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Showcase: Yau?s version of Sekinchan
2007-11-09 07:54:00 Lately, PP and I went to Sekinchan with his company’s photography club. It was a very hot day and in the end, most of us has got sun-burnt. Will share out some of the photos that I took. Most of it were landscape shots and some close up shots. Took a lot of reflection photos ... More About: Showcase , Version
Showcase: Chocolate Fountain Delight
2007-11-07 10:12:00 I’ve been busy lately with a few projects. Chocolate Fountain Deli ght is a company in the US, whereby it provides chocolate fondues for rent. This website is a hybrid of html with flash animation. I’ve also used the famous “greybox” for the picture gallery. Click there to view the proposed web design, and here to ... More About: Showcase , Delight
vector illustration - free downloads for nov ?07
2007-11-05 02:45:00 A colleague of mine bought me this elephant figurine during his holiday trip. I felt that this would be nice if its illustrated out in vector. Hence, I gave it a try, and at the end, I came up with the vector illustration of the elephant, and also a wallpaper too. Wallpaper’s size is 1600 ... More About: Downloads , Free , Illustration , Vector , Stration
20 Things You Must Know Before Buying a Compact Camera
2007-11-01 02:45:00 PP showed me this article just now. We felt this might be useful for those who are thinking of getting a new compact camera. After testing hundreds of digicams in the Pop Photo Lab, they have strong notions of what works, what doesn’t, what’s worth getting, and what’s baloney. Photo is courtesy from www.popphoto.com The test criteria ... More About: Buying , Camera , Things , Compact
step by step to create duotune effect
2007-10-31 06:35:00 Recently I am trying out black and white effect and next level or advanced level of B&W will be duotone or tritone. I have learned some technique how to do duotone and today i would like to share with our pixelraves’ reader how to archive it step by step in Photoshop CS3. Here is the start photo ... More About: Effect , Step , Create
fujifilm finepix f31fd vs panasonic lumix lx2
2007-10-30 11:36:00 We have added a new member to our family (camera), Panasonic Lumi x LX2. The reason I bought this LX2 because of 28mm, 16:9 ratio aspect, Range finder like :D. Now yAu yAu took over Fujifilm Finepix F31fd. After I have used LX2 for 1 week, I have identified some Pros and Cons for both cameras. F31fd’s Pros: 1. Excellent ... More About: Panasonic Lumix
tips: how to hold your DSLR
2007-10-29 07:00:00 We went to Foto Shangri-La in Lowyat Plaza last weekend and saw a gentlemen was testing a Canon 400D. The way he hold the DSLR was wrong (see the 1st picture below) and still many people out there don’t know how to hold DSLR. Therefore we want to share how to hold DSLR properly ... More About: Tips , Hold
tips: how to reduce shadow with reflector
2007-10-27 10:45:00 Lighting is the key of success for macro photography. If the lighting too dim you might surfer from slow shutter speed whereas under the bright sun light, you will get hash and ugly shadow on your object. One of the cheapest and easiest method to reduce hash shadow is use the white card / board as ... More About: Tips , Shadow , Reduce , Reflector
get $25 from widgetbucks upon signup
2007-10-25 04:48:00 A colleague of mine recently introduce me to sign up for WidgetBucks. Its another advertisement panel for your blog. Upon signup, you’ll straightaway be awarded with $25. So what is WidgetBucks? WidgetBucks features pay-per-click shopping widgets that help our customers make money fast. They instantly display the most popular products based on buying trends of ...
font spotting - free fonts for oct ?07
2007-10-24 08:15:00 While surfing the site, I came across some nice fonts that is free for download. I’ve preselected a few of the nice fonts to share it out with you guys. They’re a selection of serif and san serif typefaces. Do drop by my website often as I will gather more fonts for the monthly downloads. ... More About: Free , Fonts , Font
best blog designs - october ?07
2007-10-22 10:20:00 Here are more collections of best blog designs for the month of October . Some of these designs are free for use. Mainly, they’re attractive because they use small details to decorate the site, use colorful header and they’re structured properly for the ease of reading. In my opinion, proper structure is very important to present ... More About: Blog , Designs
The 2007 POP Awards
2007-10-18 09:27:00 Today Popular Photography & Imaging Magazine has announced their editors pick for 25 photography’s outstanding products. Adobe Lightroom 1.1 Buffalo TeraStation Live Canon EOS 40D Epson PowerLite 1715c Epson Stylus Photo 1400 Fujifilm FinePix S5 Pro HP Photosmart C7180 Kodak Custom Creations Kodak EasyShare Z885 Mpix Books Nik Dfine 2.0 Nikon D40x Nikon 55-200mm f/4-5.6G DX AF-S VR Nokia N95 Olympus Evolt E-510 Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ3 Pentax DA 70mm f/2.4 limited Ricoh Caplio ... More About: Awards
get organised with backpack
2007-10-16 09:40:00 Wondering where to get a web service that consists of calendar, to-do lists, notes, files and image storage? Backpack is the one. What I like about this site is their feature of calendar and reminders that can be sent via email or to your cell phone at predefined times. You also can tag pages so ... More About: Organ
tips: how to arrange your photo folders
2007-10-14 14:18:00 Some of you might having problem to organize and arrange your photo by date in Microsoft Windows. When you open up My Pictures folder, you have no idea what you took this series of photos. Today I would like to share with you how to arrange your photo folders in perfectly chronological order. I use the ... More About: Photo , Tips , Folders , Fold , Folder
how to photograph fireworks
2007-10-13 14:18:00 MIFC (Malaysia International Fireworks Competition) ended on 2 September 2007 and we went for photo shooting on the 1st night 18 Aug. Some reader might asked, this event is outdated and it has passed more than 1 month, however I would like to share some tips and technique that I used and learned that you ... More About: Ework
New Nikon D3 & D300 High ISO Photo Samples by Dave Einsel
