Entries from February 2008

Photography Tips: Depth Of Field

Date February 29, 2008

In the first issue of the PhotographyBB Online Magazine, Kenneth Fagan gave us a good look at how apertures can control the depth of field when taking a photo. Here is a nice video tutorial demonstrating how controlling your lens’ apertures can create the different depth of field effects in your images, especially when shooting […]

Photoshop Action: Dave’s Vignetting Action

Date February 27, 2008

There is a new Photoshop action available in the PhotographyBB Actions Downloads Page. The new action is entitled “Vignetting Action Pack,” which will assist you in adding either a dark vignette or a light vignette around your image. A vignette is actually a type of lens distortion, however, many photographers find this favourable and actually […]

What Top Photo Pros Know: Focus on Capture

Date February 27, 2008

February 25, 2008 10:00 AM Eastern Time
COPENHAGEN, Denmark–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Digital imaging technology advancements have opened the floodgates. Never before has image capture been this fast or this easy.
But as market research firm InfoTrends documents image capture volumes dramatically rising, it’s important to understand that “capture” is more than the first […]

Digital Photography Video Lessons - Skin Tone

Date February 26, 2008

Here’s the first in a nice series of video tutorials on achieving perfect exposure for skin tones. Have a look at the video below (RSS Subscribers please visit our site to see the video). This tutorial covers basic camea technique along with basic post processing skills for achieving nice skintones in your photos.

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New Book by Matt Kloskowski Takes on ”The Most Powerful Feature in Adobe® Photoshop®”

Date February 22, 2008

Layers: “The Complete Guide to Photoshop’s Most Powerful Feature“
Teaches Tips & Techniques for Making the Most Out of Adobe Photoshop

Press Release: TAMPA, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– If you want to use Adobe® Photoshop® like a pro, then you have to master the Photoshop tool that the pros rely on most - Layers. That’s […]

“Did You Just Grab My Rss?”

Date February 21, 2008

Ok ok… I know what that looks like! The PhotographyBB RSS Feed is now fully functioning, so please feel free to subscribe to the feed to receive all the latest site news, updates, free actions and more. You can subscribe by clicking on the RSS button or by email in the top right box on […]

Last Lunar Eclipse Until 2010

Date February 20, 2008

Feb 20th, 2008 - Dust off your tripods folks! Tonight there will be a very special celestial event, presenting a wonderful photographic opportunity.
Tonight, photographers and amateur astronomers will have a wonderful opportunity to see and photograph the last lunar eclipse until the year 2010. Provided the weather cooperates, the lunar eclipse can be seen tonight in North and South […]

How Free is Free Anyways?

Date February 18, 2008

PhotographyBB Puts HP’s Snapfish to the Test!
As some of you may have noticed, we are advertising the HP Snapfish promotion for February:20 FREE PRINTS at Snapfish!
Before putting this on the site for you all to try, I decided to take advantage of this offer to find out just how free “free” is. The first thing […]

New Action Available - Blurred Frame Action

Date February 18, 2008

There is a new and (best of all) free Photoshop® action available for download from the PhotographyBB Actions Download Page! It’s called the Blurred Frame Action Pack. This action pack will allow you to display your images in style with ONE CLICK of the mouse. The action takes your existing image, and creates a blurred […]

Apple Packs More Power into Aperture 2

Date February 16, 2008

Apple’s latest announcement came tuesday Feb 12th, 2008, where they announced the release of Aperture 2. This news should thrill owners of the first version, as loads of new imaging tools, next-generation RAW processing, and faster performance will make working with Aperture even better. Mac owners should be proud! Aperture 2 is available at a […]