Jun
1
If you haven’t yet, you can download a free and fully functional trial version of Topaz Simplify from the Topaz Labs site, here: Download Topaz Simplify Topaz Simplify started off as possibly not useful software for me…to be perfectly honest. However, now that I have tried the entire Topaz Bundle, I can say that […]
May
29
So, I have been taking a lot of photos of my own face, which I promise I won’t subject you to! However, this practice has spurred me to write a new post in photoluminary. I suppose that I’ve had a bit of writer’s block in recent days. It happens to everyone from time to time […]
May
17
When I first found out about microstock, I was very excited about the prospect that I might be able to sell photos. While I am a relative newcomer to microstock, I’ve learned a lot in my year of contributing and selling my photos. First, I will list the microstock agencies that I currently contribute to, […]
May
15
If you haven’t yet downloaded the free and fully functional 30 day trial of Topaz Clean, you can do so from here: Topaz Labs Downloads If you decide to purchase a license for Topaz Clean, or any other Topaz product, you will get an instant 10% discount by entering the coupon code “photoluminary” (without quotes) […]
May
8
In celebration of Mother’s Day, I have compiled some pictures of mothers from Flickr. Enjoy!
May
5
Personally, I would love to get more into night photography. My two year old daughter makes this pretty difficult however. 🙁 I did my best in this collection to avoid including cityscapes (way too many of these around), although I did start off with my two favorites. This made my search take quite some time, […]
Apr
30
I happen to have a special fondness for good HDR images. I have a special fondness for about a gazillion things actually, so it can be very hard to focus and get things done sometimes. There have been times when I have actually written an artistic/creative schedule for myself. “Monday = blog posts” “Tuesday = photography” […]
Apr
29
We finally got our scanner working, and I spent most of the day making high res scans of some decorative paper I’ve had for awhile. Most of this paper was hand-made in India. I’m finding these images to be truly awesome textures or backgrounds. Since I am really pressed for time, and don’t have a […]
Apr
23
Photography has been described as “painting with light”. The camera is the “brush” and the “light” is the paint. In this post, I will be detailing how to use natural light in your photography. Personally, I am not a fan of studio photography. I happen to like a certain amount of “reality” in photographs, and […]
Apr
21
If you decide to purchase any Photomatix product, you will get an instant 15% discount by entering the following coupon code on the order form: photoluminary Also, please see my more comprehensive Photomatix Pro HDR tutorial, which explains in detail how to bracket exposures. Prior to getting started on the tutorial, I want to explain […]
