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Any last minute tips for shooting an outdoor wedding?

SkyBlueRose — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:11:19 GMT

The day is finally here tomorrow. I'm shooting my first wedding as the paid photographer. If anyone has any little last minute tips to give me that would be great. I have been doing my homework but it seems even after lots of research and reading, I hear something new that helps. Are there any things that you wish you would have known before your first few? I'm excited and looking forward to it but I'm also nervous. Surprisingly I'm able to hide nerves and can seem confident even when It is lower than it should be.

The wedding is outdoors in the couples back yard. I have already been there at the same time of day as the ceremony will be and took some test shots. It is mostly shaded. Originally the guests would have been facing North and there was a little sun peeking through from the West. Now she changed it and they are standing in a little clearing in the trees and the chairs are facing the West. I can have my flash off camera with an SB600 for fill and also have a couple reflectors, and an assistant. I have a wider angle lens for the groups and for the ceremony I have a 80 - 200 2.8 lens. The ceremony is at 4 pm and formal pictures are right after. That is the part I'm nervous about because I have no experience posing large groups. The largest group is 14 people, then a couple 8's, one 7. The rest are between 2 and 4 which I'm less concerned about. It is all organized well, I'm mainly concerned about posing and positioning. I see a lot of triangle shaped groupings which looks pleasing to me. The wedding party I'm shooting at 5 at a park overlooking a river. Only one large group of 12.

One of the shots she wants is their hands with the rings. Any good ideas or tips for that shot?

Thanks,

Linda

Tips for those "hard to shoot" times?

ktr — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 02:56:42 GMT

Hello!

Anyone got good tips for those "crappy day" shots? Obviously there is the ideal time of day to shoot, but sometimes I just can't manage to be somewhere at the 'right time' nor can I always come back on a different day. I am particularly interested in tips for the following:

-shooting at "high noon" (or really bright situations)
-shooting with heavy clouds / overcast skies
-shooting fog & mist

I'm interested in tricks (pre and post processing), tips, and even gear (but ideally 'inexpensive' and 'light' gear easily traveled with).

Oh, and while the above three items come to mind first, I'd be interested really in any ideas that you've found to work for shooting in non-ideal situations. Thanks!

ps - I'd even be interested in a good photography book specializing in something like this.

I'm REALLY SICK of this!!!!

CK Images — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 22:06:57 GMT

ok, I just want to rant a little here, I'M SORRY that I'm a PROFESSIONAL photographer, and I have PROFESSIONAL opinions about people's photos. I'm NOT mean, I'm NOT hateful, but when I give my PROFESSIONAL opinion, I'm SICK of people getting mad at me! the photos are being CRITIQUED for a reason! if I give you a low score I'm GOING to tell you why. I've spent 4 years in art school, I have a BFA in photography, I've worked at Olan Mills, AND now I own my own photo business. I may be 24 but I KNOW photography! People PAY me to take photos, not just PORTRAITS, but FINE ART photos! If you don't like what I have to say, please don't send me a response saying you're mad, or I'm wrong. If I am really wrong, I will send you a note saying you're right, and why I thought that, but if I'm right, I will clearly point out again what you're NOT seeing!

Responses like this one:

"thank you for your comment but your vote of 6 on a image that has a 8.3 average is hardly complimentary."

first of all, I can't see what the rating is before I vote. second of all, this photo was of flowers in a basket, maybe it was technically good, but i'm TIRED of just flowers! give me something to think about, give me a concept, give me some depth, or just give me some CREATIVITY! I'm TIRED of seeing the SAME old boring photo, that people vote high for because it's PRETTY! so you're not going to get a high vote from me! get over it!

I honestly try to be as nice as possible, if I'm mean PLEASE say so, so I can apologize! Like I said, I'm a professional, and critiques are supposed to help you, so when you get REAL crits from people that know what their doing, don't bite their head off, THANK THEM! LOOK at your work, critique it YOURSELF, don't just say, "oh my photo is the best, and they don't know what their talking about", take the constructive criticism that people tell you, and on your next photo KEEP that in MIND! This site is about becoming a better photographer right? Well don't get mad when people try to help.

and please, FEEL FREE to critique my work! I would LOVE to hear how I can improve! :)

How to: USM

hahn23 — Tue, 27 May 2008 07:53:09 GMT

[color="navy"]One of the most difficult techniques to learn, yet one of the most crucial to successful presentation, is the appropriate application of the unsharp mask (USM) filter[/color].

