Different image file formats explained, including DNG, JPEG, TIFF, PSD and RAW
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Are Sony’s new NEX-3 and NEX-5 cameras the NEX generation?
Sony's new Alpha NEX camera system, the NEX-3 and NEX-5, the latest addition to the growing Micro System camera market, has attracted a lot of debate and discussion online since…
Adobe Photoshop content-aware filling technology
What if the spot healing brush could be made smart enough to know where to automatically sample data from when repairing an image?
Gulf of Mexico oil spillage disaster looms: Boston Big Picture photo blog
Boston Big Picture's photo blog reveals the spreading disaster three weeks after the explosion and sinking of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico...
Lens hoods
Why are some lens hoods circular whereas other lens hoods have a curious castellated shape? It’s time to think about lens-hood design.
House season finale shot on Canon EOS 5D MkII
Hour-long episode captured with DSLR
Aspect ratios explained
We explain the the different aspect ratios often referred to in digital photography and what they mean inlcuding the aspect ratios 4:3, 3:2, 19:9 , and 6:6 / 1:1
Why you should use lens hoods?
Do you use a lens hood when you're shooting? No? Well Matt explains why perhaps you should...
What are Mirrorless Cameras?
Sony's NEX system is part of a new category of camera that boasts DSLR sensors and image quality and interchangeable lenses but, thanks to the omission of the DSLR's mirror…
Stunning time-lapse of tongue-twisting volcano
Icelandic eruption captured in all its glory
Graffiti photographer faces jail
Jonas Lara faces up to a year for ‘aiding and abetting vandals'
The 3D takeover begins…
With Samsung the first to release a 3D LED TV to market, is this the true beginning of the three dimensional imaging revolution?
What affects your lens choice in any or all situations?
What affects your lens choice in any or all situations? Budget is obviously a factor but lens choice is also affected by whether or not you take pictures professionally.
A gruesome winner
2010's World photographer Award winner has a blackly comic edge
Neutral Density Filters
Pro landscape snapper and ND addict Jeremy Walker explains why you need Neutral Density filters
Leading Lines
Lines are capable of leading the viewer’s eye through the frame in different directions, usually either towards or away from a point of interest.
Image Resizing for Web and Email
Downsizing and compressing images is easy to do using Photoshop Elements or a variety of other photo-editing software.
Viewpoints – Shooting Low
Probably 90% of all photos taken are shot from eye level. There are lots of good reasons to choose a low or high shooting angle.
Optimum pinhole size
Digital photography is possible using nothing more sophisticated than a simple pinhole. But what is the optimum pinhole size to use and what is the theory on which the idea…
Forced Perspective
How to make the small look large, and vice versa