The Google Nik collection has been considered one of the top photographic effect plugin suites for a few years now, and it just got better in a big way – as of March 24th, 2016, it’s available free of charge.
This move has been applauded by many, yet accompanied by caution with by some, since a few analysts see this as the beginning of the end for the software suite. This is all speculation of course, and regardless of... more
If you ever entered the dark depths of Deviantart a few years back, you would have most likely stumbled upon the name Conzpiracy at some point in your journey. Like a modern day urban legend, his complex manipulations of the macabre made waves through the DA community. Conzpiracy’s Photoshop tutorials were coveted by users in [...]
Images of signs can help date a photograph and give viewers clues about the location, culture, even the period of history. Street photography often incorporates signage.
What other ways can we use signs? Literal or more subtle? Let’s see how these photographers use signs:
Recently there has been a spate of very sad, and ultimately defeatist articles decrying the death of photography. We have no shortage of examples. Seriously. In all their pain and detailed examples of how the art and business of photography have been ruined (their words), I can find little to no examples of the basic, [...]
As if the facial recognition news coming out of Russia wasn’t creepy enough already, it’s now available in App form to users of popular Russian social media network, Vkontakte. FindFace, which launched only two months ago, allows users to photograph people in a crowd and discover their identities with 70% reliability and could be the [...]
It is a sad day for the photography communityas we report that Michael Reichmann, the founder of Luminous-Landscape, has died aged 71 after a long battle with cancer. Having started Luminous-Landscape 17 years ago with good friend, Chris Sanderson, the site has grownto become one of the largest and most respected photography resources on the [...]
White balance, something were all familiar with these days. Be it setting it to a preset on the camera, dialing it in by eye or perhaps even going as far as to using a colour checker passport / grey card to nail it in camera. It seemsthat most of the time, a lot of people [...]
The words Instagram and schedule are not exactly natural bedfellows. The notion of carefully curating and managing posts on a platform that espouses the spontaneity of a Polaroid-like image in a digital format is somewhat conflicted. However, while Instagram might be regarded as the webs largest repository of cats drinking coffee on fixed wheel bicycles, [...]
When going out and photographing youput your heart and soul in to capturing that special moment, and later, you maypay great care and attention to finishing the image off in post-processing. You are so proud of the results you simply cannot wait to share it online, or add to your portfolio on your website!
One of the most popular practices amongst many photographers is the humble watermark; an opaque logo or text layered on top of an image. But is watermarking really necessary to... more
