Essays
My photo blog (shameless plug: lightproofbox.com) has been getting some traffic from StumbleUpon lately which brings with it little waves of attention. 99% of it is positive. But invariably there are a few people who don't seem to have anything better to do than to say trite, mean things (anonymously, [...]
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Surveys
As one of our most recent polls shows we have photographers of all skill levels here from beginners to experts. We all have different reasons for taking photographs and a different workflow. Part of virtually every digital photographer's workflow is editing photos in software. So I'm curious what software you [...]
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Reviews
Adobe has finally opened up the beta of Photoshop Express, the long-awaited online version of Adobe Photoshop. I've just finished running it through it's paces and I am impressed.
Photoshop express requires registration to use. You get access to the online editing tool and a relatively meager 2 GB of [...]
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Tips, Tutorials, Hacks
This video is a quick demonstration of the foreground selection tool in the GIMP, a powerful and free image editing application. The foreground selection tool gives photographers a quick and easy way to isolate portions of a photograph for masking or other effects.
Music by sunbyrn.
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Tips, Tutorials, Hacks
I recently published this photo on Flickr (click here to view larger) and it received a lot of interest so I thought I'd share how I made it. Taking 64 photos like this may look like a lot of work but it can actually be done quite easily. Here's how [...]
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