Technique
Advanced Photography Techniques
Photo pros rely on our magazine to cover the most advanced digital photography techniques in-depth. From color calibration to file formats and everything in between, you can count on the technique advice from our digital photo experts.
Monday, April 28, 2008DPP Solutions: Proper Contrast In Black-And-WhiteUsing your digital tools gives you a level of control that Ansel Adams would have readily embraced Contrast is critical to a properly printed black-and-white image. There's no color to define and structure a photograph. It all must be done in the monochrome tonalities from black to white. |
Monday, April 28, 2008Working The FlowWhether on assignment for National Geographic or managing his massive stock archives, Frans Lanting's studio is constantly adapting to handle extreme challenges in digital-asset management Getting precious digital image files from capture to output is tricky under the best circumstances. Just imagine how difficult it gets when you're on location for National Geographic in the most remote corners of the world for weeks on end and you're bringing back 10,000 images at a time. That's exactly the situation faced by Frans Lanting and his staff. Read More... |
Monday, March 3, 2008Color Choice: Luminance, Chrominance And HueAmong the tools at your disposal, the LCH Editor gives you a powerful weapon for finessing the color relationships in your images In a previous article, I explained “Color Choice Isn't By Chance” (Digital Photo Pro, July/August 2007). The premise is that today's digital photography hardware and software provide a plethora of features and performance that interact to enable more control and creative options than ever before. When you understand how each tool operates, and how combinations of tools can interact, you have the opportunity to enhance original images as never before. Read More... |
Monday, March 3, 2008Introduction To XDRExtending the dynamic range in your images is possible with sound technique and a little software magic Reproducing the full range of tones or brightness values seen by the human eye is one of the most fundamental challenges in photography. Capture, display and print technologies are all limited when compared to the ability of the human eye to see a wide dynamic range. They're all advancing. As they advance, our methods for addressing this fundamental challenge advance with them. Read More... |
Monday, January 7, 2008DPP Solutions: Get Into MultimediaGiving new life to still photos with Apple Final Cut Pro 6 Today's technology makes it relatively easy to turn a series of photos into multimedia presentations with audio for even more impact. You can add audio to your still images to tell a story even better, and equally important, provide additional marketing opportunities—there are more places to sell multimedia presentations than there are to sell still images alone, including broadcast media. Multimedia presentations also are a great way to present what you do photographically to potential clients. They provide a new creative challenge, too. |
Monday, January 7, 2008Aesthetics Of Black And WhiteDigital technology and equipment give you more control and the ability to make the finest black-and-white images ever, but there's an art to coaxing the best print from your image files Black-and-white used to be the core of the photographer's darkroom. Now, ironically, as companies concentrate heavily on moving the darkroom onto the desktop, black-and-white photography has been slowly relegated to the sidelines of fine art and portraiture. New advances in technology, however, have given black-and-white printing a little more, pardon the pun, exposure. Read More... |
Monday, October 8, 2007Curving RGB ColorColor correcting by numbers is a combination of art and science
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Monday, October 8, 2007Exposing For RAWThere are special considerations to take into account if you're shooting RAW and you want to be sure that you're getting a proper exposure You wouldn't think changing image capture from film to digital photography would require a new way to think about exposure, but it may, depending on how you use your digital camera. This is because a digital camera sensor behaves quite differently from how film and our human visual system respond to light intensity. |
Thursday, August 16, 2007Going Black-And-WhiteIn this first in a series of columns about digital black-and-white, we explore some of the fundamentals Prior to the 21st century, black-and-white photographers developed a heightened sensitivity to the direction and intensity of light, a given relationship between highlights and shadows, largely discounting the appearance of hue and saturation unless able and willing to use color filtration during exposure. These perceptual skills are all very important for 21st century digital black-and-white photographers. But, today, because you can make any hue light or dark, globally or locally, and you can make more dramatic changes to more saturated hues, hue and saturation need to be factored in rather than factored out. |
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“Angel Face” was photographed for a local hair salon’s ad campaign -
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Meticulous attention to the lighting creates strong chiaroscuro and a dramatic effect -
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Reality and photography collide in this self-portrait -
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Rendering a split look in a “Frankenstein” photo -
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Black and white film and natural light gave this image its distinctive look -
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Capturing emotions and creating a retro look -
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A little bling and vibrant color demand a viewer’s attention -
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Style and substance came into play in making this warm-toned black and white portrait
