Well, it happens very often that you take some cool photographs and they look cool in your camera display and when you’re back home and look at them on your screen, they’re pretty flat and not so vibrant. In the next steps I’ll show you how you can spice up such an image.

The work mentioned below can be done with any image editing software which supports layer techniques and layer blending modes. Adobe Photoshop is my choice but you can do this with Gimp or PaintShop Pro as well. Please keep in mind that in Gimp or PaintShop Pro the blending modes have different names. Please consult your manual or grab the internet for appropriate instructions.

Note: click on the thumbnails to get full size images (lightbox)

OK, let’s start. Read the rest of this entry »

Popularity: 33%

The Berlin Meet-up was an excellent event. I have met a lot of interesting and nice people. I knew some of them since a very long time just virtually and the meet-up was a good occasion to meet face to face. We took a bunch of photos during those 3 days and besides of posting the photographs on photoblogs and websites, most of the attendees have uploaded the photographs to the Europe Photoblogger Group on Flickr.

I know Flickr since a couple of years now and I have never registered an account because it was very slow for my taste. Since the Flickr is integrated to Yahoo, there is a function to link your YahooID to Flickr and then move the content to the Yahoo servers in your country. The result is a fast Flickr surfing! Well, under these circumstancies I gave myself a kick in the butt and registered an account.

I’m a certain user of Picasa since the very first version (before Google :-)) and all my images are managed by this piece of software. My goal was to find something like an interface from Picasa to Flickr. OK, you can upload pictures via mail to Flickr but this is not elegant enough for my taste. So I started to grab the net for something simple and found the Read the rest of this entry »

Popularity: 27%

Today we start with a tutorial to a composite image in “Sin City” style.
You will find below all the steps I did to achieve the results shown here or here.

All steps shown below do not require any special 3rd party filters or other gimmicks, just the built-in features delivered with Adobe Photoshop and an intermediate level of knowledge about using Adobe Photoshop.

Note: click on the thumbnails to get full size images (lightbox)

We start with Read the rest of this entry »

Popularity: 39%

The TIPA and BIPP Awards winner Hahnemühle FineArt announces the launch of Digital Fine Art Baryta paper for autumn 2007.
As a traditional artist’s paper the “FineArt Baryta 325″ will combine an ultra smooth surface with an original Baryta finish. The digital Baryta paper has Hahnemuhle™ unique “touch and feel” experience and is a premium replacement for traditional Baryta papers from analogue laboratories. The new paper contains barium sulphate in the coating that enhances the typical reflecting gloss, high dmax, large colour gamut and sharp image definition of a Baryta paper.

Hahnemüle will showcase first samples of “FineArt Baryta 325″, made from 100% alpha cellulose with an ultra smooth surface and a grammage of 325 gsm, at upcoming international photo shows: Sonimagphoto in Barcelona, Salon de la Photo in Paris, Imaging Expo in Shanghai and PhotoPlus International in New York.

Market launch is set for autumn 2007. YAY! :-)

Popularity: 19%