This is a tutorial that will explain how to add a copyright notice to your photos in Aftershot Pro. It can even be done automatically when you export the image as a Jpeg for publishing online. In this tutorial you’ll learn how to create a new preset called “My Copyright Text”. This tutorial uses the [...]
2007Sat26May
Adam and his baby soother
Filed in Blarney, Canon 20D, Cork, Gimp Tutorials, Ireland, People, Photos, Sigma 18-200, TutorialsAdam and his baby soother Adam is 5 weeks old today! Last Wednesday we saw his first smile, or perhaps it was trapped wind because he was just after feeding but it was a beautiful sight to behold. He has smiled since too, and was especially cheerful this morning! Adam loves his baby soother though. [...]
2007Wed31Jan
Cobh at sunset
Filed in Architecture, Beach, Canon 20D, Cobh, Cork, Houses, Ireland, Night, Photos, Sea, Sigma 10-20, Sky, Sun, Tutorials, WaterCobh at sunset The tide is out in Cobh, Co. Cork while the sun sets in the west casting an orange glow over the water and boats in the harbour. Method This required some work to expose properly. The sky is bright while the harbour, houses and landscape are in shadow. Out with the layers, [...]
2006Tue05Dec
First Draft: Ready to go!
Filed in Abstract, Architecture, California, Candid, Canon 20D, First Draft, Gimp Tutorials, People, Photography, San Francisco, Sigma 10-20, Tutorials, United States, Urban, Vehicles, WordsJohn asked what did he original Ready to go! look like and I’ll oblige now. Showing what the original photo looks like is akin to showing what the first draft of a written essay or post reads like. Sometimes the image comes out perfectly in the camera but that’s rarely the case. At the very [...]
David at Strobist has linked to all his flash lighting articles in one place. It’s a really good place to go if you want to get the most out of your flash. Another great resource is Photonotes: Eos Flash for users of Canon cameras and flash units. There’s some great bits of info there.
If you’ve ever tried stitching photos together to create a panoramic photograph you’ll be more than aware of the awful distortion between one frame and the next. That’s one reason why it’s recommended that frames overlap by at least a third. There is so much distortion because the camera is rotated around using a normal [...]
Jakub ‘jimmac’ Steiner has published several demos of the GIMP in action. Subjects such as defining shortcuts, image templates, transformations and paths and more are covered. Use the mirrors, because I haven’t downloaded the videos myself yet!
First it was lomo, then cross-processing, and now the latest craze among online photographers seems to be making their photos look like miniture models. A common side-effect of macro photography is a shallow depth of field (DOF) which means that only a small portion of the scene is in focus. Luckily this effect is very [...]
2006Sun26Feb
Starting Photography, Digital Workflow, Orphans and Amazing Zooming Images
Filed in Links, Photography, Tutorials, WordsStarting out in Photography A few weeks back, Tom asked me by email about starting out in photography as he recently bought a Canon 350D and started posting photos online! Some people are born with a talent and an eye for photography, but for the rest of us, practise makes perfect. Bring your camera with [...]
2005Wed19Oct
Simple steps to photo touch-up
Filed in Gimp, Gimp Tutorials, Photography, Tutorials, WordsIn this post I’m going to show you how to go post-process this image: By the end, we’ll have an image that looks like this: This tutorial was created using the GIMP, but it’s equally applicable to your favourite editing software as long as it has the same tools. Photoshop, and other editing software should [...]
