Entries from August 2008

Getting Lost in the Post-Processing Shuffle?

Date August 29, 2008

A member on our forums recently brought up the interesting and sometimes controversial topic of photography when it comes to “shooting it right” vs “post processing to make our photo look right.” It’s a good question that we must all ask ourselves as photographers. I myself, am guilty of shooting photos thinking, “I can make […]

Photography Assignments #4: Aug 28th - Sept 8th

Date August 28, 2008

I’d like to start by thanking everyone who participated in the third Photography Assignments Challenge: “Windows.” We had such a great turnout and so many fantastic photos submitted with a wide range of creative photographic styles. It’s time now for the fourth bi-weekly challenge! Your assignment for the next two weeks, is to bring […]

Forum Fun: Macro Challenge 5

Date August 28, 2008

We’re onto the fifth of our macro photography challenges now. Challenge 4 sure was difficult, but we did have a winner (wento) from a new member to the forums. Here is our fifth challenge image, with special thanks to our member “giz”for providing the image above, as well as Ken Fagan for administering these challenges. […]

The Scott Kelby 2008 Worldwide Photowalk

Date August 24, 2008

This past Saturday (Aug 23rd, 2008) was the date of the Scott Kelby Worldwide Photowalk, where photographers from all over the world signed up to be a part of this event in celebration of Scott’s new book: The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 Book for Digital Photographers (Voices That Matter)
Each city had a registered leader of […]

Do You Backup your Photos?

Date August 21, 2008

Posted by Dave Seeram - Editor and Publisher of the PhotographyBB Magazine and Website
After reading an article about a photographer who had the misfortune of a system crash wipe out his entire hard drive, I got to thinking about my own backup strategy for my files and beloved photographs. System crashes and hard drive failures […]

Photography Assignment: Windows

Date August 21, 2008

With just under a week left in our 3rd Photography Assignment, we’ve been seeing some amazing versions of this week’s theme of: Windows.
Every 2 weeks we’ll be posting the Photography Assignment, designed to challenge every photographer into shooting a subject which may be new to them, or to think more creatively when snapping their photos. […]

Macro Challenge #4

Date August 20, 2008

We’re back with another Macro Photography Challenge this week, with another interesting macro photo. Can you tell what this is with your “macro-eye?”
If you think you know what this photo is of, then join us in the Macro Challenge room in the forums, and make your guess. See what others are guessing, and even ask […]

PhotographyBB Online Magazine: Issue 7

Date August 13, 2008

PhotographyBB Releases Issue #7 of our Free PDF Magazine
Press Release:
VANCOUVER, CANADA, AUGUST 13th, 2008 - PhotographyBB announced today, the release of the seventh edition of the PhotographyBB Online Magazine. The PhotographyBB Online Magazine sets the stage for the future of free information distribution, offering its readers: Digital Photography tips and techniques, DSLR camera function training, […]

Macro Photography Challenge #3

Date August 12, 2008

Welcome back to the 3rd installment of of Macro Photography Challenge. This week’s challenge macro image is from one of our members (Giz). Can you guess what this is?
Each week, a new macro photo will be revealed, and it’s up to you, our members, to figure out just exactly what is being shown in the […]

Photoshop Friday Plugins: Photo Freebies

Date August 7, 2008

We’re back with another installment of the free Photoshop Friday Plugins! This week, we’re taking a look at the free plugin suite brought to us by the fine folks at The Plugin Site.
Photo Freebies is a collection of plugins which allow for useful manipulations on images such as black and white conversion, sepia toning, saturation […]