Photography is a diversified field of creating a spectral
variety of art. It is a specialization that deals with different
experimentations with colors, however it is also a fact that
only shades of black and white can also do wonders in this zone
of creative art. With the advent of the digital camera the scope
of this wonderful business has opened up new horizons for the
users and photographers who seek to explore new lands and trod
the ground of innovative creation and thus it can be aptly sai...
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Metallic effects are widely used by artists as the drop shadow
for texts. You usually see them in car ads, CD covers, and movie
logos. Even magazines are abundant with this metallic type. I
found these great tips in the Internet in creating metallic
effect to your text. Let me share it with you.
1.To start with your artwork, create a new file large enough to
contain the full logo you're about to make.
2. Use the Gradient Tool. Add a liner gradient from top to
bottom using any color you like. Ch...
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Some people are startled on how wonderful images look with
blurred edges. They certainly don't know how easy it is to do
it. It is called a feathered edge in Photoshop (PS). You can put
in many feathered images together to get a wonderful collage
that melts seamlessly together using the Octagonal and
Rectangular tool or the Lasso Tools in PS.
Feathering is one of the most commonly used techniques when
creating wallpapers. It is set by a radius measurement in pixels
which means that it occurs i...
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Photography 101 Part 3 Content
Even if you feel that you already know what kind of photography
you like to do, it's always a good idea to try your talent at
different aspects of photography. Pictorial, this is a general
term but it applies to any photographer who's goal is simply to
create beautiful photos. This breaks down into smaller subsets
but the most popular form is landscape and nature photography.
This is what I do and it's tempting to go on and on but I will
just say that this form of ...
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Photography 101 Part 2 Basic Composition
Now that you are beginning to understand how your camera works
you can begin to understand basic composition. I know that many
people that I've talked to think that photography is just
pointing your camera and taking a photo but it's more than that.
After you understand how your equipment works you can begin to
get into the real art of photography and that art is called
composition. Basic principles: 1. Use all of your available
space. Fill the image with...
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Photography 101 Part One Equipment: camera, meter, flash, tripod
This article is a simplified photography course directed at new
photographers out there who want to know where to start.
If you really want to learn photography the first thing you need
is a good affordable and reliable camera. It must, and I repeat
must, be able to shoot in fully manual and fully auto focus
modes. (This leaves out any digital cameras on the market right
now, sorry.) To really learn photography you must understand ...
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There are so many different ways to start a photography
business, that I could not possibly share them all in one
article, and certainly not in depth. However, I'd like to give
you a brief overview of business ideas that will hopefully get
you thinking in the right direction. The most important thing I
wish to convey is that there are numerous paths to a successful
photography career, so don't just take the first one that comes
your way. I know you love this art we call photography, so
choose a ...
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So you are a small business person or web designer and you want
to purchase some stock photography for your website. Great.
Photography is a wonderful way to improve the emotional impact
of your site. But there are a few terms unique to the stock
photography business that you should know.
Royalty Free - you'll see this term often. What it means is that
you pay a one time fee for an image and you can use it for as
many times as you want for as long as you wish. It is a great
way to get inexpensiv...
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A few years ago I became interested in digital photography,
mainly for web publishing and personal reasons. You know, how
nice is it now to NOT have to deal with film, scanning pictures,
and the costs of developing all of those "not great" photos that
you didn't know were so bad until you paid to have them
developed!
So, at the time I got my first digital camera a friend of mine
was playing in a rock band, and needed pictures for their web
pages and promotional printings and ads. When I first be...
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Copyright 2005 Roy Barker
Anyone with the right camera equipment, and the necessary skills
can set up a home business, marketing photography. You need only
to convert a room of your house into an office, and then you can
work immediately.
With modern technology in the form of SLR digital cameras, you
do not even need the room for a dark room. You need only to have
a personal computer and a photo-editing program. The standard is
Adobe Photoshop.
It is not necessary to clutter yourself with equipm...
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Al Ward's book offers the reader an innovative and custom made
guide in manipulating photos suited to your taste. I find this
interesting as it gives me a free hand in learning techniques
without confining me to a rigid set of rules. Much room is left
for personal discovery. I prefer this as I do not like being
confined to just a particular limitation in learning.
The book is a tutorial that explores the endless capabilities of
Photoshop and explains how one can make use of this to its
fullest p...
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Do you want your image to have that commercial look? If you want
to learn how to make a stunning background like what you always
see on posters, follow these simple steps.
When you read a magazine, try to focus on the ad pages. Can you
see cigarette ad with valleys and lakes for a background? Or a
waterfall that was set behind a bar of soap? These images are
called silhouetted images. When you say silhouette, it means
that an image does not have a background of its own. It uses
either text or ot...
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