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Video Tutorial on Using Lightroom’s Luminance Sliders

Wednesday, October 15th, 2008 by Tom

“How to Use the Luminance Feature in Lightroom 2” by Yanik’s Photo School features a video tutorial on adjusting luminance in Adobe Lightroom. Pro photographer and photography blogger Yanik Chauvin guides us through adjusting luminance on a sunset shot, a landscape shot, and a fashion shot.

As Yanik puts it, the luminance sliders allow you to [...]

Good Photography Advice for Newcomers

Wednesday, October 1st, 2008 by Tom

photo: Aaron Brazell
In “Buying Digital SLR Cameras“ TechnoSailor editor Aaron Brazell makes the case for ignoring high-end digital photography equipment until one knows exactly what they need. He also offers a few tips for understanding the basics of exposure.
End of the day, rookie photographers can go and buy top of the line equipment but without [...]

Diana Pappas Photography

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008 by Tom

Photo used with permission. © All rights reserved Diana Pappas Photography
Diana Pappas is a talented photographer working out of the New York City area. Her images are those of an artist whose eye can see the details present in everyday life that others cannot. After experiencing many of Diana’s photos, one cannot help but wonder [...]

Reminder: Sacramento Neon Photowalk on October 3rd

Saturday, September 27th, 2008 by Tom

photo: Tom Hilton
This is a friendly reminder that the Sacramento Neon Photowalk is going down on Friday, October 3rd. Photowalking.org has more info on the photowalk, as well as a map with points of interest.

Tips for Taking Great Black & White Photos

Friday, September 26th, 2008 by Tom

Black & white photography is a timeless art, giving us pictures that many see as dramatic and full of emotion. “The Top 5 Black & White Photography Tips” from photography site Shot Addict offers a few tips for taking great black & white photos.
photo: *sean
The tips offered in this article range from advice on seeing [...]

10 Tutorials for Backing Up Your Photos

Wednesday, September 24th, 2008 by Tom

photo by DeclanTM
“Photo Backup: An Intro to Data Security” by Brian Auer of Epic Edits Weblog runs through 10 different tutorials about backing up your photos.
Hard drives are prone to failure, so practicing digital photography without a good backup strategy is surely tempting fate. The tutorials mentioned by Brian cover a variety of backup strategies [...]

Shedding Some Light on Taking Photos in the Dark (Part 1)

Saturday, January 27th, 2007 by Mike

Too often, low light shots are completely useless. Almost all digital cameras have a “night mode” setting. Generally this setting slows down your shutter speed to about 1/2 second. As the photograph below shows, that setting does not let nearly enough light into the camera’s lens to take a decent picture.

How, then, [...]