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Digital photography has become more and more popular. This is due to affordable prices in digital cameras, computers, and memory cards. Digital photography made photography so simple that everyone has the potential to explore and maybe become a professional photographer! Plus, you can review your shots instantly and if you do not like the results take another shot. Digital photography starts with the digital camera and this comes in many forms and sizes. Below are some classifications of digital cameras:
- Ultra Compacts Digital cameras that are small, has less features, but not necessarily lack in the mega pixel department. Also these cameras have smaller buttons and view finders making them uncomfortable to use for big hands. But are great for carrying in pockets and handy if you want to shoot anytime.
- Compacts Bigger than the ultra compacts and may have better features and control. Control in shooting modes since compacts have more shooting modes. Best for point and shoot photography.
- Advanced or High Performance Compacts Catered for amateur to professional photographers with more control and features than a compact. Control in shooting modes as well as manual control on aperture and shutter speeds, maybe interchangeable lenses, higher optical zooms, and possible options on external flash.
- DSLR or Professional DSLR stands for digital single lens reflex and are the standard for professional photographers for now (mirror-less cameras are available and might replace DSLR). These cameras have the widest of accessories with the ultimate control in every shot taken. Lenses are interchangeable, with external flash, filters for lenses, and simple put a lot of things can be done with professional cameras. Keep in mind that the cost for these cameras are high and should be bought if you are in it as an amateur or professional. If you are just in photography for point and shoot pictures (like family shots) than stick with ultra compact, compact, and maybe advanced. Otherwise, a DSLR is overkill in price and features.
Silhouette Digital Photograph
As mentioned DSLR are the most expensive cameras, but have mid-range options that cater to amateurs. Advanced are also in the mid-range price tags, with compacts and ultra-compacts in the low price range. Compacts and DSLR cameras that are priced mid range are the ones that are making digital photography popular. Memory cards have also become cheaper and larger in capacity that you can store hundreds of pictures on them and in some cases thousands of pictures. Also they are reusable. If you compare that with a 36 shot film plus development than you would definitely go with memory cards since they cost less in the long run. Then do not forget computers. What is a digital camera without computers? Computers are where you dump your pictures from your memory card and from there you can burn them on CD, back them up on USB flash disks or external hard disks, share them through the Internet, or process your pictures for development. With post processing software like Adobe Photoshop CS, Adobe Photoshop elements, open source photo editing software GIMP, and many more. Enhancing and correcting photographs has just become a lot simpler. Not to mention the storage sizes reaching terabytes, cheaper prizes, and have become more powerful. With everything pointing to a digital photography evolution, DigitalPhotographyChris.com is here to help make better digital photographs and capitalize on that.
Above are terms mentioned that you might not know but is explained on different posts.
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AdoramaTV Presents Digital Photography One on One. In this week’s episode Mark discusses the position of light and how it affects the mood of the photograph. Watch as Mark takes you through an in-studio exercise to illustrate how moving the position of your light source can affect the contrast and highlights. Visit www.adorama.com for more photography videos! Send your questions to: AskMark@Adorama.com
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AdoramaTV Presents You Keep Shooting with Bryan Peterson. Join Bryan on location in Paris where he discusses how to use shutter speed to create the Monet effect. Watch as Bryan uses his unique artistic eye to capture a creative photograph. Visit www.adorama.com for more photography videos!
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Digital Corruption – This is what happens to old photos on cheap CDs
Image by rogergordon
The other day I read a film vs digital comparison article, and one of the points in favour of film was its potentially longer life. The article made a point that if a file format (such as .jpg for instance) were to become unreadable or at least uncommon enough to make it very hard to be read, then t … Posted via email from Roger Gordon’s Blog
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A few nice digital photography images I found:
Kelby’s Digital Photography series
Image by tychay
Blogged in The Woodwork: When (to learn more about) dSLR (photography) [The entry kit dSLR Part 7]
Kelby’s Digital Photography series
Costco, South of Market, San Francisco, California
Olympus E-P2, Lumix G Vario HD 1:4.0-5.8/14-140 ASPH. MEGA O.I.S.
Adobe Camera RAW, nik Dfine, nik Color Efex Pro (pro contrast), nik Sharpener Pro (output sharpen)
1/60sec @ ƒ4.7, ISO400, 25mm (50mm)
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Noticed that Scott Kelby’s introductory books on digital photography are for sale at Costco. It might be a good read for beginners—it is, after all, the best selling digital photography books of all time.
Shooting notes: Costco has too many lights creating too many specular highlights. 
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Digital Darkroom: DSLR + Snapseed
Image by jasewong
I’ve been trying out this app by Nik software called Snapseed.