[color="green"]A very good explanation and tutorial here:[/color]

[url=http://photojojo.com/content/tutorials/photoshop-sharpening/][size="2"][color="firebrick"]Unsharp Mask: How Do You Actually Use That Thing?[/color][/size][/url]

[url=http://photojojo.com/content/tutorials/photoshop-sharpening/][img]http://photojojo.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/feature.gif[/img][/url]

[color="indigo"]Presenting an image with just the right amount of sharpening is tough. This is something which I have not yet perfected. But, it's good to read a straightforward explanation. The settings mentioned may or may not be right for your images. Cameras vary in the amount of auto sharpening they apply. Also, post-processing applications vary in their calibrations. So, it's an issue of trial and error. And, to reiterate what everyone should know.... you can't successful sharpen an oof image. The image capture must be in focus in the first place[/color].

Multiple Distractions

Stormhaven — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:09:33 GMT

Let's say you are at a Fourth of July parade. People are everywhere. In fact, people are the background to just about every shot you take. Shooting in Av doesn't help. So, how can you avoid or deal with "multiple distractions?"

How "not" to respond to constructive criticism!

hahn23 — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 15:17:21 GMT

Okay! I'll offer my best reaction to the first submission of an image to the contest. Upon the second submission, without revision, I'll not be so generous. I received this response to my comments on the 2nd submission of a poor image today. (No improvement detected in the re-submission, btw.)

[color="firebrick"]Reply for: xxxx yyyyy aaa cccc xxxx....

DO NOT Reply to this message. These are public comments. You can view/delete these comments from your account page.[/color]
[i]
[color="indigo"]"Not voting on this one again. In response to your "low vote" question, which irritates me, the composition is poor. The perspective is very poor. The light and colors are flat to bland. The degree of difficulty is low. I don't understand your category choice. I don't understand your title. This fails on many fronts. You wanted feedback.... and there it is. I've voted on this before, but I won't vote on it again, unless there are substantive improvements."[/color][/i]

[color="firebrick"]Reply by ssscccgg xxxxzzzz on 3/14/2008 2:27:23 PM[/color]

[color="darkgreen"]"Your irritation and staying anonymous is in itself a poor excuse for even writing me back and yada yada about criteria, one in particular "you just don't get it....wow...duh!! scoot... "[/color]

This is a sign of a person who does not want, nor can accept constructive criticism. I'm not always right, but I am very generous with vote and I try to offer suggestions for improvement all the time. If someone spits in my face, I will be less charitable.

Great Pop Photo Article!!!

Stormhaven — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 09:28:35 GMT

I could spend hours a day, and probably should, reading photography articles on the internet. Somehow, it seems that I never take the time to do it. I'm sure that I'm missing a lot of important guidance. I just received the August issue of Popular Photography Magazine, and there is an outstanding article that we can probably all benefit from, to one degree or another.

The title is "Photographer's Guide To The Eye." Not only is it informative and provocative, but I think it will give me new ways to look at things, and hopefully, improve the quality of my photos. There are many tips, and visual examples.

If you don't have a subscription, and don't want to buy the issue, the article can be found at popphoto.com. It will show up on the roll-over, or you can find it by search.

Let me know what you think. Also, **How do you insert a paragraph break here?

All Day Macro Photography

hahn23 — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 10:00:47 GMT

Macro photography requires control of the light falling on the subject. If you're outside in highly variable light, you'll need some equipment to help illuminate your subject, without blowing out the bright highlights. You can [url=http://www.naturephotographers.net/articles1002/je1002-1.html][size="2"]shoot macro photography all day long[/size][/url].

[img]http://www.naturephotographers.net/articles1002/je1002-3.jpg[/img]

[IMG]http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s33/hahn23/Potentilla.jpg[/IMG]

[img]http://www.tripodhead.com/images/plamp-collage.gif[/img]

[url=http://www.tripodhead.com/products/plamp-main.cfm][size="2"]The Plamp by Wimberly[/size][/url]

[url=http://www.photoflex.com/Photoflex_Products/LiteDisc_12-inch_Gold_Silver/index.html][size="2"]LiteDisk by PhotoFlex[/size][/url]

Question for all those bee photographers

lover1969 — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 06:33:13 GMT

Hello everyone!

