Saturday, October 24, 2015

Photographic Lighting Setups

A love of photography stems from a desire to capture something in its most beautiful or interesting state. A photographer is an artist using a camera for her brush. However, the desired image is not merely the subject itself but a combination of the subject and light. Lighting is perhaps the most important accessory in photography but also the most variable and malleable. These are some basic steps to finding the best photographic lighting setup...

Wednesday, October 21, 2015

How to Create CGI Effects for Snapshots

Turning a snapshot into a work of art is child's play if you make use of free photo software that's available online. With a simple digital photo editor, you can even tweak an heirloom photograph so that appears as if it was posed for years ago. Just as special effects crews add CGI effects to individual frames of blockbuster movies, you can apply your own digital effects to any digital photo. Whether you capture an image with your cellphone camera...

Tuesday, October 20, 2015

How to Use Places in Apple iPhoto '09

iPhoto '09 from Apple has some updated, unique features. The PLACES feature allows you to sort images by their map location and create a photo map of your shooting locations. It combines the powerful Google mapping function with the ability to sort photos by location and mark them on the map. Read on to discover the basics of the PLACES feature. Instructions 1 Open iPhoto '09 and browse your photo library for an image to experiment with....