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Exposing for What?–
 
Put your camera on P or Program and just shoot. More often than not, you will get a relatively good shot. Things do tend to become messy only when there are tricky situations.

How tricky is tricky? Take for example the situation wherein there is a very bright light source, say even a bright [...]

Lighroom 3 – Is it Worth Upgrading?-
(First part of a series)–
Finally, the commercial version of Lighroom 3 is here! And you can now sigh with relief, or with regret, depending on your expectations.

Unlike Lightroom 2 which introduced  killer features—localized adjustments and gradient tools, Lightroom 3’s outstanding features were mostly under the hood, not easily visible [...]

Photo to Video on the Web -
A site on the Internet is offering photographers a unique way of showing off their images. It composes the pictures together into a video presentation. But more than just producing a simple movie clip, Animoto.com boasts that they can make “killer videos” from your photos automatically.  Signing up is [...]

Blasting Things with Light–
When you always carry around a camera and/or you talk a lot about photography, sooner or later people will notice and then try to see just what all the fuss is about. They’ll try to see just how much you know or don’t know and, especially for a good number of guys, [...]

On Mosaics and Readers–
With the unveiling of the Cory mosaic at the Luneta a few days ago, I thought of sharing a few free software that readers may want to try out for creating their own photo mosaics. First on our list are Mosaizer Pro and  Mosaizer Lite from www.mosaizer.com. The makers claim that Mosaizer [...]

Going More Basic than Basic–
There are times when you’re caught between a rock and a hard place and you just have to make things work. Part of knowing your photography stuff is really knowing how to achieve the effect you need and, especially for pros, that is what people expect of you. We’ve mentioned in [...]

Complete Guide to Photoshop CS5 New Features (Last Part)–
What’s New
The new features in CS5 include Automatic lens correction, Straigthen Image tool, “Neutral Density filter” tool, HDR Toning,  Additive grain, Truer Edge selection, Color decontamination, Content-Aware Fill and  Content-Aware Option of the Healing Brush, Puppet Warp, Mixer Brush,  Bristle Tips, and the Mini Bridge panel.
11.  Mixer [...]