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Digital Photography

DT&G gets lots and lots of inquiries and questions about digital cameras and digital photography. A lot of people are puzzled with the array of features whistles and bells when facing a switch to a digital camera. Let's take a look at some aspects of the field of digital photography -- and as always, please join the discussions in the Design Café and Photoshop 911 forums at www.dtg-forums.com/

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Reviews: Help for Digital Photographers

Digital Photography This month we focus on digital photography and getting ready for the spring/summer shooting season...
Digital Photography Companion the practical photography advice you can take anywhere
Digital Photography digital photography from the ground up
The Photograph for the serious intermediate and advanced photographer
Photonic for Flickr Mac OS X's first full Flickr application
LightZone access to extensive video tutorials
Ultimate photo retouch kit for PROs ONLY!

Photographic Image Processing for Leopard

Jade image processing Jade uses state-of-the-art algorithms to enhance color, contrast and dynamic range -- it's an easy-to-use image enhancement and batch processing tool that will automatically improve digital images ... powerful Image Processing for Leopard

Make yourself a PhotoBook

Photobook Here's a great gift idea for your entire list ... make a PhotoBook -- hardcover photo albums -- using the Unibind PhotoBook Creator thermal binding machine ... Make yourself a PhotoBook

LightZone photo editing software

LightZone for Apple OS X Leopard presents innovative and powerful photo editing capabilities with support for a number of new digital cameras, available for both the PC and Mac -- LightZone photo editing software

Chroma Keying Plugin for Mac

Most people don't need Chroma key support in their daily lives. But when you need it, you need it -- and when it has to be perfect, DVDxDV Veescope Key gets the job done as a professional chroma keying plugin for Final Cut Studio and Motion. Chroma Keying Plugin for Mac

7 Megapixels for the price of 4

DXG 7 Megapixel digital camera - Compact Design, 3X Optical Zoom, Large 2.5 High Res LCD, User-Friendly Features at an affordable price. DXG 7 Megapixel digital camera

The camera that plays games

DXG 589V digital camcorderQuite frankly, we didn't believe this new camera until we actually played some games! The new DXG 589V has added the ability to become the Gameboy of the family along with 5mpx photos, video, audio recording, and even MP3 playback. It's the perfect family vacation companion... DXG-589V, digital camera/camcorder plays games

All-in-one Digital Camera

DXG-506VWhen my brother showed up at a reception with one of these little 'palm-sized' cameras, I have to admit I was skeptical. (Being a digital imaging professional!) But, when I began to really take a look at the results-- WOW -- I was blown away. You'll like these... All-in-one Digital Camera

Deke McClelland shows how to fix color cast in Photoshop

Fixing color cast in PhotoshopUsing photos in promotions? Taking photos at events and gatherings over the coming weeks? Chances are, you'll encounter the dreaded "color cast" problem. Thanks to Deke, now you'll know how to Fix Color Cast in Photoshop

Travel and PHOTOGRAPHY Off the Charts

Reader Scott Eccleston says: "This book is a delight, one of those books that you feel fortunate to have in your hands. And it's really more than one book -- it's five books slipped into one cover" ... Travel and PHOTOGRAPHY Off the Charts

Traditional to Digital Photography

Scanning Negatives and Slides: Digitizing Your Photographic Archives provides the knowledge necessary to bridge the gap between analog (traditional) and digital photography. Traditional to Digital Photography

Mastering Landscape Photography

Thirteen essays on landscape photography by master photographer Alain Briot covers practical, technical, and aesthetic aspects of photography -- helps build and refine your skills Mastering Landscape Photography

Visiting Digital Photographers

Click Here Photo Opportunities? Finding great photo opportunities can be a challenge. But when a wonderful photo subject follows you around every day, all you have to do is realize when to shoot. Enjoy these delightful photos and commentary by Penina Finger, Design Professional from Atlanta, Georgia
Click Here Capturing Life's Memorable Moments - visit Kevin O'Connell freelance photographer from N.Y., who finds his creativity in restoration and retouching with Photoshop.
Click Here Visions of Dubai - Pal Singh, professional print designer in Dubai, United Arab Emirates brings some unusual "Digital Photography" views of Dubai.
Click Here Particular Visions - Cile Bailey, professional photographer from Louisiana says "..Look who's watching!"
Click Here There's A Fog Upon The Lake - Beth Rogers, freelance designer and photographer, takes us outdoors for some Alabama scenery

Building ealistic, complicated shadows

Shadows 20-year photo retouching veteran Glenn Honiball returns with another tutorial for building shadows -- creating a shadow for a more intricate object, then placing it into a landscape! Realistic, complicated shadows in Photoshop

Digital Photo Vacation

Packing up and heading out for vacation this summer? Take your digital camera and take some great photos with these brief: Digital Photo Tips.

Digital Cameras On The Go

We'll follow our last article on "Digital Vacations" with some more tips and tricks for traveling with your digital camera. We'll touch on some position strategies, lighting situations, tripods, and sharing/showing your photos online... Digital Cameras On The Go

Swimming with Sharks

SharkMike Berceanu, one of Australia's premier photographers welds an underwater camera, a trusting little girl and several hungry sharks into this frightening yet truly wonderful visual masterpiece... Swimming with Sharks

Buying Digital Cameras

Technology has reduced the old photographic techniques of film and developing nearly to the point of extinction - eBay specialist Malcolm Silberman talks about getting the best deal on digital cameras at eBay...Buying Digital Cameras

Digital Photography RAW

Anyone who is serious about digital photography and wants to produce the best possible picture needs to shoot and process RAW... this book will help Digital Photographers Go RAW

Slideshows in a Picture Frame2005 BEST

image moments just plug in a memory card and you've got a really cool way to show your digital photos -- in their own wood picture frame complete with sound and video... Image Moments

