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The Art Of The Up-Res
Getting beyond the limitations of your camera's native resolution is an art and a scienceDon't let anyone kid you; size really does matter—when it comes to digital capture, that is. But what you do to...
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Dealing With Viewing Distance
Creating accurate viewing conditions is critical when evaluating your images, and it's something no one seems to be talking about—until now There's a fundamental flaw in digital imaging today. You...
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Don't Panic! - Memory Disasters
When the unthinkable happens and your memory card becomes corrupt, it's important that you keep calm and apply the right tool At some point in all of our careers, it's going to happen. A disaster will...
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The Ultimate Black & White
New technology and techniques are giving rise to the ability to create the best black-and-white images ever There's something magical about watching an image develop on a piece of photo paper in the...
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The Keys To Proper Print Display
There's an art and a science to framing photographs. Steve Gorman is a professional photographer who also runs one of the most respected framing shops anywhere. When I was growing up, my parents had a...
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Basic Portrait Polishing
Simple retouching steps help the client concentrate on the concept of the shot instead of the odd insignificant blemish When I finish a portrait photo shoot, all of the images are in a state that I...
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Digital ISO Speeds
Just Like Film Speeds, But Different Every photographer is familiar with ISO speeds, those numbers we dial into our exposure meters and cameras so they can lead us—albeit, sometimes somewhat...
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Perfect Light
Get creative with your lighting technique with some inspiration from these case studies by a master of illumination To me, lighting is the most important tool for creative photography. It's followed...
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B&W Comes Of Age
There has been a paradigm shift in what photographers can do with black-and-white imagery. Digital tools and capabilities have opened the medium to new possibilities. Analog Or Digital One of the major...
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An Argument For Color Management
It's not sexy or exciting, but calibrating your full image workflow is just about guaranteed to get you better results If you've set up your digital workflow to be completely color-managed,...
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The Really Wide View
Panoramas are hot with a lot of clients right now, but shooting them well takes specialized skill and attention to detail Panoramas are in these days. The ultra-wide look seems to have a certain cache...
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Use Custom Functions To Personalize Your D-SLR
Discover how custom functions can improve the way you produce images The ability to customize a professional digital SLR is likely both the best and most underused feature you'll find in today's...
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Synergize
By using the inherent capabilities in your image-processing software, you can work efficiently and exercise greater control over all of your images. H.G. Wells once said, “Adapt or perish, now as ever,...
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Printer Shot
When Epson approached Jeff Schewe to photograph their latest professional printer, they wanted something different This story started last spring when I received a phone call from Dan (aka Dano, as in...
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The Bit-Depth Decision
8-bit versus 16-bit workflow is among the least understood aspects of photography for most professionals. This primer will get you up to speed quickly. Within the field of photography and digital...
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Future Perfect - The Lab In The Digital Age
Once thought to be on the verge of a dodo-like extinction, labs have made a strong comeback as they gear up to serve photographers' digital needs In the extraordinary transition that has taken place as...
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Underexposure & Digital Images
Myth: Images must be underexposed to prevent highlights from being blown out, and if one is shooting RAW, this underexposure is easily corrected later This myth can cause some serious color and noise...
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Proper Printer Resolution
Myth: Pixels equate to ink droplets You may have been told that you have to use a high image resolution (most commonly given as 360 ppi or pixels per inch) in order to get the best inkjet prints. Or...
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Working Within Color Spaces
Myth: Color space has the most important effect on color Do you use Adobe RGB? Is sRGB a pro format? Should pros really start using ColorMatch RGB? Or is there some other new color space permutation...
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Digital Asset Management
Keeping track of the images that pay the bills requires a foolproof system Film required a simple filing system. Mine consisted of slide sheets grouped by subject and stored in a file cabinet. I...
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