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5 Useful Upgrades In Photoshop Lightroom 2.0

Photoshop Lightroom has proven to be a great asset to digital photographers.  From the beginning Lightroom has been aimed at the digital photographer, offering up simple tools to aid the most repeated of Photoshop’s tools while keeping the interface simple and workflow logical.  With Adobe’s latest release of Lightroom 2.0 (the upgrade from 1.0 is [...]

Switching To Digital Filters

One often overlooked aspect of digital photography is the filter on the end of your lens. It is common practice for may SLR photographers to keep a UV/Haze or Protective filter on the end lenses and as more and more switch to digital, little thought is given to that age old practice.
In principle the practice [...]

Where To Rent A Lens Online

Ever needed a lens but have been unable to afford it? In this post Peter Carey explores how you can have them – by renting lenses.
I admit it.  I like to dream about owning many, many lenses.  It seems I can always conjure up at least one photo to justify purchasing any given lens.  But [...]

How To Remove Dust Spots From Multiple Photos in 4 Steps

Dust. The eternal enemy of a digital camera. When you shoot pictures with a digital SLR camera long enough, you will come to know the pain that dust can cause. For some it’s a minor annoyance. For others, it costs time and money attempting to salvage vital images.
In this post Peter [...]

Digital Photo Storage On the Road

Today Peter Carey explores different photo storage options for when you are traveling.
It’s very easy today to take more pictures in a single week long vacation than ever imagined possible ten years ago. For one thing, not many people had digital cameras ten years ago and those that did had a lot of [...]

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom vs. Polarizing Filter

It seems computers can do most anything with an image now a days. So why bother with all those cumbersome filters? The answer is that most of them are still superior to the techniques used with a computer. Plus, if the image is more accurate coming out of the camera, less time [...]

5 Quick Tips To Keep You Motivated

We all have those days. Days where you know you want to do something with your camera or photographs, but the motivation tank is on Empty. I’ve been having some of those days recently and came up with a list to help pop me out of the rut and back to being productive. [...]

Adobe Photoshop Express beta

In this post Peter Carey takes a look at the new Adobe Photoshop Express.
Adobe is entering the online photo storage and editing field with its latest entry Photoshop Express, still in beta testing. The product looks to be a strong offshoot of the popular image editing software many of us rely upon. At [...]

How to Recover Lost Images

The following post explores how to recover lost images – it’s by Peter Carey.
There are few things worse in this modern age of photography than reading “Card Corrupt” or a similar message on your camera’s LCD.  A lot of us have been there and for those that haven’t, yet, I’m hoping a little knowledge will [...]

Is That Fancy Lens (or Camera) Really Worth It?

In this post Peter Carey looks at whether it’s worth paying extra for a lens. Have your say in comments!
I’ve always been a firm believer in the motto ‘You get what you pay for’. This has lead me to purchase some fairly expensive lenses, often costing more than I should be spending at the time. [...]

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