I need some advice. I spent everyday last week shooting bee photos. I must have taken over 5,000 shots. Fort Benning has a row of Dog Wood trees that are loaded with big bumble bees and yellow jackets. I had my share of subjects to choose from. I was trying to capture a bumble bee in flight. I failed miserably. :crying: There are some fantastic photos of bees at this site. So what is the trick when trying to capture a bee in flight? I'm thinking you need to have a tripod setup and use a remote control. Is that the trick? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. :D

How to Photograph Fireworks.

hahn23 — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:08:31 GMT

[url=http://www.pcworld.com/article/147633/how_to_photograph_fireworks.html][size="2"]How to photograph fireworks[/size][/url].

[url=http://www.pcworld.com/article/147633/how_to_photograph_fireworks.html][img]http://images.pcworld.com/howto/graphics/147633-fireworks_2_a.jpg[/img][/url]

[url=http://www.scottkelby.com/blog/2008/archives/1633][size="2"]How to Shoot Fireworks[/size][/url].

[url=http://www.scottkelby.com/blog/2008/archives/1633][img]http://www.scottkelby.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/fireworksshot.jpg[/img][/url]

Happy Holidays!

The Best Firefox, yet!

hahn23 — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:39:34 GMT

The Best Firefox Yet

With more than 15,000 improvements, Firefox 3 is faster, safer and smarter than ever before. This is international download day. Download your version here.
[url=http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/?p=downloadday]
[size="2"][color="firebrick"]http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/?p=downloadday[/color][/size][/url]

Coming Tuesday, June 17th: Firefox 3

hahn23 — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 05:30:18 GMT

[b][color="firebrick"]Coming Tuesday, June 17th: Firefox 3[/color][/b].

[i][color="indigo"]"The Mozilla Developer News weblog is carrying an announcement that the final version of Mozilla Firefox 3 will be released on Tuesday 17th June.

"After more than 34 months of active development, and with the contributions of thousands, we're proud to announce that we're ready," the message says. "It is our expectation to ship Firefox 3 this upcoming Tuesday, June 17th."

It should be noted that there is still a small chance that a show-stopper bug could delay the release. However, barring any unforeseen disasters, Firefox fans can now circle next Tuesday in their calendars as Firefox Download Day when millions of users will attempt to set the Guinness World Record for the most software downloads in 24 hours."[/color][/i]

[color="darkgreen"]Well, what can I say about Firefox 3 that I haven't already said? It's the fastest browser. It's color managed. It works exceptionally well with almost all websites. It works particularly well with DailyAwards. (Mostly because Eric checks his pages with Firefox.) It's available for most operating system platforms. Built in spell check. Too many other ease-of-use features to mention, but I'd not want to go back to older browsers.

I've been using the beta versions and the release candidate versions of Firefox 3 for months now. It's a very stable, reliable and useful browser. It just works![/color]
[url=http://www.spreadfirefox.com/en-US/worldrecord/]
[size="2"][color="firebrick"]Set a Guinness World Record
Enjoy a Better Web[/color][/size][/url]

[url=http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-rc.html][size="2"][color="purple"]Firefox 3 Sneak Peek[/color][/size][/url]
Test drive the latest and greatest version.

Firefox 3 offers Color Management

hahn23 — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 00:14:40 GMT

Firefox ® 3 Offers Color Management

The only recent web browser to support color management, and use your custom display profile to display images, has been Safari. Safari is the most common browser on the Mac, but not at all common under Windows, so most Windows users have not had the opportunity to see managed color in browser windows.

Firefox ® v3 offers managed browser color to a wider audience, and supports both Mac and Windows. Firefox 3 is now in public beta, to download a copy go to: [url=http://www.mozilla.com]http://www.mozilla.com[/url]

To turn on color management under Firefox 3 enter the following text in the address bar: about:config

Next enter the following into the filter line: color_management

Change gfx.color_management.enabled to: true

Restart Firefox to activate this change and enjoy your color managed web browsing!

GRAPHICS SERIES MONITOR

The Newf! — Wed, 21 May 2008 13:59:24 GMT

Could someone tell me what are the better monitors out there for veiwing photos and working on them?

sRGB vs Adobe RGB

DFish — Sun, 11 May 2008 15:26:55 GMT

I was re-reading my owners manual yesterday and came across the section "Setting the color space" It talks very briefly about the "advantages" of saving in sRGB as a normal course of action. It then goes on to say;

"Adobe RGB is mainly used for commercial printing and other industrial uses.This setting is not recommended if you do not know about image processing, Adobe RGB and Design rule for Camera File System 2.0 (exif2.21).

