Learning Night Photography

Night Photography: Finding Your Way in the Dark This book just arrived in the mail today and I can't wait to read it.  If you've read it before, let everyone know what you think and post a comment. I'd love to hear from you. This is what Better World Books has to say about it. Night photographers have one big thing in common: a true love of the dark.  Rather than looking at night photography as an extension of daytime shooting with added complications, they embrace the unique challenges of nocturnal photography for the tremendous wealth of creative opportunities it offers.  That's just what this book does. But if the idea of setting out into the deep, dark night with just your camera (and maybe a cup of coffee) gets your creative juices flowing, dive right in. Lance Keimig, one of the premier experts on night photography, has put together a comprehensive reference that will show you ways to capture images you never thought possible.  Good for beginners and pros alike, this book will teach you a few things. In this book you'll find history, theory, and lots of practical instruction on technique, all illustrated with clear, concise examples, diagrams and charts that reinforce the text, and inspiring color and black and white images from the author and other luminaries in the field.  *Includes the most complete information available for learning the art of light painting  *Emphasizes digital night photography with a concise chapter on film  *Stunning color and black and white images from some of the world's most well-known night photographers provide creative examples of the techniques discussed in the chapters  *Includes the most complete information available for learning the art of light painting  *Covers both film and digital shooting  *Stunning color and black and white images from some of the world's most well-known night photographers provide creative examples of the techniques discussed within the chapters. If this sounds good to you, click the button below to purchase your own copy and start learning a new technique.

You Tube Sunday - Sharpen your Photos

In this tutorial you will learn how to sharpen your photos. You will use the Unsharp Mask filter in Photoshop for complete control over the image's sharpness. Remember to use Layer Masks

You Tube Sunday - How To Create Multi-Colored Glowing Lines

There are a lot of people with similar tutorials to this one, but this one is pretty good.   This video tutorial will show you how to create the glowing lines effect but also show you how to variate the colors at the same time. Have fun using Photoshop in this tutorial.

Easy Online Editing

Here is some awesome news for those who don't have photoshop, you can make simple corrections to your photographs by using Adobe Photoshop's online Express Editor. It is really easy to use and you don't have to install anything on your computer. All you have to do is create an account and upload a photo from your computer to edit it. You can fix red eye, crop, re-size, adjust the exposure, lighting, or white balance, add text, and many more things. Its a quick and easy way to edit photos. 

How to turn Digital photos into B&W using photoshop

Black and white creates beautiful images. Black and white photos are often more beautiful and captivating than its colored counterpart. Sometimes color can act as a distraction and removing color can add more focus to an image.
However, with digital images, sometimes black and white images can look muddy. But here is one easy way to convert a color photo into B&W using Photoshop.

You Tube Sunday - Ansel Adams

Today we have a video from the Ansel Adam Documentary. If you haven't seen it yet, you might want to check out this short clip. The documentary has some amazing images from Ansel Adams.

Quotes of Photography

"You don't take a photograph, you make it." - Ansel Adams

"Photography is a way of feeling, of touching, of loving. What you have caught on film is captured forever... it remembers little things, long after you have forgotten everything." - Aaron Siskind

"Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still." - Dorothea Lange

"To me, photography is an art of observation. It's about finding something interesting in an ordinary place... I've found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them." - Elliott Erwitt


"There is only you and your camera. The limitations in your photography are in yourself, for what we see is what we are." - Ernst Haas

"Simply look with perceptive eyes at the world about you, and trust to your own reactions and convictions. Ask yourself: "Does this subject move me to feel, think and dream? Can I visualize a print - my own personal statement of what I feel and want to convey - from the subject before me?" -Ansel Adams

"A true photograph need not be explained, nor can it be contained in words." - Ansel Adams