By Steve Bain
Creating virtually any kind of glass-like effect is by far a favorite of most Web graphic or interface designers. There’s nothing more satisfying than having the ability to create simulated lighting effects in a virtual, dust-free environment. Thanks to CorelDRAW’s interactive effects,...
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on Thu, Mar 18 2010
Filed under: coreldraw, Technique, illustration, Special Effects, Tips, Transparent highlights, Beginner, Contour effect, CorelDraw tutorials, Depth effect, Glass bead, Glass effect, Lighting effects
Sometimes the simplest solutions arise from watching those who don’t know how, doing. I can remember seeing poorly lit photos caused by my father’s errant finger’s covering the flash. Hmmm, thought I…
If you look back at my article on the Budget Product Shot, you will recall I made a flash diffuser for...
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on Wed, Dec 9 2009
Filed under: Gear Tips, Technique, flash, lighting, point and shoot, finger
As many of you have guessed the previous post was an HDR image made through the Photomatix software tool for blending bracketed exposures. What would happen if HDR software didn’t exist? What if I were left to work with only the best exposure? Here is the same picture minus HDR… only one exposure...
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on Mon, Oct 5 2009
Filed under: Technique, Pretty Pictures, Opinions and Musings, lightroom, waterfall, fall colors
“Now there’s a look in your eyes, like black holes in the sky.” ~ Shine on, you crazy diamond – Pink Floyd
Common sense sometimes yields the best results when it comes to people photography. When photographing a person, the eyes truly are the window to the soul. When we are attracted to person, [......
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on Fri, Sep 25 2009
Filed under: Photography, Technique, lighting, studio lighting, eyes, pupil, iris
A Video Investigation-right up the middle:
A lapse of photographic judgment recently produced three very appropriate test files for examining the usefulness of the “expose right” ideology in digital photography. I was shooting bracketed exposures of a church in rural North Dakota with HDR...
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on Fri, Aug 21 2009
Filed under: Photography, Technique, lightroom, Expose Right, histogram, exposure