Just exactly what the heck are they saying here?

Avoid JPG Compression Artifacts

hahn23 — Fri, 09 May 2008 06:27:52 GMT

[color="navy"]A term I use a lot when offering suggestions for improvement on images is the presence of "JPG Compression Artifacts". A surprising number of members and users write me back to ask, [i]"What this that?"[/i]

The image below shows a lot of JPG artifacts. Can you see them? Sometimes I wonder if it's my monitor or my eyes. If you ever see this kind of thing on my images, you should give me a very low score.

[IMG]http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s33/hahn23/JPGartifacts.jpg[/IMG]

The creation of these artifacts must be avoided in postprocessing. There are a lot of causes of JPG artifacts....

1. Saving at a low quality JPG quality. Save at 100% quality!

2. Every time you "save as..." a JPG format file, you will lose 3% of your image quality. Multiple saves degrades quality cumulatively.

3. Oversharpening is always a culprit.

4. Resizing up beyond the available pixels can create artifacts, as the application attempts to interpolate pixels.

To avoid JPG artifacts you can work with RAW files or TIFF or PSD format files during postprocessing. Only during the last step prior to upload to the contest should you convert to a JPG file format. If your camera can only capture JPG format files, then work with the largest and highest resolution file your camera can capture. Compact Flash (CF) cards have much more capacity these days and are much less expensive than they used to be. No reason to capture anything less than top quality images for CF card space conservation purposes.

Some noise reduction applications can reduce JPG artifacts, but usually at the expense of loss of image detail. Better to avoid creating the artifacts in the first place[/color].

[color="firebrick"]Okay, probably things you already knew. But, it is surprising to me how often I see JPG artifact distractions on images in the contest. If participants could avoid these distractions, I'd offer much better scores on their images[/color].

Sizing Images for contest upload

hahn23 — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 06:07:21 GMT

[color="navy"]Titles and names have been removed from this communication. My purpose here is to help the group of members who are struggling with resizing their images for contest upload. This communication highlights the dilemma.[/color]

[color="firebrick"][i]Vote-Comment: ......... ....... ...... .......... ...... My advice is to size up to 640 pixels on the longest dimension, proportions constrained. Your image is 448x306 pixels and it is 34 KB in size. That's actually a low resolution image and won't display very well.

Reply by XXXX XXXX on 3/13/2008 5:34:34 AM
I had to downsize in order to up load. The actual is 3291 X 2253 @ 1.36M[/i][/color]

[color="navy"]So, the question is.... how did this good photographer go from an image with file size of 1360 KB to 34 KB?

1. Images from our digital cameras are often at 300 ppi, (pixels per inch) resolution or thereabouts. It would be very common to have a full size image at full resolution be more than a MB (megabyte) in file size. Could be several MBs big. For printing prints, use 300ppi or greater and full file size. The Internet display is a completely different situation.

2. The person did need to size down because the longest dimension of the image was greater than 2000 pixels. Subscribers can upload images up to 2000 pixels on the longest dimension. If not a subscriber, the image would need to be equal to, or less than 1000 pixels. (In general, it is not helpful for an image's score to be larger than 720 pixels on the vertical dimension.) Images should be sized to no smaller than 640 pixels on the longest dimension, proportions constrained.

3. The key to sizing for contest upload is to focus on the desired pixel dimensions and change the image resolution to 72 ppi. The 72 ppi is the Internet display device standard. What you are looking at on your monitor is 72 ppi resolution. You "can" upload higher resolution images, but it won't necessarily improve the image display and it will definitely increase the file size.

4. So, in the case of the photo mentioned above, the person should have resized to 72 ppi and downsized the pixel dimensions to 640 pixels on the longest dimension, proportions constrained. The final file size would have probably been 300 KB. This would be 9x the image quality of the image submitted.

5. File size allowances at DailyAwards are very generous. 1000Kb for registered users and 2000Kb for subscribers. This means that almost all the time, you should save at 100% jpg quality. Avoid jpg compression at all costs, as the compression process can create jpg artifacts.

More info can be found here[/color]. [url=http://dailyawards.com/article_viewer.aspx?ArticleID=159][size="2"][color="firebrick"]Size Your Image for Contest Success![/color][/size][/url]

Full Size Image problems

hahn23 — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 16:58:04 GMT

[color="navy"]I voted quite a lot today. There are some problems with full size images. I saw the problem a dozen or more times today. Often, the 640 pixel image looks really good on the voting page. But, when clicking on the "View Full Size Image" link, many, but not all, images show poor quality.

