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June 05, 2007

Photosynth

Microsoft live labs have released Photosynth which takes a large collection of photos of a place or an object, analyzes them for similarities, and then displays the photos in a reconstructed three-dimensional space, showing you how each one relates to the next. A demo was shown at TED 2007

May 17, 2007

Photographic contrast techniques

A good look at how to get the most out of the blacks and whites of your digital images in Photoshop.

April 26, 2007

Photoshop CS3 review

Ars Technica review Adobe's recently released version of Photoshop CS3

April 25, 2007

Camera phones -v- Digital Cameras

Cnet compare the picture quality from a Nokia 6300 (2 megapixel camera phone), Sony Ericsson K810i (3.2 megapixel camera phone) , Nokia N95 (5 megapixel camera phone) , Canon IXUS 70 (7.1 megapixel compact digital camera) and the Canon 400D (10 megapixel digital SLR) - the results are interesting.

April 02, 2007

curator:photo


A simple new system for the displaying and swapping of 6"x4" photographic prints.

Designed to encourage the swapping of images so only your most up-to-date images are on display - the curator:photo

March 29, 2007

What makes a great photo?

Joerg Colberg asks the question What makes a great photo?

February 26, 2007

World Press Photo of the Year

Spencer Platt's image of young Lebanese 'hipsters' driving through a devastated neighborhood in South Lebanon.

January 06, 2007

Photographing food

Considered one of the most difficult specialties for professional photographers, food photography - a good look at how you can get that steam and melted butter looking 'just right'

January 01, 2007

How to make an inexpensive light tent

Using a simple carboard box, here is a step by step guide to making your own light tent for product photography.

November 16, 2006

Take better camera phone photos

Some tips from Lifehacker to help make the most of the camera on your phone

November 01, 2006

Buying a Digital SLR

How do you know what digital SLR to buy?

Julia Fullerton-Batten

Eerie elegant photography from London based photographer Julia Fullerton-Batten

Polaroid SX-70 film

Earlier this year Polaroid stopped producing film for the SX-70 but luckily they have reached a deal with unsaleable to start re-selling a new improved blend of film

September 14, 2006

The lost city of Chernobyl

A photographic look at Chernobyl - 20 years after the city was abandoned

Top 10 cameras used on Flickr

A list of the most popular cameras used by Flickr users has been put together by using the EXIF information found on the images uploaded.

July 31, 2006

Cameraphone accessories

Greenbulb have a couple of cheap simple accessories for your mobile phone camera. The greenbulb 'Colour flash cube' and the SS mirror to help you take self portraits

July 21, 2006

Photography questions

10 questions to ask yourself before taking a photograph - What story am I telling? Am I close enough? What is in the Background?

July 05, 2006

Photoshop tips & tricks

If you use Adobe Photoshop, then this resource of tips & tricks could come in handy

June 30, 2006

Flickr tag browser

An easy to use flash browser for Flickr

June 20, 2006

Phil Toledano

Surreal photography from New York photographer Phil Toledano

June 07, 2006

The Press Photographer's year 2006

A wonderful collection of press photography for 2006

Slideshow Pro

A flash photo gallery application for viewing your images online - Slideshow Pro

May 31, 2006

The Photography Channel

Movies documenting the role photography plays in storytelling

May 30, 2006

Photojojo

A great little photography blog/newsletter - photojojo

DIY Concert photography

Some good tips on taking photographs at live concerts

May 25, 2006

Marketing photo clichés

The top 10 marketing stock photography clichés

May 18, 2006

Photography tips

If shutter speed, aperture and ISO confuse you then here is a good primer from Photography Jam

April 07, 2006

Everystockphoto

Search through multiple stock photography libraries with this new online photography search engine

April 04, 2006

LEICA C-LUX 1

The LEICA C-LUX 1 has an extended focal length range equivalent to a 28-102 mm takes images at 6.1mp and looks really good (the camera that is not sure about the photos). If the brand and camera styling isn't that important you could always try the panasonic version

February 14, 2006

High Dynamic Range photography

By blending the dynamic range of your photographs you can get the best out of the light that was available to you. Here are some good examples in Flickr and if you have Photoshop CS2 here is a tutorial on how to do it if not here is a photoshop plugin

January 20, 2006

Konica-Minolta quits camera business

After more than 103 years, the camera maker Konica-Minolta has decided to call it quits.

January 12, 2006

Adobe Lightroom

Adobe has released (in beta - for free download) their new photography software 'Lightroom', some see it as a competitor to Apple's Aperture.

December 07, 2005

Colourize Black and White Photographs

This Windows software, is a great little tool for adding colour to your black and white photographs

November 28, 2005

Online photo sharing

First there was Flickr now there is 23 - the very 'web 2.0' of online photograph sharing.

November 18, 2005

8 basic steps to image editing

A simple list of image editing steps to make the most of your photographs.

October 27, 2005

The Power of Pictures

Historical figures have always manipulated their photo opportunities to present the image that they wish the public to believe. This 'perceptual encouragement' is discussed at Fotolia Blog

October 20, 2005

Apple photo editing software

Apple have just released 'Aperture' what looks like a direct competitor to Adobe's Photoshop.

