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Make Photoshop Work for You – Best Photoshop Cool Tips – The Menu Bar – Part 1

February 19, 2009November 23, 2009 P U 10 Comments

Make Photoshop Work for You

Best Photoshop Cool Tips

The Menu Bar Part 1

Let’s face it. The Adobe® Photoshop® learning curve is steeper than the eye can see.

To start on the sharp upward climb, learning how Photoshop ‘thinks’ can be very helpful. If you gain some better understanding of how Photoshop features are laid out, it makes it so much easier to find things, even if you don’t know exactly where they are, or, what they might be called.

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The Future of Film, Film Cameras, and Darkroom Equipment in the Digital Camera DSLR Era

February 15, 2009August 11, 2011 P U 18 Comments

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At this time (early 2009) digital cameras are everywhere, in cell phones, in point and shoot little cameras, and even casual shooters may be using DSLR (Digital Single Lens Reflex) cameras.

Local and online retailers selling photographic film and darkroom equipment are keeping fewer and fewer offerings in stock. Custom labs are faltering if they still exist in a given market.

It makes sense, once again, to reexamine the future of film, film cameras, black & white printing, and the traditional wet darkroom in the digital era.

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What is a pixel? – Define Pixel – What is a Megapixel? – Define Megapixel – Here Pixel, Pixel, Pixel !

February 9, 2009November 23, 2009 P U 7 Comments

What is a pixel? How to define ‘pixels’ and ‘megapixels’ in a digital camera image.

What’s all this talk I hear about endangered megapixels?

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Jobo Compact Flash Adapter Converts SD + SDHC Memory Cards to CF for your Digital SLR Camera: A mini review

February 6, 2009April 20, 2012 P U 10 Comments

I recommend saving money with this an SD SDHC to CF Adapter . If you have some digital camera memory cards in the Secure Digital SD or SDHC formats, you can use them in your Compact Flash card device, a digital camera, an MP3 player, or a laptop.

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The Best Photography Darkroom Equipment: Film Development Thermometer

February 2, 2009November 23, 2009 P U 9 Comments

The Best Photography Darkroom Equipment: Film Processing Thermometer

A mini review of the Weston Dial Darkroom Thermometer

If you are serious about developing your color or black and white film images,
you must get,
and use faithfully,
your own film developing thermometer.
That’s it.

No doubt.

This post is about my favorite film developing thermometer,
and, why it’s the best.

The only way to get control of your process
…your pictures…
to get the kind of look you’ve seen in other photographers’ images…
or want to have in your own…
is to control your darkroom techniques and film development.

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