Category: Use

  • Best HDR software

    There are quite a lot of software programs able to combine several photo images into one HDR (High Dynamix Range) picture. But they are visibly not born equal. Camera Dojo compared several of them: Photoshop CS4 Photomatix Enfuse The first one produces pictures that are quite unimpressive (and rather dark), the last one is rather…

  • Adobe Photoshop CS4 cheat sheets & cheat cards

    Photoshop is at the center of a love-hate relationship with its users because of its many features and keyboard shortcuts. So, I am glad to provide a list of best Photoshop CS4 free cheat sheets, keyboard shortcut lists and cheat cards. Source: Trevor MorrisPhotoshop CS4 Keyboard Shortcuts Cheat Sheet for Mac, for Windows/PCPossibly the best…

  • It’s arrived: Picasa for Mac

    Mac lovers were waiting for a version of Picasa specifically built for their Apple machine. Now, it’s done and you can freely download Picasa, the Google photo management software. Your opinion will be welcome.

  • Most memorable shooting in 2008

    What is your most memorable photo event of this just-ended year? For me, it will obvioulsy be the discovery of this Paris subway station (Charles-Michel) just a flight of stairs down from my own Paris flat. RATP decided to renovate it seriously and totally removed all coverings revealing the previous walls complete with 30-year-old markings,…

  • Photo reporter in a riot

    You may never have to do it, but it is a kind of experience that only an excellent pro reporter could deliver: How to cover a riot. John Camp (Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist) gives us the essentials about shooting photos in this kind of high-tension, fast-action environment. The photographer (pro or amateur) does not want to…

  • Adobe Photoshop CS3 cheat sheets & cheat cards

    Among the many features of Photoshop is the near impossibility to memorize all of the commands and keyboard short-cuts. This list is reserved for Photoshop CS3 free cheat sheets, keyboard shortcut lists and cheat cards. Source: CreativeTechs.comCS3 keyboard shortcuts for Mac, for Windows/PCPossibly the most complete documents of this list. Source: CreativeTechs.comPen tool cheat sheetApplicable…

  • Infrared on EOS 450D

    So, you wanted to do some Infrared (IR) photo with your Canon EOS 450D/Rebel XSi? Just have a look at the IR tests done by Wayne J. Cosshall. By the way, traditionnally, since the Foveon technology of sensors does not use infrared filters, the Sigma dSLR cameras are very good candidates for IR photo.

  • Monochrome landscapes from Ben Hattenbach

    Ben Hattenbach photographs landscapes with a passion for precision, details and colour that make them shine with a totally new life. And this guy travelled everywhere a great landscape was visible: Iceland Pacific Northwest Hawai Death Valley Alaska

  • Adobe Photoshop CS2 cheat sheets & cheat cards

    Photoshop is so feature-crammed and uses so many individual keyboard shortcuts, that you may appreciate to find some of the best free cheat sheets designed to help people using Photoshop with cheat sheets for the keyboard or the mouse commands. This list is reserved for Photoshop CS2 free cheat sheets, keyboard shortcut lists and cheat…