Photodoto | 2009 | February

Review: David Pogue’s Digitial Photography: The Missing Manual

Digital Photography: The Missing Manual from O'Reilly sets out to answer all of the questions beginning photographers face before and after they open their new cameras and file away the unopened and often unfriendly manual that came with it. I'm giving away my review copy. Read on to find out how [...]

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Gross, Creepy, or Cool?

Wayne Martin Belger apparantly decided a human skull would make a great camera. He decorated it, put a stereoscopic camera inside it, named it "Yama", and hey presto he had a working skull camera! Both the eyes are pinholes so it creates 3D photos. Belger has also made a HIV-positive [...]

Tips, Tutorials, Hacks

Digital Black and White Photos

Sometimes a photo just looks better in black and white. You know, from time to time you'll be digitally rifling through a folder of photographs and there'll be one or two that just don't suit being in glorious technicolour. So what to do? Well here are a few tips: 1. Don't [...]

News

Photos of police banned in name of counter-terrorism

Came across this news item over the weekend that should be of interest to photographers everywhere and in the U.K. in particular: Whereas in the past the police have not had the power to prevent photographs being taken of them, from today they have. Under the new Counter-Terrorism Act it is [...]

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World Press Photo 2009

If you want to see some truly amazing photography check out the World Press Photo 2009 winners gallery. There are some great shots including a photo series of Obama's campaign, a photo of schoolchildren looking at a victim of gang violence, a daily life series following a family in New York, [...]