The selective adjustment feature is a standout for photo editing on a touchscreen. What you do is touch the point you want to adjust. The software creates a resizable circular mask anchored around the point you selected and automatically limits the editing area to the object – probably using some sort of colour and luminance matching eg. A symbol or underexposed shadow. You can then adjust the exposure, contrast an saturation of the selected object in quite a natural way without affecting other parts of the photo. It’s like the old darkroom techniques of spotting and dodging, but done with digital precision. It’s hard to explain in words so here’s the demo video
On my last trip I also tried pairing my DSLR with my iPad to backup and process photos on the fly. All I needed was an iPad USB adapter and USB cable to hook it up directly to any digital camera. I usually lug around a MacBook + hard drive.
The workflow from camera to publishing is still a little clunky:
1. Use the standard iOS Photo app to import photos from the camera. It would be really helpful if they made the previews larger so you can actually choose the best shots to import. Instead you get small thumbnails that don’t show you much detail.
2. Open Snapseed and of the photos you did import, try guessing the best one to edit from the small thumbnails. You end up opening and closing photos several times to get the right shot to edit.
3. Use the Snapseed touchscreen editing tools – which are great!
4. Save back to the iOS Gallery.
5. Use whatever it is you do to share photos. With the Flickr app you can tag and upload up to 10 at a time.
It would be great if there was a way to sync all your work back onto a desktop when you finally get home to view and continue editing via a bigger screen so that you can continue on with the editing.
However, I’ve never used a more efficient tool for the editing part. The touchscreen enables me to apply delicate exposure and contrast adjustments and I didn’t have to wait till I got home to get my photos off my DSLR and onto the web. Lookin forward to the next version of this app.
Pros
– selective adjustment for fine and precise image control
– ambience adjustment is a good alternative look to vignette
– great natural adjustments and effects
– brilliant value for AUD.49
Cons
– each edit is burnt in each time you use one of Snapseed’s tools with no undo button
– you can’t batch process
– no end-to-end workflow. It would be greatly improved with better import and export/sharing tools
Comments and links please!
I was keen to try and see if I can do everything I need to on my iPad without having to sit in front of my desktop… seems like we’re not quite there yet. At the moment I can only really use Snapseed for ad-hoc editing but what I’d like to do is pair my camera with my iPad for most of the edits and relegate the Desktop to backups and high detail edits in Photoshop.
If anyone has a better way to process images from their DSLR on their iPad, do tell!
Discussion Thread over on the Snapseed Group
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Question by branD0Nli: What does transformation have to do with digital photography?
I’m doing a project in my Geometry class. My topic is “Transformation and Digital Photography”. I have no idea what the two have in common. Can someone help me out and provide some online links that I can use as further reference?
Best answer:
Answer by Forlorn Hope
digital photography has transformed a lot over the years… not entirely sure what that has to do with geometry – unless it is to do with the sensors and megapixels… you might want to start searching there…
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Check out these digital photography images:
Beast Within Me by Piedra
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Staff Sgt. Pablo Piedra took third place in the Division I digital darkroom category of the 2010 Army Digital Photography Contest with the self portrait "Beast within Me." Photo by Staff Sgt. Pablo Piedra
Photographers expand horizons in 2010 Army Digital Photography Contest
By Tim Hipps
FMWRC Public Affairs
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Brenda Walker strolled upon “one of those right places at the right time” alongside East Fork Indian Creek River when she photographed “Morning Serenity” on Fort Campbell, Ky…
Retired Col. Richard Pugh shot three photographs of “Point Lobos,” just south of Monterey, Calif., and combined them into one image by working 15 minutes with Photoshop…
Staff Sgt. Pablo Piedra won a footrace with his wife to the bottom of a stairwell at Heidelberg Castle in Germany just before he looked up and photographed “9”…
…all three were winners in the 2010 Army Digital Photography Contest sponsored by the Army Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation Command.
There were 3,691 entries from around the world – 1,348 in Division I for active duty military personnel and 2,343 in Division II for other eligible MWR patrons. After Army garrisons selected their best entries, 664 Division I and 1,031 Division II photographs were forwarded for Department of the Army judging.
“There were many really excellent photos, which made the judges’ decisions a difficult task,” said Linda Ezernieks, who monitors the annual contest at Army MWR Headquarters in Alexandria. “Originality, creativity and technical quality were the main criteria in making final selections.”
Winners in each category – animals, digital darkroom, design elements, military life, monochrome, nature & landscapes, people, and still life – were posted on a website where Army Knowledge Online account-holders voted for their favorite photo in each division.