2007-10-12 11:55:00 Dave Einsel - Professional photographer has published on his web page several D300 and D3 sample high ISO shots that are reaching up to ISO 25600. The photos have been cropped only without any other enhancement.These high ISO shots are quite impressive and even ISO 25600 shots are usable for small print. In term ... More About: Photo , Samples , Nikon , Dave , High
photography tips: how to carry your bulky lightsphere
2007-10-11 10:49:00 Gary Fong’s Lightsphere is a great flash diffuser to create soft and even flash lighting. The only problem I found out is this diffuser too bulky and quite inconvenient to carry around. However, I have overcame this problem with a little bit of DIY. Prepare the following items: 1 Velcro Cable Organizer 1 Hook Tie the velcro ... More About: Photography , Tips , Carry , Bulk
step by step to create tilt & shift lens effect in photoshop
2007-10-10 04:44:00 One of the fancier lenses in the world of SLR and digital SLR (DSLR) photography is the tilt-shift lens. Architectural photographers use tilt-shift lenses to eliminate the perspective distortions that sometimes give buildings the appearance of falling over. Aerial photographers use them to make large cities look like toy models. Art and portrait photographers use ... More About: Photoshop , Lens , Effect , Step , Shift
remove underline in links with css style
2007-10-09 09:09:00 By default, whenever you add a link in your webpage, its underlined and displays in a different colour from the rest of the text. However, there might be times when you want to remove the underline. Here’s how to do it. I uses the text-decoration property to remove the underlines from link text. By default, the ... More About: Links , Style
extreme contrast effect
2007-10-04 10:43:00 I’ve learn this extreme contrast effect from a photoshop tutorial website. I’ll use another photo from our previous wedding photo shootout. You’ll be able to download the action file for Photoshop, at the end of the article. First, duplicate a copy of the “Background” layer (original image). To duplicate, press Ctrl + J. Desaturate this layer by ... More About: Extreme , Contrast , Effect , Trem
cross-processing effect using cmyk mode
2007-10-03 09:10:00 I’ve recently helped PP in a wedding photography project. Shown below is one of the photo from the event and I’m going to apply a cross-processing effect on it. Applying the effect in this particular photo helps in bringing out the vibrant colors. Actually, cross-processing means developing color print or slide film in the wrong chemicals. ... More About: Mode , Cross , Effect
sRGB vs Adobe RGB
2007-10-01 09:55:00 PP asked me this question the other day. Which color space should he use to process his photographs? Lets start by understanding what color space is. Color Space is the way Photoshop defines Red, Green and Blue. It’s the RGB model that defines what the values of a specific color are represented. For example, at ... More About: Adobe
urban sunset
2007-09-28 13:41:00 Do you like to shoot sunset? However you do not have time to go to beach or mountain? Not a problem, sunsets are ubiquitous. No matter where you live, you get one every day. You can also shoot sunset at your door step or through your high rise office windows. Here are some of the ... More About: Urban , Sunset
web tool of the month - september ?07
2007-09-27 10:39:00 PP showed me this website this morning. Its a cool website to edit your photo online. I’ve explored it and find it way too cool hence I’ll share this out with you guys. This website is called Picnik. It is Flash based, and so far its the fastest of the bunch. User interface wise, it is ... More About: Tool , September , Month , Mont
how to correct converging verticals
2007-09-24 05:37:00 Converging verticals problem is common when you are taking photos of buildings, especially with wide angle lens. This happens when you point the camera upwards to include the top of the building. Some likes this distorting effect to create striking building images. To get this effect, all you need to do is to get closer to ... More About: Vertical , Vert , Rect
22 new compact cameras releases
2007-09-22 10:57:00 Canon, Olympus, Samsung and Sony have announced their latest compact camera. For the full list see below: Camera: Sony Cybershot DSC-T70 Megapixel: 8MP Zoom: 3x Comment: A 3″ LCD touch screen and maximum 3200 ISO feature Camera: Sony Cybershot DSC-T200 Megapixel: 8MP Zoom: 5x Comment: Huge 3.5″ LCD touch screen and Face Detection Camera: Sony Cybershot DSC-H3 Megapixel: 8MP Zoom: 10x Comment: Advanced Sports Shooting mode with ... More About: Cameras , Compact
freeware that help you to enhance, rescue and management your photos
2007-09-20 18:37:00 Here are some of the software that help you to enhance, rescue and management your photos for FREE!!! Pixmantec RawShooter essentials RawShooter essentials is a fast, easy to use RAW image converter and processor that produces excellent results with minimal fuss. Gimp The GIMP is the GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a freely distributed piece of software for ... More About: Photos , Management , Freeware , Rescue
images for the web
2007-09-20 04:32:00 Are you considering what size your image needs to be when you put it up on the web? In this example, I’m using an image with the width of 600 pixels. I opened the image using Photoshop, and changed the image to 600 pixels in width. Then set the resolution to 72 pixels. That is ... More About: Images , Ages
something that must have in my camera bag - filters
2007-09-18 05:34:00 Every time i pack my camera bag, besides UV filter which already mounted on my lenses, I will make sure CPL and ND 8 filters are packed. UV filter is a must in order to protect your glasses from scratches but try to avoid those filter do not have HMC because cheap filter might cause ghosting ... More About: Camera , Filters , Some
smart object in photoshop
More articles from this author:2007-09-17 10:55:00 In photoshop, anyone who’s scaled an image down, changed their mind and then tried to stretch the image to its original size will know of the pixellated mess that occurs. This can now be avoided with the Smart Object s feature. It allows you to scale the image like a vector object. You can reduce and enlarge ... More About: Photoshop , Photosho 1, 2 |
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