Apr
10
Photomatix Pro will work with a variety of file formats. Specifically, the software will open and save images with the following formats: JPEG, TIFF (8-bit, 16-bit and Floating Point), Radiance RGBE, OpenEXR, and RAW files from supported cameras. A list cameras which the current version of Photomatix Pro and Light support RAW files are available […]
Apr
10
While I don’t shoot a lot of urban landscape photography myself, I hope to someday do so. Currently I live in a rural area and have to drive for about forty five minutes to an hour in any direction to get to a “normal sized city”. Most of my shopping and so forth is done […]
Apr
8
Nature and wildlife photography is one of the most popular stock image site categories. It is also one of the most competitive, since most stock image sites are already very saturated with these types of images. In order to get your nature photographs accepted, they truly must be unique and exceptional. Also, since customers of […]
Apr
8
Digital photography has made the use of film almost entirely obsolete. There are however some advantages to using film, which digital photography so far does not offer. Higher Resolution For one, film offers images that can be viewed at higher resolutions. This is because film offers images that have true curves, since the image was […]
Apr
5
When part of a subject in a photograph appears to be larger than the rest of the rest of it or larger than than the other objects in a photo, this is called Perspective Distortion. Perspective distortion, which is related to focal length, appears to increase as the camera gets closer to the subject. A […]
Apr
4
Edit: The newest version of Topaz Simplify, which has come out since I wrote this review, is much much better! There are a lot more presets to work with and more overall control. I would definitely recommend trying it out. After being introduced to both Topaz Adjust and Topaz DeNoise Photoshop plug-ins, I decided […]
Apr
3
The focal length of a given lens determines the size of the recorded image on your digital sensor. Lens focal length was confusing to me personally, until it was explained to me in basically this way. Generally, the longer the focal length of the given lens, the larger the subject will be in the image. […]
Apr
2
If you decide to purchase any Photomatix product at some point, you will get a 15% discount on your purchase, by entering the coupon code “photoluminary” (without the quotes) into the Online order form. Photoshop CS5 (now CS6) offers what is advertised as a substantially improved HDR feature, over past versions of the software. The […]
Apr
1
The history of cameras goes back further than most people realize. In the 16th and 17th centuries, cameras were able to project images onto paper and glass. However, printing the images captured by early cameras was not to come for many more years. Camera Obscura Early scientists up until about the 17th century thought that […]
Mar
31
Lens speed is basically the maximum amount of light that a specific lens can transmit in a specific length of time. Essentially, a lens that transmits a lot of light is called a “fast” lens, and a lens that transmits less light when fully open is called a “slow” lens. However, the terms “fast” and […]
