Digital Polaroid Effects

The Polaroid instant camera is one of the most beloved icons of vintage photography. With the advent of digital cameras, however, its popularity has waned so much that in 2010, Polaroid instant cameras and film will be available only in special limited editions. If you don't have a Polaroid camera, or if you want to recreate the look of a Polaroid shot in one of your existing digital photos, you can do it with a little computer magic. Several...

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Picture-Editing Tricks

The great thing about digital photography is that you have much more power over the photograph during post-production than you would in a darkroom. There are many tricks to post-production editing, and all require the use of a photo-editing program such as Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom, or Paintshop Pro Photo. There is, however, a trick to photo editing that happens before post-production--that is the shooting format. Photos that are shot in RAW (tiff)...

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How to Find a Photobooth

The photo booth has been an American cultural icon for decades. Dotting summer boardwalks, county fairgrounds and shopping malls, photo booths allow American teenagers, lovers and tourists alike to snap instantaneous photo strips. While many of the nostalgic booths have disappeared as personal digital cameras become widespread, photo booth rentals are available from coast to coast for corporate photo shoots and party rentals. Instructions 1...

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How to Expose a Black and White Negative

Film is sensitive to light. Its sensitivity forms the foundation of how photography works. A camera is a light tight box with a small opening, which allows a specific amount of light to enter for a specified amount of time. When a negative is exposed to light, silver halide crystals react to create an image. Too much light on a negative produces over exposure and the picture loses detail. Under exposing a negative produces a print with strong gray...

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Homemade Light Reflectors

Light reflectors allow you to illuminate the subject of your photographs from several angles using a single light source, enhancing the quality of your photos. You can purchase light reflectors at a camera store, or create cheap but effective homemade light reflectors. A homemade light reflector can be made out of any reflective material, but two popular choices are aluminum foil and white bed sheets. Aluminum Foil Reflectors To make a homemade...

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