The cause is unknown and it probably varies. I'll guess that some images are being sized up beyond their 100% pixel size. In other words, if someone crops an image to say 500 x 750 pixels. But, then sizes up the image to 1000 x 1500 pixels, your postprocessing software will interpolate between the pixels to fill the spaces and add in pixels based on the average of neighboring pixels. This is not a good idea. It will cause serious deterioration in your images.

When the image resizer sizes back down to 640 pixels on the longest dimension for the standard voting window, the image looks okay again. It's when viewing the Full Size image that one discovers the deterioration from the interpolation.

It's okay to size down from 3000 x 2000 pixels, for example. Just don't try to size up beyond the pixels available. Tones, colors and gradients can posterize. Sharpness and detail will deteriorate. Jpg artifacts will appear.... aliases, blurring, edge halo.... etc.

It's not always a good idea to size up some images. Viewing pixels at 100% sometimes reveals flaws that would not be obvious at 50% size.

I'm not preaching at anyone. Just an observation. If you want to know more about this, you can read this article.... [/color][url=http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/image-interpolation.htm][size="2"][color="crimson"]Digital Image Interpolation[/color][/size][/url].

Differentiating Contrast

hahn23 — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 15:14:14 GMT

I acknowledge we have a wide range of experiences on this website. So, those of you who know the difference between high contrast and low contast.... please ignore this thread.

Today, I received an anonymous comment on one of the most high contrast images I ever submit suggesting it was a low contrast image.

Here is a low contrast image....

[img]http://chrisdlugosz.net/x/low_contrast_bomb.jpg[/img]

Here is a high contrast image....

[img]http://www.danheller.com/images/California/Marin/Nite/nite-tree-shadows-2-big.jpg[/img]

It's a matter of lots of brights and blacks in high contrast versus a lot of midtone greys in low contrast. :crazy:

Free Photoshop Plugins

oboy — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 15:40:48 GMT

Here is a list of free Photoshop Plugins

http://allgraphicdesign.com/graphicsblog/2007/10/08/1000s-of-free-photoshop-plugins-filters-megalist/

exposure

Tonka — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 15:40:59 GMT

Got any good links or advice on Good Exposure?

LOL...and I don't mean that kind Bubba ;) ( I knew you were thinkin it)

I always have to go back over the basics as it will help from when I learned about these the first time with more experience now.

refresher course if you will..

Thanks all..:)

National Geographic - Photo Tips

oboy — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 15:35:12 GMT

Some photo tips from National Geographic http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photo-tips

A good guide for beginners

MrsStapp — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 07:14:06 GMT

I found an HP page with some good info for beginners:

http://www.hp.com/united-states/consumer/digital_photography/take_better_photos/tips/arrange.html

noise reduction

oboy — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 09:28:08 GMT

Well, this is for the users of GIMP.

I just fund a plug-in GREYCstoration for Gimp that does an awesome job at noise reduction.

Colour wheel.

Kiwi — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 11:34:36 GMT

May I respectfully suggest that those of us choosing to use the coloured backgrounds to obtain a colour wheel. Any paint or art shop will have them. I'm sure that a lot of photographers would benefit greatly using one of these.
Unfortunately not all background colours chosen enhance the photos submitted, many of them detract greatly from the photos, which is a shame.

Lighting

Kiwi — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 11:44:24 GMT

http://www.creativepro.com/story/howto/26202.html

For those of us that have a problem understanding how lighting affects our photos, I've found this to be a very helpful article.

If the link doesn't work, my apologies, would someone mind instructing me in how to put the link in properly.

[color="red"]Ok, the link isn't done properly, HELP! please[/color].

Zoo Photography

oboy — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 08:47:37 GMT

Here is a nice article that helps with Zoo Photography

http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/zoo-photography/

For Bryan

Glynn — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 07:24:45 GMT

Heres how it should look and took me about 5 mins. In Photoshop I gave it an Autolevels adjustment and faded the result to 76%. I then decreased the shadows {using Shadow/Highlight) by 7%. I increased the saturation by the same amount and sharpened it by 70% at 1.1 pixels. Et voila.

As you're new to Digital photography (and it shows) you have one good thing going for you - a good eye. But now my friend you must learn how to use that camera and more importantly - how to edit your shots!!!

