Photoshop Lesson 4 | Layers & More

March 10th, In Pro Hints & Tips, by Snapper, Comment

It is rather important to understand layers when working with Photoshop as they give you the freedom to do extensive editing without any change to your original image.
Let’s get right into it. Open your image in Photoshop. With the workspace set to default view your layers are in the bottom right corner of your screen. [...]

Photoshop Lesson 3 | Hue & Saturation

March 9th, In Pro Hints & Tips, by Snapper, Comment

If you want to spice up some bland photos or add some intense colours to one or even tone down some of the colours…then you need to spend some time playing with your hue and saturation.

First of all, let me define what each of them does.
Hue:
Adjusting the hue of your image is going to select [...]

Photoshop Lesson 2 | Brightness and Contrast

March 8th, In Pro Hints & Tips, by Snapper, Comment

In this lesson you are going to learn how to increase and decrease both the contrast and the brightness of your image. This feature can be used to create some interesting moods in your shots.

 
Step one, as always, is to open your image in Photoshop.
With your workspace set to default view (window / workspace / [...]

Photoshop Lesson 1 | Removing unwanted bits

March 5th, In Pro Hints & Tips, by Snapper, Comment

So you have taken the most beautiful photograph of the beach and the setting is perfect! …except for that random person wandering into your frame at the most inappropriate moment! What to do!
It’s not as hard as you might think to rectify the problem. You just have to wave a magic photoshop wand on that [...]

Care for your Camera & Cleaning Tips

March 3rd, In Pro Hints & Tips, by Snapper, Comment

Your camera is a very delicate and intricate piece of equipment as well as a long term investement. All investments need to be protected and look after in order for them to last to their full potential. If you don’t look after your camera, not only will you experience disappointment when it is damaged, but [...]

Wildlife Photographer of the Year

March 1st, In News, by Snapper, Comment

I spent the day yesterday roaming the calm, seemingly haunted halls of the Cape Town Museum. With the welcoming splash of cooling airconditioning on one of Cape Town’s hottest days of the year, I found myself lost within the museum walls for hours.
This was no random trip to the museum though, for I was there [...]

In The Market Place

February 21st, In News, by Snapper, Comment

SONY

Trends

Sony seems to be taking trend setting to an interesting place by paying some careful attention to the appearance of their cameras for the future models. The camera bodies are embracing a fresh and attractive look, updated with a more modern appeal. You will also start to find a new slim frame panel, almost like [...]

Canon 550D

February 21st, In Reviews, by Snapper, Comment

The Canon 550D is about to break into the market with some brilliant new features and of course the first feature I mention is that it is a really great quality Hybrid! With full HD video recording capabilities, the 550D has selective frame rates and you can’t not be excited about it.
The arrival of the [...]

Long Exposure | Compensating Overexposure

February 21st, In Pro Hints & Tips, by Snapper, Comment

Long exposure shots are creative ways of capturing moving subjects or scenery and creating on-purpose-blur while keeping various aspects of the image in perfect focus. I’m sure you’ve seen those creative images of a city scene taken from above at night and the car lights are converted into long streaks of colour along an otherwise [...]

A Projector in a Camera | Nikon COOLPIX S1000pj

February 21st, In Reviews, by Snapper, Comment

I am super excited about the creativity in the idea of putting a projector into a camera. What a fantastic and fun way to share images with friends, or even create a brilliant company presentation for prospective clients! What could be more exciting that a pocket size projector, ready to present you wedding photographs at [...]

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