If you aren’t using Firefox yet, you should. Not only is Firefox more secure than other popular browsers like Internet Explorer, but also has a strong developer community creating extensions to make your browser do more. And as a result, there’s a plethora of plugins to turn your simple browser window into a photo sharing, displaying, browsing and uploading station.
I’m sure you’ve noticed that the burger you see in a fast-food advertisement seldom resembles the greasy, congealed mess you get from the drive through. Guys like this have a lot to do with it. Check out this video on food photography:
I’m moving to Chicago today, so excuse the lack of a morning article. It should be business as usual on Wednesday.
Instead, check out this tutorial by Sam Lu on how to use the Auto Align and Auto Blend features in Adobe Photoshop to seamlessly stitch together a series of images. I’ve struggled to create panoramas either by hand or with some third party tool, but the results from Lu’s process look promising. I’m eager to take a couple images and try it out.
If you’ve used this process before, let me know what you think of it in the comments. People on Lu’s site seem pleased with their own results.
If you’re not following along with David Hobby’s Lighting 201 over at Strobist, you’re missing out. Each week Hobby attacks a different part of off-camera lighting and gives some examples of great photography.
This week’s lesson is on balancing flash and sunlight - an important concept for just about everyone to understand. Be sure to give it a look.
Lens hoods are a gigantic rip-off. While they’re a great way to reduce flare and increase contrast on your digital SLRs, they’re also expensive, considering that it’s just a piece of plastic.
For a cheaper solution, there’s from Lenshoods.co.uk. The site offers free printable PDFs to make paper lens hoods for most popular lenses. They don’t look as professional, but they cost next to nothing and will do just as well in a pinch.
If you aren’t using Firefox yet, you should. Not only is Firefox more secure than other popular browsers like Internet Explorer, but also has a strong developer community creating extensions to make your browser do more. And as a result, there’s a plethora of plugins to turn your simple browser window into a photo sharing, displaying, browsing and uploading station.
