Ken Storch Photo Blog – All Things Photographic, All Thoughts Photographic
Students are always providing excuses as to why they can’t… something.
I’m proud to announce a fine new entry into the competition in the ‘Best Original Excuse Delivery Method in an Advanced Photography Class’ category!
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A review of the book “A Short Course in Digital Photography” by Barbara London and Jim Stone, Prentice Hall, ISBN-10: 0205645925, ISBN-13: 978-0205645923
Photographers, students, and teachers are always asking me for book recommendations on digital photography and for tips on improving their photography technique. Are you looking for such a book? Is this latest offering by authors Barbara London and Jim Stone, “A Short Course in Digital Photography” the best book for you too?
This is a practical list, in a chart, of F-stops, Shutter Speeds, and ISO settings showing the one third (1/3) stop and one half (1/2) stop increments as well as the whole stop settings. It is intended to help understanding of all the in between numbers for photographers, and students of photography.
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Ritz Camera seeks Bankruptcy after attempted murder of local camera stores!
After a slow speed chase where Ritz Camera tried to drive over local camera dealers with its suburban mall stores and other outlets,
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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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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.