Lomo Photo

Like photo that looks like old photo or lomo shots?

But you don’t know how to make it?

Let’s follow these steps that made by Brian Auer, who is a photography enthusiast. Well, first of all, Read what Vignette is as Brian Auer explained here.

Vignette (pronounced vin-’yet) is a sort of framing element that you’ll sometimes see in photos (particularly older photos or Lomo shots), in which the image fades out toward the corners. It’s most commonly seen as a fade out to black, but white is also used sometimes. The vignette can be a powerful element of the photo because it has a natural tendency to draw the eye toward the center of the photo.

Vignette can be produced naturally if you’re using a lens intended for a smaller medium (like using a dSLR lens on a film SLR), because parts of the lens actually block out some of the light from hitting the sensor or film. There are a few other methods of getting the vignette effect, but the simplest of them is with Photoshop. Also, using Photoshop will allow you a wider range of control since it can be adjusted many times without destroying pixels.

1. DO THIS AS YOUR LAST STEP IN PHOTOSHOP!!!
2. Create a new empty layer on top of the stack. Ctrl + Alt + Shift + N
3. Fill the layer with pure white. Shift + Backspace
4. Set the blend mode to “Multiply”. Alt + Shift + M
5. Apply the vignette filter to the new layer.
   Filter >> Distort >> Lens Correction…
6. Mess with the “Amount” and “Midpoint” sliders in the “Vignette” section.
7. Press “OK”, and now you have art!

You’ve officially added vignette to the photo in a non-destructive manner using Photoshop. If you decide to come back to the photo at a later time and you want to change the vignette, just refill the top layer with white and repeat lens correction. This isn’t the only way to do this (and I apologize to those who don’t use Photoshop), but it’s the easiest and safest way that I know of.

Enjoy trying!!

Pros and Cons software with HDR

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HDR stands for High Dynamic Range.
It’s a feature in Photoshop CS2 or Photomatix or FDRTools.

But … there are pros and cons about what the best software with HDR.
No matter which software you want to use, you’d better take it as a trial, and then you can decide which software you prefer to use for your photos in HDR.

You can read the following discussion about pros and cons: Discussing What is HDR in HDR

For one more information about HDR tutorial which written by a great travel photographer: HDR Tutorial - New and Improved for 2008!

Just try and then decide which one you want to use. Good idea, isn’t it?

RAW Files with Adobe Lightroom

"Why do we read so often that it is best to shoot your images in RAW and not as jpegs?"

• If you're curious about that, just read at: Processing RAW Files in Adobe Lightroom
• If you're interested in shooting in RAW, but you don't know how to do it. All right, no worries, you can also check out Adobe Lightroom tutorial with video: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Tutorials by Michael Tapes
• If you want to know more about Adobe Lightroom, you can read at: Blogs about: Adobe Lightroom
  
  Are you ready to shoot in RAW? Well, good luck for you.
  
  

Software is good to use with RAW

If you wish to shoot in RAW, but you're confused by what software is good to use with RAW. This information was written by Daren Rowse, who is a great digital photography writer.

• Microsoft RAW Image Thumbnailer and Viewer for Windows XP (essential for Windows based photographers)
• Picasa (Free!)
• Adobe Photoshop CS or CS2
• RawShooter Premium (recently bought by Adobe)
• ACD See (for Digital Asset Management)
• Portfolio Extensis 8 (for Digital Asset Management)
• iView Media Pro (DAM, recently bought by Microsoft)
• BreezeBrowser Pro (DAM, I also love their Downloader Pro for use with my card readers)
• Adobe Lightroom (beta)
• Capture One
• IrfanView
• DXO Optics Pro
• Picture Window Pro
• the software that came with your camera
• more software comes out all the time…

Enjoy shooting in RAW!!

RAW format and JPEG format Pros and Cons

Curious about what RAW and JPEG format are? Do they have pros and cons? Just read this article by Jim Goldstein.

RAW format is often a proprietary format of a particular camera make. RAW files hold all the RAW data captured by the camera. Unlike conventional photography where light is exposed against film with a specific chemical formulation to provide deep saturation or soft skin tones that would otherwise be automatically applied based on the type of film used, RAW digital files contain raw data that is uninterrupted and unaltered. RAW files in their simplest description can be thought of as digital negatives. They are a pre-production starting point.

