Look at this video showing a new function in Addobe Photoshop CS5 named content aware fill. I think it is really amazing
It makes me wonder what's real and what's not. Is a photograph a visualization of the truth. Probably isn't for a long time as this site is showing.
2010/03/29
2010/03/24
Favorites part 1
One of my favorite photographers is Peter Lik. Peter Lik is an Australian photographer born in Melbourne. He makes fantastic landscapes with amazing colors.
I've visited some of his galleries in Hawaii, Las Vegas and Sydney and I can say that looking at his photographs in real life does take your breath away. On the other hand is makes me realize how much i've got to learn. See image below
The colors stay dull. I could bump them up in photoshop (I already did bit), but that's not what want. I'll have to keep trying. In the meantime visit Peter Lik' s site for inspiration.
2010/03/21
What gear do I use
What's in the bag
I really like this Full Frame body. Image quality is excellent.
Great all-round lens. When used at the wide end (24mm) there is a little vignetting around the corners.
I really like this lens. It's sharp and relatively cheap. Another important factor for me it's that not that heavy.
The newest addition to my collection. I have not much experience with this one but one thing I can say that it's sharp. See image below. It is the internal of a harddisk. Because it is so sharp, I had a hard time dealing with dust particles on the shiny disk platters.
© Photographer: Koshar | Agency: Dreamstime.com
I am not a big fan of on camera flash. The 5D doesn't have it's own flash so I have to use it once in a while.
Last but not least
I really love this gadget. It removes dust and specks like nothing else. Forget about everything else. Use the lenspen. I really love it.
2010/03/19
In the beginning
For years now I am trying to become worlds best photographer. I want to make the mother of all images. The standard by which all others are measured. I am not quite there yet. Most of the time I am not pleased with the results and I wonder what I am doing wrong. But there are exceptions. You can see one of these below.
After years of boring my friends and family with slideshows, they urged me to find other ways to show of my pictures. Harassing complete strangers was not much of an option. Instead I tried getting them approved on different microstock sites and see if anyone was interested in buying them. I signed up with the following sites:
To my surprise the approval process went very easy and I was very excited to sell my first image. It is a strange feeling to know that somebody is actually paying you for the use of your images. More than being paid, I find it even more rewarding to see my images used. I even got published on the cover of a book! Wow
I will stop the sales pitch cause there also downsides. They will reject a lot of your submissions. You think you uploaded a beautiful image and all you get is an email saying "NOT APPROVED" . I still find that very difficult.
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