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$19.99 – Living in the Cloud – Offsite Storage for Photographers

The cloud fluff becomes reality You’ve heard about cloud computing, you’ve heard about cloud storage, but now it’s time to get real. As digital photographer’s and consultants, we were overrun with data. We wanted an easy to use, simple, and scalable storage solution that worked with both in-house and remote systems – across PC, Mac, and Linux [...]

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What’s your setup? – Michelle Moore

This week, Michelle Moore shares some of her favorite shots and setups. Here’s your chance to get a sneak peek into the mind of a true master! For more great images, be sure to visit Michelle on here blog. All Photos © Michelle Moore Emily Equipment Canon 1Ds Mark II, 85mm: 1/60 @ f/7.1; ISO 100 Profoto Acute2 2400 Kit + [...]

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What’s your setup? – Ryan Klos

I don’t know about you, but I love learning how other photographers work. From their lighting setup to post processing tips, I find it intriguing. Heck, I find it downright fascinating! You can only deconstruct an image so far without talking to the photographer who made it. Until you do, it’s pretty much [...]

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Print and Onscreen – Color Spaces and ICC Profiles – Part 2 of 2

Last time we took a fairly in depth look at Color Spaces. We are not going to go quite so deep today, but I am going to take a few minutes of you time to skim over ICC Profiles. ICC Profiles are similar in function to Color Spaces, in that they define a finite range of [...]

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Print and Onscreen – Color Spaces and ICC Profiles – Part 1 of 2

In this special 2 Part series, I am going to delve deeper into the realm of Color Management. We have touched on the topics a few times, but have never dug into discussing Color Spaces or ICC profiles. In today’s post, I am going to take a look at Color Spaces, what they are and [...]

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Software Review – TTG Highslide Gallery Pro 2.0 for Lightroom

If I had to define the weakest aspect of the current iteration of Lightroom, I would undoubtedly have to say it is the Web Module. Output from Lightroom to web, while functional, seems to lack a sense of style and feels very utilitarian overall. When presenting work on the web, most would desire a more [...]

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Software Review – onOne Plug-in Suite 5 – Part 2 of 2

Welcome to part 2 of our review of onOne Software’s Plug-in Suite 5. Last week we covered FocalPoint 2, PhotoTools 2.5 and PhotoTune 3 so head on over there for details on those products. This week, we’ll talk about Genuine Fractals 6, PhotoFrame 4.5 and Mask Pro 4. It should be noted that I used the plug-in [...]

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Software Review – onOne Plug-in Suite 5 – Part 1 of 2

onOne Software’s Plug-in Suite 5 is chock full of some of the most useful photo enhancements and effects this side of the camera. In Part 1 I’ll look at what these plug-ins do and how they perform. This will include FocalPoint 2, PhotoTools 2.5 and PhotoTune 3. Part 2 I cover PhotoFrame 4.5, Genuine Fractals 6 and [...]

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Connecting the Dots – DPI Tips that Matter

Output resolution is one of the most misunderstood topics in digital photography. What is the correct DPI or PPI to export an image to produce beautiful prints or display on a screen just right? Unfortunately there is no simple answer; resolution, DPI and PPI are all different terms, and although inter-related are each distinct concepts in the [...]

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Improving Digital Photography with Film

Once upon a time if you wanted to take a photo, if had to be shot on film.  You would buy a roll, load you camera and take you pictures.  Afterwards you would take the roll to the photo lab to get developed and you would finally see your photos. The rise of digital photography has [...]

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