Entries from June 2008

Photoshop Friday Plugins: Bleach Bypass

Date June 27, 2008

Here’s a cool plugin from Red Paw Media called Bleach Bypass. In the past with film processing, bleach bypassing involved the partial or complete skipping of the bleaching stage during the processing of a colour film, resulting in a contrasty image with muted colours. This is a great little plugin which mimics the […]

Vignetting for Mood

Date June 25, 2008

Sometimes it’s nice to go out with some friends and just have some fun shooting photos. On this day, I set out to mindfully shoot photos which I planned to post-process using an extreme vignetting effect. Vignetting is a natural effect which can occur when shooting with certain lenses at wide apertures. Sometimes, rather than […]

This Week in the Forums…

Date June 23, 2008

The PhotographyBB Forums are alive and kicking with all sorts of discussions, but I wanted to spice things up a bit and resume our Photoshop Movie Trivia Challenge. For those of you who have not seen or heard of this before, I have posted some images from various movies where the characters have been “Photoshopped […]

Photoshop Friday Plugins: AutoFX Dreamy Photo

Date June 19, 2008

Here’s a really cool free plugin from Auto FX Software called “Dreamy Photo”, which does just what it says; it turns your image into a “dreamy” looking photo! Since it’s coming from the fine folks at Auto FX Software, you can be assured of a high quality free plugin, with lots of sliders to play […]

HDR Books: Learn the Technique

Date June 19, 2008

Due to an overwhelming amount of requests on recommendations for books on HDR Photography and techniques, I have put together the following list of available books on HDR. The following books are all available on sale through our affiliate arrangement with Amazon, at prices below retail! If you are interested in learning more about HDR […]

Photoshop Friday Plugins: virtualPhotographer

Date June 13, 2008

Starting today, we’re going to be taking our blog in a new direction. Each day of the week we’ll have something new and exciting to read about, download, or learn from! Today, we’ll be kicking off the friday installment by highlighting some of the best free plugins for Photoshop.

virtualPhotographer by OptikVerve Labs has got to […]

PhotographyBB Online Magazine: Issue 5

Date June 10, 2008

PhotographyBB Releases Issue #5 of our Free PDF Magazine
Press Release:
VANCOUVER, CANADA, JUNE 10th, 2008 - PhotographyBB announced today, the release of the fifth edition of the PhotographyBB Online Magazine. By way of download in either PDF or ZIP formats, PhotographyBB continues its trend through the future of free downloadable magazine distribution. In a completely ad-free […]

SnapFish Promotion Extended for Summer

Date June 4, 2008

HP SnapFish has extended the highly popular 50 free prints offer for summertime! If you missed the promotion last month, it’s slightly changed. You still get 50 prints absolutely free (with no catch!), and you’ll also receive a free 8×10 print. Additionally, if you decide to order more prints, additional prints are only a […]