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David Pogue's "Top Ten Tips of All Time" for Digital Photography

By Mary Rotman
January 16, 2009

If you're ready to jump into digital photography or would like to increase the skills you already have, David Pogue's Digital Photography: The Missing Manual is just what you need. In this brand new book, bestselling author David Pogue provides a no-nonsense guide to the entire process, including how to buy and use a digital camera, get the same photographic effects as the pros, manage the results on your Mac or PC, edit photos, and share the results with your adoring fans. Here are David's "Top Ten Tips of All Time" for digital photography.

Derrick Story's Recipes for Brightening a Smile and Blotting Out a Blemish

By Sara Peyton
November 13, 2008

Beauty may be skin deep, but most of us hope to look our best in photos. And the following excerpt from Derrick Story's handy new book, The Photoshop CS4 Companion for Photographers, offers a digital makeover of sorts--recipes for brightening a toothy grin and eliminating a skin blotch or two. "Even though you may not be the photographer to the stars, there will be times when you need to touch up a portrait," notes Derrick, whose new guidebook includes 18 easy-to-follow recipes for perfecting images. But remember, when it comes to digital enhancements Derrick offers this caution, "Regardless of which recipe you're working with at any given moment remember that less is more when retouching portraits." Read on to learn more.

Boo! dekePod's Scary Halloween Episode

By Sara Peyton
October 22, 2008

A week ago Adobe began shipping Photoshop CS4 and already Deke McClelland's highly anticipated Adobe Photoshop CS4 One-on-One is climbing bestselling charts. Even better, dekePod's special Halloween episode sheds light on CS4's scariest feature, the Masks palette. "It's kind of cute, but it's got a big old knife," notes Deke. Watch dekePod now to find out how to transform the Masks palette from, in Deke's own words, "a devil doll to a responsible citizen."

What will the night reveal to your digital camera?

By Kathryn Barrett
October 14, 2008

You may be surprised! The advent of digital photography has revolutionized the practice of night photography because a digital sensor can record the spectacular colors of the night. These colors are created by light waves in spectrums that are invisible to the naked human eye. For the first time we can truly "see" the world of the night around us. In a live webcast on Friday, Oct. 17, Harold Davis, author of Practical Artistry: Light & Exposure for Digital Photographers, will show why night photography has become increasingly popular among digital photographers...

Lesa Snider King Takes a Look at Photoshop CS4

By Sara Peyton
September 26, 2008

King, founder of GraphicReporter.com, chief evangelist of iStockphoto.com, and author of our forthcoming Photoshop CS4: The Missing Manual recently posted her thoughts on some of Photoshop CS4's new features and tools. Photoshop aficionados can look forward to some big changes that may take some getting used to. Will they like them? "For the most part, the answer is a resounding yes," says King.

So You Want to Be a Travel Photographer? Rick Sammon Shows You How!

By Sara Peyton
August 20, 2008

Veteran travel photographer Rick Sammon shares his tips for shooting memorable images when on the road. "One of the cool things about digital SLR cameras (and top of the line cameras) is that you can control the shutter speed to either stop or blur action," writes Sammon, author of Face to Face. "A shutter speed of 1/500th of a second is usually fast enough to freeze most fast-moving animal action, but when the animal is moving extremely fast, as was this seagull in flight, I had to use a 1/2000th of a second shutter speed."

Next Live Webcast: 10 Key Ingredients for Cookin' Digital Pictures

By O'Reilly Media
June 20, 2008

10 Key Ingredients for Cookin' Digital Pictures — In our next live webcast, world-renowned photographer Rick Sammon will share his top digital photography tips, including his "10 Key Ingredients for Cookin' Digital Photographs." He'll also discuss his favorite photo philosophies, including: The Camera Looks Both Ways; In Picturing the Subject We Are Also Picturing a Part of Ourselves." You'll get to see Rick's favorite people, landscape and wildlife images from around the world. Some Photoshop talk, too! Rick is the author of Face to Face: Rick Sammon's Complete Guide to Photographing People. The webcast is live, free, and approximately 45 minutes. Join us Thursday, June 26 at 10am PDT (17:00 GMT). Attendance is limited, so register now.

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