Category: Use

  • BBC wildlife photo masterclasses, for free

    You could do much worse than learning from the best wildlife photographers. Actually, the BBC Wildlife Magazine is now providing an impressive list of compact training courses for wildlife photography. There are titles like: Wild Places Mammal Portraits Plant Portraits From Dusk to Dawn Underwater Photography Invertebrate Portraits Birds in Flight Animals in their Environment…

  • Microscopy photography

    I had missed it, but you should try and look at this marvelous collection of microscopy pictures found at the Nikon’s annual Small World photomicrography competition in 2009. They honored 20 images of very high-quality. Not something that everyone of us would be able to do, but a very beautiful display: 35 Years of the…

  • Toby Smith

    In his photographies, Toby Smith creates a world of his own. From my very first contact with his work, I have to admit that I was shaken -altogether- by the perfect mastering of lights that seems to be out of our world and a personal sense of space that is most perceptible in the Estranged…

  • Sigma Photo Pro up to SD15

    Sigma just delivered the updated version of its photo edition software Photo Pro. The major changes are: Compatibility with 64-bit Windows (important for all photographers who moved to 64-bit Seven because of the lifted memory constraints); Compatibility with the new Sigma SD15 D-SLR camera It is immediately available for download: Click here to download the…

  • GIMP 2.6.9 is out

    All-fresh new update of GIMP. This time, this is all about bug corrections.

  • Lightroom links (Lightroom 3 edition)

    If you are into the newest version of Lightroom (version 3, of course), you need to dig into this pile of useful links. Please, notice that I extended it to include a number of languages that are used only by some of our readers, but I felt that this could be useful. You can voice…

  • Misha de Ridder

    Who said landscapes and graphic design could not meet in a photograph? Not Misha de Ridder. The photo is called Bergwald and is from the series Abendsonne. It has been on show in 2009 at Juliètte Jongma Gallery in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Sometimes natural phenomena can become so estranged and mysterious, that we are inclined…

  • Photo hardware breakdowns in Botswana

    During a group travel, it is very common to consider that the experience can be considered as a reliability test for photographic hardware. This was really the case during my photo safari trip to Botswana in April-May 2010. The participants were spread on a large spectrum from a pro photographer (Laurent Baheux) equipped with a…

  • Photoshop links

    A link roundup for Photoshop lovers and people who want to learn more about Adobe Photoshop. 15 Essential Tutorials For Photoshop Beginners 5 Secrets of the Photoshop Crop Tool Using Workspaces in Photoshop Photoshop CS3 – Adding a Neutral Density Gradient Filter How to Manipulate Colours in Photoshop using Fill Layers The Ultimate Guide To…