Category: photography
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Doctoring Photographs with Captions
The documentary filmmaker, Errol Morris, interviews Hany Farid, a Dartmouth professor and an expert on digital photography, on using photography as a weapon. Of course, we all know that doctoring (photoshopping) photographs to make them dramatic, misleading, or politically controversial is a widespread issue (problem?), but what about using captions to influence? The photographs presented…
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25 Photography Tutorials
A list of 25 great photography tutorials and links – courtesy of Digital Photography School.
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Maciej Dakowicz
I’ve no idea how to pronounce his name, but Maciej Dakowicz’s photography speaks to me on a more… local level. Now living in Cardiff, his Cardiff at night set depicts wonderfully(?) what is to be expected on a Friday or Saturday night out in Cardiff. This video is also quite enlightening. Homepage Flickr Update: The…
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Guide to Road Trip Photography
I’ve thought before on how to document a road trip: it’s a tricky area with no perfect solution. Photojojo’s Ultimate Guide to Road Trip Photography has thrown a few more ideas into the mix. I like this suggestion: Make Your Own Postcards – Before you head out, read our tutorial on three easy ways to…
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Black and White Photography on Overcast Days
Wired’s How-To Wiki has a short and sweet article on Producing Terrific Black & White Photos. There’s a good tip for those who feel the need to go photographing on an overcast day: Most photographers will tell you that gloomy, overcast days are perfect for shooting in black and white. So the next time the…
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The Big Picture – Again!
Boston.com’s The Big Picture (“News Stories in Photographs”) must be the most linked-to current affairs/photography ‘blog’ in the past week. There’s a reason for this – it’s amazing.
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Daily Dose of Imagery
daily dose of imagery is a simple view of my day to day visual experience, or my personal photoblog. I post one photo a day on this web site. By Sam Javanrouh. The newest addition to my RSS reader.
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Remove Tourists from Your Photos
Holidaying soon? Avid photographer? Get annoyed by ‘tourists’ ruining your otherwise perfect pictures? Thanks to a Google Reader glitch this morning that has set the last two years worth of Lifehacker posts as unread, I’ve just spotted a wonderful post from dsphotographic on removing those pesky humans from your otherwise great photos. Every notable landmark…
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Photographer’s Rights in the UK
This morning I read an interesting BBC News article titled Innocent photographer or terrorist? that tackles the issue of illegal stop and searches of photographers and the growing incidence of this in the UK. A good accompaniment to my previous post, The Photo Police. It reminded me of this handy little booklet on Photographers’ Rights…
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The Photo Police
All too often we hear stories of over-zealous security officials hassling innocent photographers doing what comes naturally: taking photos of beautiful structures in the public domain. It appears this is now happing in Dubai with people with SLRs being prevented from photographing the awe-inspiring Burj Al Arab hotel (in order to “protect the hotel’s image”).…