World-Wide Camera & Photographic Equipment Directory

Here's a page of our favorite camera stores as researched and proofed by our friend Doug Clifford... Camera Store Directory by U.S. State, and directory to World-wide camera repair, equipment and resellers

PMDA Announces Person Of The Year Awards

Given to Photo Luminaries for Lifetime & Technical Achievement and Professional Photographers. PMDA has announced the prestigious Awards given to outstanding individuals and services in the photographic industry PMDA Awards

Never Run Out of Memory Card Space

Picture PorterPicture Porter Digital Photo Album does it Securely -- Keep on Snapping Photos - Save Photos on the Road into this stylishly cool portable digital photo album. Save and view digital photos and video on a hard drive wherever you go... Picture Porter Digital Photo Album

Take Spectacular Nighttime Photos

Photography expert Andrew Malek shares tips on taking spectacular nighttime photos with your Digital Camera ...

Photographing your dreams...

fantasy photographyA lucky few are in the right place at the right time to see a princess-warrior -- clad in skins and chain-mail -- emerging from the woods with her companion wolf! Can you photograph such things? With the help of Victor Ciccarelli, you can. On this field trip we'll visit a place where you can actually photograph your dreams...

Home Run Baseball Photography Tips

Andrew Malek shares tips and tricks for photographing Baseball -- America's Pastime! Follow along for opportunities to capture Home Run Baseball Photography!

Desktop Photography

Curtin We've updated and refreshed an article, first published here several years ago by Dennis Curtin, expert professional photographer and author of the Short Course Photography books, Digital Photography from the Desktop
Includes reference bibliography of best training books!

Photography 101

Kelly Nature photographer Kelly Poal gives sage advice for those wishing to jump into photography... film photography that is! If you've never realized the thrill of capturing the image on film, perhaps you should. Follow along as our guest author clues you in with Photography 101

4 Megapixel digital camera under $200

Low end 4 Megapixel digital camera with 3x optical zoom, and 30 Frames per second for movies comes in under $200... Concord believes people want better digital photos for less... Maybe this is what they're looking for

Photo Mosaics

colorPhoto Mosaics are photographic images or pictures made up of many, usually hundreds, of smaller photographic images. Viewed very closely, the small tile images can be recognized as individual photos, but at a distance, the composite of these images make up an entirely different image. So we asked the DTG readers to help us learn all about Photo Mosaics

Digital Photos to Presentations...

With all the great programs like iView and iPhoto for the Mac, Windows readers wonder what they can use... so, we turn to Scott Kilborn from ACE Camera Magazine, to share some details about ProShow Gold 2.0 slide show and presentation software

Do you believe what you see?

Is it getting more difficult to believe news photos these days? There are ethical guidelines that photographers and photo editors should be aware of. We have a duty to report the truth. See 60-Second Window #168: Ethics in Digital Photography

Living Digital Photography

Editor commentary on how to make your digital camera provide a better return on your investment... How many times have you said: "Darn, I wish I had my camera!" Well, perhaps you should take your camera along. Try ... Living Digital Photography

Special Feature: Why Black & White?

Featured guest writer Robert Bruce Duncan provides us with a rich commentary on the virtues of black and white photography. Must reading for all graphic designers and photographers. With introduction by Scott Kilborn of Ace Camera Magazine and AceCam.com ... Why Black & White?

Digital Photography Guides!

40 Digital Photography Retouching Techniques, and 40 Digital Photography Techniques for Beginners by leading South Korean photography expert Zack Lee give you everything you need for stunning digital photography and image editing techniques. Just what the (digital) doctor ordered!

Interview: Katrin Eismann

Join us as we take a short visit to the studios of Katrin Eismann, Photoshop Diva, and author of "Photoshop Restoration & Retouching" to chat a bit about retouching, black & white photography, and what's coming up in the world of Photoshop! In the "Diva of Photo retouching and restoration"

Digital Camera's Best Friend

What's the most welcome gift for the digital camera owner... Memory! More specifically: storage. Prices are lower than ever on storage media for digital cameras. More importantly, are the new devices hitting the markets that utilize the same storage as digital cameras -- so you can never have enough Digital Camera Storage

Awesomely Good Minolta Film Scanner

D'Lynn takes a look at the Minolta DiMage Scan Dual III, which is under $300, and compares scans from other scanners costing many times more! See her full story of the Minolta DiMage Scan Dual III

Creating Grid Masks in Photoshop

How to do a cool crop of your digital photos? A reader wrote Photoshop 911 for help creating gridded montages... patterns and channels to the rescue! "Grid Masks are fun!"

Photoshop: Improve a photo with the Extract Filter

Clean up a client's digital photo, change colors of the subject, eliminate the "burn-in" of the flash, and lift the subject from the background for a depth of field effect -- using various techniques, most notably
The Photoshop 6 & 7 Extract Filter

Perspective Insets in Photoshop

Putting your digital photos to work! A reader wrote Photoshop 911 -- so we show how to create crafty insets using Transformation and layers for perspective in Photoshop! "Putting your digital photos to work!"

Perspective Correction for Photoshop

Speaking of perspective, photographing buildings can create some perspective problems. Follow along as Dr. D'Lynn Waldron points out some pit-falls of perspective, and demonstrates how ImageAlign Pro can solve those headaches in Photoshop. "Image Align Pro"

Photoshop: Projected Shadows

This reader writes in to learn about creating a projected shadow from typography. How could we resist? See: "Projected Shadows"

Photoshop 911 Call Reports

Here comes this month's batch of reports from the Photoshop 911 call line. The most interesting is how one user solves the problem of removing the background from multiple shots of a rotating product for a 3D video... there are seven others, and you'll want to read them all:
In the Photoshop 911 FAQ department

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