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Nikon has wowed us again and claimed, for the third year in a row, the Best DSLR Professional award for their Nikon D3 series camera!
The full story directly from Nikon;
Johannesburg, South Africa, April 2010 – For the third year in a row, Nikon has claimed the DSLR top spot in the TIPA (Technical Image Press [...]

Macro photography is photography that magnifies the smallest of subjects so that they fill your view finder and reveal all of their gorgeous little details to you.
Macro Photography and Close-Up Photography are different, even though they will sometimes achieve the same result. Macro Photography makes use of a Macro Lens (not all lenses are capable [...]

There are, of course, hundreds of ways to add a frame in Photoshop as well as an infinite possibility of different types of frames, but for now I will talk you through one very simple frame and then tell you how to add a title or your name to the frame.
Open your image in Photoshop.
Now [...]

We have been discussing a few technical topics on the blog in the last few articles, with pixels and how the sensor works and before I let your brains relax I want to show you what the inside of your camera looks like and how it works.

So those are the bits that make up the [...]

Here is a list of every single photography related abbreviation that I could think of. If I have left anything off feel free to let me know.
This should help you understand any terminology when using or shopping for your camera equipment.
 
 
 
A ~ DEP ~ Automatic Depth of Field
AE ~ Automatic Exposure
AEB ~ Auto~Exposure Bracketing
AF ~ [...]

Understanding how the innards of your camera function can help you understand how or why your photo is coming out under or overexposed on any given day.
You sensor is the most important part of your camera…yes I know – the sensor would be nothing without the rest of the team – but your sensor is [...]

You have learnt in a previous lesson how to adjust your brightness and contrast settings and sometimes you aren’t sure if maybe you are overdoing or underdoing the effect. This is where something like Curves can assist you in achieving a more natural and controlled adjustment.
Open you image in Photoshop and underneath your layers window [...]

You find yourself in the midst of choosing a new camera and you are being bombarded with information about all sorts of features and accessories for the various cameras. How many buyers decide on their ‘choice-camera’ is by the amount of megapixels it has. (or MP for short)
While this is by far not the only [...]

Photoshop Lesson 8 | Toning an Image
Whether you are starting with a colour image or a black and white image you can change the tone of your image really easily. You can change a photo from black and white to black and sepia (or pink or green or blue etc) you can even go a [...]

1) You need your subject to be relaxed. This means that you need to be relaxed. If you are confident and calm – then your subject will pick up on that and mimic your emotions.
2) Get Closer to your subject. The photo is all about them after all – don’t be shy if they fill the whole [...]