Walker’s “Morning Serenity” took first place in the nature and landscapes category and was voted the most popular photograph in Division II.
The subject of the photo is a fisherman wading and casting in the middle of East Fork Indian Creek River while the sun shines through the lush, green trees and casts a rainbow-like appearance off the steam hovering above the stream.
“It’s back on Fort Campbell,” Walker said. “I take my dog running back there early morning. It was really hot and the steam was rising and the rays were going through the trees. It was absolutely beautiful back there.
“I take my camera everywhere I go now.”
Walker left her business card on the windshield of a truck parked nearby and later learned the fisherman was Sgt. Randy Shorter of Fort Campbell.
About five years ago, Walker took some of her photographs to the MWR Custom Framing Shop at Fort Campbell, where she found out about the Army Photography Contest. She has produced prize-winning photos for the past three contests.
“It’s a wonderful opportunity to get exposure, plus cash prizes,” said Walker, 48, a military family member. “I enjoy looking at everybody else’s work. It inspires me and motivates me to get out and get more interesting, different shots.”
What does Walker enjoy most about photography?
“Just being able to capture what I see through my eyes, my heart and my head,” she said. “A lot of it comes out through your emotion. It’s another form of art.”
Pugh, of Clarksville, Tenn., took first place in the Division II digital darkroom category with “The Owl,” second in design elements with “Blue Mosque,” and third in nature and landscapes with “Point Lobos.”
Pugh shot the high-tech looking photo of “The Owl” at Land Between The Lakes, a national recreation area located south of Paducah, Ky., and embellished it in Photoshop, as he did with “Blue Mosque,” a shot of the roof of a mosque in Istanbul, Turkey.
“I like this contest,” said Pugh, 65, who photographed winning entries in each of the past three years after serving 30 years in the Army. “It gives people a chance to show off something they did, which is great.”
Piedro, 31, an Army recruiter in Douglasville, Ga., is a former combat photographer. His “9” earned first-place honors in the Division I design elements category. He took third place in digital darkroom with a self-portrait called “Beast within Me” that would make a dandy Halloween poster.
“I got the idea when I was in the gym working out with my partner and a couple people came up to us and said: ‘You guys are lifting like beasts.’ The idea just popped into my head, so I got home, took the shot, and just started editing,” Piedro said. “That’s where that photo came from.”
The subject of the photo looks like a cross between a werewolf, a vampire and an Avatar, complete with fangs, dagger-like fingernails and alien ears – seemingly howling at the moon that looms behind a naked tree.
“The fangs, the ears, the eyes and the hands are all Photoshopped,” Piedro said. “And the stomach that’s concaved a little bit, that was done in Photoshop. For the background, I took certain parts of images from other photos, adjusted them, and made everything into one image.”
So what’s real?
“The body, and the face,” Piedro replied. “That’s it.
“If you look closely, the eyes are actually black and the pupils are red, so that’s been Photoshopped.”
Piedro, however, does not think of himself as a Photoshop expert.
“I actually don’t do too much Photoshop,” he said. “I try to keep my images as pure as possible. But every now and then, I get my creative side and I do a little bit of Photoshop – just trial and error, playing around.”
Piedro won two categories and received an honorable mention in the 2007 Army Photography Contest but missed the competition the past two years.
“I think it’s a great, great program,” he said. “It’s a great way to get the creative process of people that do see the world and travel the world by being in the military, and not even just as Soldiers, but supporting staff, civilians, wives.
“It’s a great way to get recognition for something that we love to do.”
As is often the case with photography, Piedro did not know exactly what he shot that day in the stairwell to the gardens at Heidelberg Castle – until he downloaded the photo.
“When I got home and I looked at, I was like: ‘That’s 9, yeah.’ And that’s where the title came from.”
Piedro cherishes photography’s uncanny ability of giving him the opportunity of “freezing a moment in time that only I can see and sharing that with others.”
Several other military photographers earned multiple places in the 2010 Army Digital Photography Contest.
Holly Swegle of Fort Hood, Texas, took first place in Division II monochrome for “Dress Shop,” second in animals for “Painted Birds” and third in people for “American Woman.”
Lt. Col. Mark Bonica of Fort Sam Houston, Texas, took second in Division I still life with “Reflections in Soap,” third in monochrome with “… and We All Fall Down” and received an honorable mention in military life with “Free Gift When You Join Today.”
Staff Sgt. Brandon Quarterman of Fort Bliss, Texas, won the Division I popular vote contest for “Reaching Perfection,” which topped the still life category.