How to create a sketch effect

oboy — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 09:50:16 GMT

Here is a new article. "How to create a sketch effect"

http://www.dailyawards.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=137

Let me know what you think. Do I break it down in to many steps, or not enough? Is a step missing? ...

Well, have fun creating sketches!

How To Simulate Fog

oboy — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 11:13:06 GMT

Here is my first Article. "How To Simulate Fog"

http://www.dailyawards.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=136

Let me know what you think. Do I break it down in to many steps, or not enough? Is a step missing? ...

Well, have fun creating fog!

Missing Articles

oboy — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 09:18:41 GMT

Well, with Richard leaving all of his much appreciated articles are gone too. I will try to recreate some of them over the next few weeks, and I hope some will help me. Can we brainstorm first the title of the missing articles?

Histogram
How to display external image in the forum

Oh no! My brain is already empty. Please help to complete this list.

With many topic I am not a expert, but I can create an article with helpful links to these topics.

FotoTV

oboy — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 11:23:55 GMT

For those that understand German, FotoTV is a place where you can find good video tip and tricks for photography.

http://www.fototv.de/

search for the funniest wedding shot - Contest

oboy — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 07:41:13 GMT

A contest from Rangefinder Magazine to find the funniest wedding shot. There are a few prizes to win!

http://www.rangefindermag.com/MakeusLaugh/

Data Recovery Tips

donmac — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 17:31:15 GMT

In this day and age our computers are generally very reliable, but every now and then we can experience problems. the worst case scenario is when the operating system has failed and you cant get it started again. Often the software disc that comes with the computer is inadequate, like the HP software I have, which doesnt allow repairs, only complete reinstallation by reformatting.

I get around this problem by using a Linux system boot disc. It is simply the Linux operating system on a CD which loads up from the cd drive when I restart my computer. It doesnt load anything onto the hard drive and it automatically detects the devices in my computer.

So what use is this? Well I can use it to check my hard drive, replace any damaged system files, back-up any files and photos on the hard drive, test other devices, etc.

I think its invaluable and suggest everybody gets a copy. Its actually quite nice to use, just to get an idea what Linux is all about too.

Anyway here is a link to a site where you can get a free download.

http://www.hungrypenguin.net/downloads.html

I use the "Knoppix" copy. Just click where it says "Download Knoppix for free" , this will take you to a list of Mirror Sites. A Mirror Site is simply a site which is allowed to download copies of software, so just click on any one. Remember you will have to copy the system to a cd or dvd.

Another handy download (free too) is "PC Inspector Smart Recovery". This can help recover files and photos which have been lost or deleted inadvertently, from the hard drive or from you memory card.

http://www.pcinspector.de/Sites/smart_recovery/info.htm?language=1

Its easy to download and even easier to use.

Regards

Donald

Any tips?

Tonka — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 07:49:28 GMT

My folks are entering their first car show tomorrow..

The oldies but the goodies where they are entering their '62 Meteor Mercury

I plan on goin up and takin some pics..

Any suggestions? tips? advice? ..

Will the polarizing filter be a safe bet to use for all my shots..

Suggested angles or comps?..

Thanks for any input...:)

Free Plugins

Tonka — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 05:58:59 GMT

Hey does anyone like or dislike the free photo plugins from

www.flamingpear.com ?

any issues with these that anyone knows of?

thanks for any info..:)

AfterCapture Magazine

oboy — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 22:13:07 GMT

I came across the magazine "AfterCapture" (http://www.aftercapture.com/) today. I think this is a interesting photographers magazine with many articles online and a free subscription for the printed magazine.

Photoshop Actions - Digital Deluxe Toolbox

oboy — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 10:27:47 GMT

I do not have PhotoShop, but I have seen these PhotoShop Actions in action. And this collection surely can make your life easier.

Digital Deluxe Toolbox version 1.0 - Mathias Vejerslev
http://www.2morrow.dk/75ppi/coolpix/actions/default.htm

Yes they were created to PhotoShop 6.x, but try if they still work with newer versions of PhotoShop.

Flower Photography Tips

oboy — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 11:42:59 GMT

You can find here some tips on flower photography:

http://www.tonyhowell.co.uk/flowerphototips.htm

helpful charts

oboy — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 11:36:14 GMT

I think you can find here http://www.darkroomagic.com/Library/library.htm some really helpful charts for:

Test Pattern
Resolution Chart
Depth of Focus Rulers
Film Exposure
Zone Dial
f/stop Timing
...