As the Thanksgiving holiday recedes into the past, a few lingering tasks remained so the tutorial that I had planned for production tonight is not complete yet. But, never fear, fellow photogs, I have something to share. It seems recently…
Category: technical
Creating re-sizing actions in Photoshop
For those who like to create actions for their own work flows in Photoshop, I’ve created a set of re-sizing actions that I use pretty regularly to resize image from their camera raw settings to either 800px or 600px on…
Ready and raring to go…
The new mic has been set up and all accessory components are also in place. I recorded a test podcast tonight to basically do a sound check and hear the audio quality. I must say that a condensor microphone has…
An amateur audio adieu and adios
Funny store I thought would be worthy of sharing on the blog today… As a blogger about photography, the last position I thought I would do is find myself in is spending my hobby monies on audio equipment, but… since…
The Debate over LCD Screen Resolution
Had been doing some reading lately and was noticing the Canon vs. Mac debate taking and interesting turn. It seems the Nikon bodies have always sported a higher LCD resolution on their bodies, which allows for sharper picture previews than…
Tuesday’s Tutorial – Creating Actions in PS
While I don’t have a regular schedule for releasing content, tutorials or otherwise, the alliterative bonus of having a tutorial on Tuesdays tastes terrific to tongues. And…since i posted it before midnight, it technically was released on Tuesday, even though…
Canon News and Reviews (with a few rebates)
As an admitted Canonite, I’ve not done much in the way of noting new products Canon has released since the 40D and 1D Mark II have been released. Despite the absence, there has been quite a bit of activity from…
Applying Gradients to Text in Photoshop
Another tutorial has been uploaded and is ready for viewing. This tutorial shows how to use layers to apply a gradient effect to text inside of Photoshop. With the layers, you can preserve the text and the gradient independently of…
Type Tool Tricks
Today’s treat talks truthfully to type tool tricks! Terrific! I love alliteration, in case you couldn’t tell! All joking aside, since shorter videos seem to generate more interest (5 minutes or less), I’m trying to keep it under 5 minutes…
Largest Print Size
While there are many “rules” to photography, some have more flexibility than others. When composing images people often try to adhere to the Golden Mean Rule, or the Rule of Thirds. However, there is always the matter of subjectivity and…