera Club will be asked to cover travel expenses to the club location, and if necessary, subsistence expenses.
HARTLEPOOL CAMERA CLUB
INVITES YOU TO SPEND
THE BOROUGH HALL
MIDDLEGATE, THE HEADLAND
HARTLEPOOL TS24 03D
NOVEMBER 2nd 2007 7.00 for a 7.30pm start
This evening will be a wonderful opportunity to meet Andy Rouse, the multi-award winning, internationally recognized, wildlife photographer, and to appreciate his love of wildlife. We promise you an exhilarating evening in his company.
Andy’s programme will include his whole Antarctic trip. His brilliant books will be on sale too. Do visit his website for a taster of what you will see on the night by clicking on the following link: http://www.andyrouse.co.uk/
Tickets are £6 each and can be purchased from club members or by post, cheques to be made payable to Hartlepool Camera Club and please remember to enclose a stamped self addressed envelope.
Willa & Eddie Laidler 45 Lawson Road Seaton Carew Hartlepool TS25 1AD. 01429 296371 e.laidler1@ntlworld.com
Or Margaret Mills, 15 Lithgo Close Seaton Carew Hartlepool TS25 1XF 01429 296064 margaretmills27@hotmail.com
TrustedReviews - Digital Photography Tutorial – Photo Printing
With the popularity of digital cameras, more and more people are taking more and more photographs. In fact despite scare-mongering stories about "the end of history" and "the death of photography", the truth is that there are more photos being taken today than ever before. However most of those photos will never be seen by anyone except the person who took them, because hardly anyone prints their photos any more. This is very odd, because many people have home computers with photo-quality printers that are more than capable of producing first-class prints from almost any digital photograph. Printers are ludicrously cheap, to the point that when your printer runs out of ink it’s almost cheaper to throw it away and buy a new one than it is to buy more ink.
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TrustedReviews - Digital Photography Competition - Round Three
The theme for August is "RURAL LANDSCAPE", and the closing date for submissions is August 31st.
More details at http://tinyurl.com/2enhew
Advice on shooting pictures for online auction sites.
TrustedReviews - Photography Tutorial – Shooting for Online Auctions