SIDEBAR:
Here are the results of the top three finishers in each category with photographer’s rank, name, installation and photo title:
2010 Army Digital Photo Contest
Division I
Animals – 1. Pfc. Amber Smith, Yongsan, Korea, What’s for Dinner; 2. Staff Sgt. Wilberto Sierra, Fort Bliss, Texas, Dragonfly; 3. Staff Sgt. Robert Curtis, Vicenza, Italy, Tough Love.
Digital darkroom – 1. Spc. Thomas Mort, Fort Knox, Ky., Over the Top; 2. Sgt. Shawn Cassatt, Yongsan, Korea, On the Range; 3. Staff Sgt. Pablo Piedra, Fort McPherson, Ga., Beast within Me.
Design elements – 1. Staff Sgt. Pablo Piedra, Fort McPherson, Ga., 9; 2. 2nd Lt. Thomas Malejko, Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., Arch Elements; 3. Lt. Col. David Tygart, Stuttgart, Germany, Sunset Under Glass.
Mililtary life – 1. Sgt. Darlene Martinez, Fort Drum, N.Y., The Sacrifices We Make; 2. Staff Sgt. Joey Suggs, Fort Meade, Md., Dental Care; 3. Sgt. Shawn Cassatt, Yongsan, Korea, Remember Me.
Monochrome – 1. Sgt. 1st Class Lance Widner, Mannheim, Germany, Great Grandmother; 2. Col. John Powers, Camp Zama, Japan, Calm Morning at Mount Fuji; 3. Lt. Col. Mark Bonica, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, … and We All Fall Down.
Nature & landscapes – 1. 1st Lt. Christopher Snell, (unknown location), Sunset Swim; 2. Spc. Juan-Pablo Marin, Fort Benning, Ga., Moon Set; 3. Spc. Jenny Lu, Hohenfels, Germany, Hong Kong at Night.
People – 1. Capt. David Callender, (unknown location), Anna’s Dream; 2. Lt. Col. David Tygart, Stuttgart, Germany, Eval Fairy; 3. Col. Joseph Mancy, Stuttgart, Germany, Eyes that Speak.
Still life – 1. Staff Sgt. Brandon Quarterman, Fort Bliss, Texas, Reaching Perfection; 2. Lt. Col. Mark Bonica, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, Reflections in Soap; 3. Warrant Officer Larry Olson, Wiesbaden, Germany, Sunflower in Contrast.
Division II
Animals – 1. Susan Doran, Rock Island Arsenal, Ill., Defiance; 2. Holley Swegle, Fort Hood, Texas, Painted Birds; 3. Eric Armstrong, Camp Zama, Japan, Man O’ War.
Digital darkroom – 1. Col. Richard Pugh, Fort Campbell, Ky., The Owl; 2. Stephen Cullum, Stuttgart, Germany, Volksfest FDR; 3. Gary Cashman, Yongsan, Korea, BMX Composite.
Design elements – 1. Robert LaPolice, Selfridge, Mich., Just Riveting; 2. Col. Richard Pugh, Fort Campbell, Ky., Blue Mosque; 3. James Holbrook, Stuttgart, Germany, What do I call this.
Military life – 1. Nell Williams, Fort Stewart, Ga., My Dad, My Hero; 2. Rebecca Colburn, Fort Carson, Colo., The Test Drive; 3. Ann Marie Detavernier, Baumholder, Germany, The Love Letter.
Monochrome – 1. Holly Swegle, Fort Hood, Texas, Dress Shop; 2. Barbara Underwood, Fort Lee, Va., Light and Shadows; 3. Jeffrey Kline, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, Texas Snow.
Nature & landscapes – 1. Brenda Walker, Fort Campbell, Ky., Morning Serenity; 2. Mylan Dawson, Kaiserslautern, Germany, Ash Clouds over Holland; 3. Col. Richard Pugh, Fort Campbell, Ky., Point Lobos.
People – 1. Sherry Keene Hobbs, Garmisch, Germany, Belly Dancer; 2. Eugenia Whittenburg, Fort Shafter, Hawaii, Happy Beach Feet; 3. Holly Swegle, Fort Hood, Texas, American Woman.
Still life – 1. Mylan Dawson, Kaiserslautern, Germany, Green Tomato; 2. Michael Slone, Fort Meade, Md., Morning Coffee; 3. Frank Leon, Fort Knox, Ky., The faucet chronicles.
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Day 34/365 – Digital Photography book
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Scott Kelby’s The Digital Photography Book. Book 1-3
I love this book !
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Some cool digital photography images:
The Digital Photography Show Podcast Meet
Image by Island Capture Photography
I met one of the podcast hosts of The Digital Photography Show, Scott Sherman today. He gave away goodies worth at least 0 to each of us!
L-R: Leslie, Me, Scott, Alex
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