JPEG format compresses image data into a smaller file size. In theory, a JPEG file contains less data (how much depends on the specified size and compression/quality settings) than an equivalent RAW file, but is able to closely reproduce an image once fully loaded. When saving an image with photo editing software it is possible to save an image with different levels of JPEG compression. This enables you to create files that take less storage space sacrificing how well the file displays or take up more storage space to more accurately reproduce the original image.

Format Pros & Cons:

The Pros of RAW format:

• RAW is a digital negative holding all of the data captured by your camera providing you a foundational element to which to apply all of your edits to with no sacrifice of image quality.

• RAW file software editors allow you to quickly and easily change the output of your image such as adjusting exposure, white balance, noise reduction, image size (interpolation), saturation, contrast, levels, curves, sharpness, output resolution, bits/channel, etc.

• RAW file software editors allow you to load saved adjustment settings and some even enables users to batch process a group of files versus making changes to one file at a time.

The Cons of RAW format:

• RAW files take up more space on your camera's compact flash card or micro drive than other formats.

• RAW files require you conduct some degree of post processing via photo editing software to convert your image to an editable file type for editing, printing and/or online display.

• RAW file software editors have a learning curve, even if mild, and for the uninitiated can be intimidating at first.

• Batch processing and/or loading multiple files may tax slower machines and require more computer RAM to keep your software running smoothly.

The Pros of JPEG format:

• JPEG is a file format that has been adopted as a standard and can be loaded in a variety of programs making display easy and simple.

• JPEG files take up less space on your camera's compact flash card or micro drive than other formats.

• JPEGs can be loaded easily by most all image editing software applications, requiring no intermediate steps.

• Most dSLRs enable you to choose what size JPEG files (S, M, or L) to save to your compact flash card or micro drive when shooting. This enables you to use smaller images that are easier to handle for email attachments, web display or as an alternate preview mechanism if your camera supports saving files in JPEG and RAW formats simultaneously.

The Cons of JPEG format:

• JPEGs are not a lossless file format. Each time the file is saved data is compressed, with some data being lost in the process. The net impact can be loss of color saturation, color range and sharpness.

• JPEG files reflect a one-time interpretation of your subject based on the settings of your camera (white balance, exposure settings and output resolution, etc.). Altering these settings and re-outputting a new file, as you can with a RAW file, is not possible. What you capture is what you get.

• Interpolating or upsizing an image initially saved as a JPEG can result in less than ideal results. Some 3rd party software applications can do this better than others, but you’re still dependent on using another software application to get the job done.

• With specific types of photographed scenes JPEG compression artifacts can appear in prints.

Hopefully, this article is very helpful for you and it's up to you which format you want to use.

Photo Shop Video Tutorial

Have you ever seen kinds of these photos?

Original ( Miss Aniela's photos)

Manipulated ( Miss Aniela's photos)

Yes, Miss Aniela is a self-portrait artist. She's one of the most popular artists as well as a great digital-manipulator.

Want to be a great digital-manipulator?
So, how could you be such a great manipulator?
Why not try learning Photo Shop through video tutorial? That's probably the best way to do it because you get to follow the steps of a quick Photo Shop video tutorial.

Nowadays, many people really want to know how to learn Adobe Photo Shop tutorial, but most people prefer Photo Shop video tutorial because you don't have to need a long-winded explanation; just needs how to do each step.

Let's visit at 101 Photo Tips

Learning Photo Shop is now very easy thanks to video tutorial. Exactly!! So grab a video tutorial instead.

Landscape Photographers

For who likes taking shots of landscape, I recommend you reading "Six Situations Where Tripods are Essential for Landscape Photographers" which written at:

Six Situations Where Tripods Are Essential For Landscape Photographers

That article is very useful for you who want to be a great landscape photographer someday or even who is really lazy to take the tripods out which are supposed to realize that the tripods are very fruitful to take better landscape photographs.

Enjoy taking landscape photos!