Wednesday, February 28, 2018

How to Make a Photo Studio Mirror

If you take pictures in a studio environment, you know how important lighting your subject can be. Whether it's a person or an object, good lighting will highlight subject features, downplay less important areas of the composition, and separate the subject from the background. In addition to using multiple lights to create a good image, you may want to employ other lighting accessories like diffusers and mirrors to get the lighting scheme just the...

How to Dye Photos

Modern photographs are simply treasured scrapbook keepsakes for many people. For others, photographs are an art form, unique images meant to be hung and admired. Indeed, whether you are a novice or an expert, photography is a hobby that allows for great creative flexibility. There are innumerable subjects to be captured, and different sizes, shapes and finishes allow you to make each completed print one-of-a-kind. If you are looking for a natural...

Tuesday, February 27, 2018

How to Create a Collage Using Adobe Elements 8

Adobe Photoshop Elements 8 is a software program that allows users to edit their own photographs in a myriad of ways. One way that you can put your photos together is by assembling them in a digital collage. Much like a normal collage, a digital collage is composed of several different pictures. But instead of printing out all the pictures one-by-one and assembling them on a board, you can arrange them in Photoshop and print out the collage on one...

Monday, February 26, 2018

How to Develop 35 mm Film

While we live in an age of digital photography, many amateur and professional photographers still prefer the look of traditionally developed film. Developing film at home is fairly straightforward, but it can be a little tricky for a first-timer. The cost of the necessary chemicals and equipment can be a little high, but making the investment now can lead savings in the future. Before digital photography was the norm, the development process was...