http://www.accessdigitalphotography.com A web site about digital photography, Photoshop and Lightroom by professional photographers. Mon, 24 Nov 2008 02:55:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Welcome to Access Digital Photography, a site for digital photographers hosted by award-winning photographers, and best-selling authors Ken Milburn and Doug Sahlin. Collectively we have more than 80 years of photography experience. That’s right, we’ve shot film. But we embrace the digital technology and our digital darkrooms. We’ve written books ... http://www.accessdigitalphotography.com/digital-photography-news/welcome-to-access-digital-photography-2/ If you ever want to create an abstract light painting take some photos of lights at night. Switch your camera to time exposure mode, which is B on most cameras. If your camera doesn't have this mode, switch to your lowest ISO setting, and your smallest aperture. Point the camera ... http://www.accessdigitalphotography.com/photography-tips/light-painting/ Painter has been around for a long time. I'm been using it since version 4. But I never could come to grips with the application and create images that looked like paintings. That all changed with Corel Painter X. In Painter X you open the Underpainting palette and choose a ... http://www.accessdigitalphotography.com/digital-photography-news/painterly-images/ The recent Photokina show in Cologne, Germany made numerous announcements that portend significant new trends in digital photography: > More resolution with less noise > More full-frame cameras at lower prices > Movies from DSLRs and larger frame compacts > Larger frame, interchangeable lens compact cameras More resolution with less image noise For ... http://www.accessdigitalphotography.com/digital-photography-news/more-bang-for-the-buck/ I became interested in this plug-in because I don’t yet own a 30MP digital camera, yet I really enjoy making very large prints for the simple reason that they have a lot of commercial appeal in fine-art venues. So far, I’ve been most successful at this by utilizing Fred ... http://www.accessdigitalphotography.com/digital-photography-news/blowup-2-makes-enlarging-and-sharpening-better-and-easier/ I surf the Net for inspiration and new techniques. I found one technique that changed a nice photo into something abstract. To view a video tutorial showing how to use the technique and convert the steps into an action, click the following link: Pixelicious Podcast: Episode 32. http://www.accessdigitalphotography.com/photoshop-tips-and-tricks/playing-with-pixels/ The latest technology taunts photographers with more megapixels, anti-dust technology, live-view, and so on. Pentax, Nikon, and Sony have been upping the ante for about a year. Now Canon’s joined the fray with an updated EOS 5D. The new Canon EOS 5D MKll features integrated sensor cleaning, 21-megapixel captures, live-view, ... http://www.accessdigitalphotography.com/digital-photography-news/in-with-the-new-out-with-the-old/ Hurricane Ike sapped most of the moisture out of Florida. In spite of that, there were still enough clouds for a colorful sunset. In Lightroom, I used the Graduated Filter tool to decrease the exposure of the sky by about 1 stop, and pump up the blue color. My grandfather ... http://www.accessdigitalphotography.com/lightroom-tips-and-tricks/early-fall-sunset/ This evening I saw this vine on a barbed wire fence. Fortunately, I had my camera, Original Lensbaby and the close up kit. I focused on the leaf and knew the rest of the image would be a pleasant out-of-focus blur. In Lightroom, I used the Direct Positive preset and ... http://www.accessdigitalphotography.com/lightroom-tips-and-tricks/lensbaby-meets-lightroom-2/ When I originally photographed this scene, I was attracted to the stark nature of the landscape. However, when I brought the image into Lightroom 1, I was disappointed. The sky was overexposed. I saved the image knowing I could use it in Photoshop. Enter Lightroom 2. As mentioned in a previous ... http://www.accessdigitalphotography.com/lightroom-tips-and-tricks/bare-trees/