October 11, 2005

NorthSouthEastWest

Magnum photography documenting the effects of climate change.

October 10, 2005

Photo printing

Home photo printers have been falling in price - but so have the 'per print' costs at photo labs. Which is the cheapest?

September 15, 2005

Photoshopping faces

If you are looking for tips on 'cleaning up' your portrait photography then try these tips from Lunacore

August 16, 2005

Photo Fakery

Some tricks used and how to spot them

August 15, 2005

The Lomo effect

The Lomo (Russian cameras from the cold war era) are very popular for their image quality and style. But if you don't want to part with your digital camera for a film one then here is some tips on getting the same look with your digital photos.

August 12, 2005

Donald Weber

Photographer Donald Weber has some interesting photography from the Ukraine - The Underclass and its Bosses

August 02, 2005

Jonathon Keats 100 year photograph

Gizmodo have IMterviewed artist Jonathon Keats about his latest project - a photograph that takes 100 years to expose

July 29, 2005

Photography from the street

Some dark imagery from the mean streets of Brooklyn, Brazil, Europe and Cuba - Boogie via Josh Spear

July 26, 2005

Digital Rangefinder camera

Epson have released their R-D1 digital rangefinder camera that accepts Leica M and L lenses. The images are as sharp as you would expect from a Rangefinder camera, but so is the price.

July 22, 2005

Digital Photography

Are we taking better photographs?

iPhoto

If you use iPhoto to catalogue your digital images then this article gives some good advice on how to keep it in control.

July 14, 2005

Making Room

Some nice photography projects and a good flash interface - Making Room and some more good photography/design from Angela Lidderdale - via k10k

July 13, 2005

Processing a digital photo

A good lesson in shooting your photo's in RAW format and post processing in photoshop.

July 12, 2005

Archival Inkjet Printing

PCWorld has an interesting article on the current state of archival injet printers and papers

July 11, 2005

Photography Lessons

A good site with online photography lessons that range from creating your own studio lighting set-up (cheaply) and getting the most out of your camera settings - Morguefile

July 01, 2005

Escape Route

An Australian photography site with an interesting flash interface

June 27, 2005

New York 70's Nightlife

Allan Tannenbaum caught some interesting moments of the New York nightlife in the 70's

Yotophoto

A stock photography search engine - Yotophoto

June 24, 2005

The Big Picture

The Feature talk to John Poisson, leader of Sony Corporation's mobile media research and design groups in Tokyo, about the use of mobile phone cameras.

June 23, 2005

Kodak to discontinue B&W paper

With Black and White photography only one click of the mouse away, Kodak have decided to stop producing black and white photo paper.

June 07, 2005

Changing the photography business model

The advent of digital technology has greatly changed the distribution and production of photography. Because of this some Photolabs are refusing to print professional looking photographs out of fear that they will be breaking copyright. Professional photographers are also having to change their business model from a 'per print' model to an hourly rate.

May 05, 2005

Nikon Digital

The new Nikon digital cameras are being challenged by the creators of photoshop as well as their users for not giving up control of the white balance data in the photographs. Nikon suggest they need to do this to give the tightest integration possible - while Thomas Knoll from Adobe says it is just a way for them to sell their software 'Nikon Capture'

May 03, 2005

Cyril De La Torre

A nice photography portfolio site

April 21, 2005

Nikon D50

Nikon have today released their new 'entry level' digital SLR. The 6.1 megapixel camera comes with a New AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm lense.

April 06, 2005

Free Stock Photography

A good list of free stock photography resources

March 30, 2005

The best of Photojournalism for 2005

A good collection of photography

March 29, 2005

Context Photography

Using cameras to capture more than just light, speed and focus - Context Photography looks at capturing other environmental products.

March 18, 2005

Flickr

Tagged photo sharing - do a search

February 23, 2005

Matthew Mahon

Nice Flash photography portfolio site

February 03, 2005

The Vanity

The Vanity Fair Hollywood issue has a cover shot taken by Annie Leibovitz showing 10 famous actresses - the analysis is less flattering

January 28, 2005

Film vs Digital

An indepth look at the differences of shooting on film or shooting digitally

January 24, 2005

Photography blogs

Conscientious - a weblog about photography and coincidences and Photoblogs (a directory of photoblogs)

January 23, 2005

Lee Miller

A good collection of some of her work.

January 18, 2005

Long time lapse photography

Michael Wesely has developed a process for taking photographs with extremely long shutter speeds - some as long as a year.

December 16, 2004

Photo printers

Tests show that home photography printers can be better than getting your prints developed at a photo lab.

December 13, 2004

Found Photos

An interesting 'portfolio' of photography that has been found on the streets of Buenos Aires

December 07, 2004

The Paparazzi badge

Hewlett-Packard are developing a badge that celebrities can wear that will blur any digital cameras that attempt to take photo's of them.

November 18, 2004

Invasive camera photography

Should a flash be added to all camera phones to stop people taking covert images with their camera phones?

November 16, 2004

Sumo Brothers

Some nice photography

November 04, 2004

iN-PUBLiC

A wonderful selection of street photography.