Monday 30th of June 2008 04:00 PM
Caesar Lima is no stranger to the pages of Digital Photo Pro. His
award-winning image of Colombian pop star Anasol became the cover shot
for the May/June 2006 issue in which Lima was previously featured, and
when a photographer like Lima continually lives at the forefront of
image making, he merits
Monday 30th of June 2008 04:00 PM
I’m inspired by life. My work is, in essence, a meditation on being a human being.”
So says photographer Eli Reed, whose work on assignment for national
and international publications has covered the gamut since joining
Magnum in 1982. But the invitation to be a part of an organization that
has capt
Monday 30th of June 2008 04:00 PM
Some people always seem to be in a good mood: Jay Leno, George W. Bush,
Richard Simmons. Based on the portfolio of photographer George Fulton,
it’s easy to make the same assumption. After all, the first thing
you’re greeted with upon visiting his website is his new motto: “Love
Hurts. Photos Tickle.
Monday 30th of June 2008 04:00 PM
Dr. Ben M. Corpus, Vice President for Student Development and Enrollment Management and Dean of Students of Baruch College, approached Duggal Visual Solutions recently with a fundamental request. The goal was to “communicate the standards of academic excellence and professionalism” that define Baruc
Monday 30th of June 2008 04:00 PM
It’s no secret that the medium-format industry has experienced dramatic changes since the advent of digital. Open camera systems (think Hasselblad’s H2 series) became closed, leaving players such as Phase One and Leaf no access to Hasselblad’s systems. Additionally, the disappearance of beloved medi
Monday 30th of June 2008 04:00 PM
In the beginning of photography, most people were unaware or oblivious to noise, but with higher-ISO films, image grain became an issue; I look upon grain as a form of image noise. Grain occurs from film’s granular structure and appears throughout an image, but most notably within the darker and...
Monday 30th of June 2008 04:00 PM
Adobe Camera Raw offers a number of powerful controls for converting a color image to a black-and-white or split-tone image. Working from Bruce Fraser’s original, Real World Adobe Camera Raw With Photoshop CS2, Jeff Schewe has updated the book, and a new version will be available this summer. In thi
Monday 30th of June 2008 04:00 PM
The ideal goal of any image management is simple: keeping finished
images at arm’s length without them being in the way. The solution is a
little more complex, however. There are a variety of ways to achieve
this goal, but at the core, methods for image archival should offer a
strategy that you’re c
Monday 30th of June 2008 04:00 PM
Remember when “black-and-white or color?” was a choice made before you
took a picture? The awesome ability to convert a color image to
black-and-white after shooting is only part of the story; the real
trick is to do it well and to create black-and-white photographs that
look every bit as beautiful
Monday 30th of June 2008 04:00 PM
Have you ever had one of those dreams where you’re standing in the
middle of a courtroom defending the copyright of one of your images
when you look down and realize that you’re naked? You will. There’s an
unprecedented number of copyright challenges facing photographers
occurring on the Internet. I
Monday 30th of June 2008 04:00 PM
A variety of sites have surfaced offering photographers online
eCommerce solutions combined with the resources of a physical lab. The
advantage to these sites, besides the nominal costs and time savings,
is that they're providing quality products without your customer base
ever knowing that they're
Monday 30th of June 2008 04:00 PM
Photojournalism is in a period of transition. While many photographers continue to image solely with still cameras, others are finding video to be a necessary supplement to their work. Video is being used to deliver news stories for blogs and websites, as well as for traditional broadcasts. Motion c
Monday 30th of June 2008 04:00 PM
This is the third in a series of “R/Evolution” columns on Extended Dynamic Range (XDR). Extending dynamic range has become increasingly mainstream for professional photographers as software has become more powerful and new techniques have been unveiled.
Monday 30th of June 2008 04:00 PM
I don’t find that there’s much of a contrast between celebrity and
typical portraiture,” muses celebrity-portrait photographer Ken Sax.
“Obviously, walking into a studio or location, there are a lot of
obstacles that both the photographer and celebrities face, but in most
cases, friendships seem to
Wednesday 30th of April 2008 04:00 PM
Jim Richardson went to college to become a psychologist. He was a
senior at Kansas State before he realized what psychologists did every
day, and decided maybe he’d rather do something else. An amateur
photographer, he got a job at the student newspaper. Thirty years
later, Richardson is perhaps the
Wednesday 30th of April 2008 04:00 PM
Norman Rockwell is an iconic name and one of the most prolific and
recognized artists of the past century whose work has found a place in
the American psyche. His oeuvre successfully captured the elusive and
transcendental essence of the American spirit.
Wednesday 30th of April 2008 04:00 PM
While full-frame D-SLRs offer the highest in professional quality,
often what really matters is pure, unadulterated speed. In the realm of
full-frame vs. sub-full-frame lenses, fast, compact and superb image
quality is the precedence from which lenses are judged. But when pro
levels of speed and qua
Wednesday 30th of April 2008 04:00 PM
Contrast is critical to a properly printed black-and-white image.
There’s no color to define and structure a photograph. It all must be
done in the monochrome tonalities from black to white.
Wednesday 30th of April 2008 04:00 PM
On September 27, 2004, Adobe announced the Digital Negative
Specification (DNG), a file format that was supposed to unify the
cluttered atmosphere of proprietary RAW file formats by offering a
non-proprietary template that would act as a universal raw file. The
DNG format was released, free from any
Wednesday 30th of April 2008 04:00 PM
We've added some new information to our product database to make it easier to underst
Thursday 3rd of July 2008 06:59 AM
In addition to the announcement of the D700, Nikon has revised the firmware of
Tuesday 1st of July 2008 04:24 AM
Perhaps the worst kept secret of any recent announcement Nikon has now offici
Monday 30th of June 2008 09:03 PM
Nikon has confirmed two tilt and shift (also known as perspective corre
Monday 30th of June 2008 09:03 PM
Nikon has today announced its new top-of-the-range flashgun - the Speedlight SB-90
Monday 30th of June 2008 09:03 PM
Just posted: our in-depth review of the Pentax K20D. The K20D is a fully-feat
Wednesday 25th of June 2008 10:12 AM
Ricoh has today announced the GX200 digital compact camera. The new model is
Tuesday 24th of June 2008 07:42 AM
Just Posted: Our review of the Olympus E-420. The E-420 was launched exactly one
Monday 23rd of June 2008 05:27 AM
Just posted! Our new lens review of Olympus's dinky little
Monday 23rd of June 2008 05:27 AM
Sony has announced the new HVL-F58AM flagship flash unit. The new model repla
Friday 20th of June 2008 06:30 AM
Having recently been provided with updated firmware, we have been able to restart
Thursday 19th of June 2008 08:57 AM
Just posted! Our new lens review of Tamron's latest
Monday 16th of June 2008 06:03 AM
Pentax has just released updated firmware for its K20D DSLR. The update, whic
Sunday 15th of June 2008 10:48 PM
Olympus has issued updated firmware for its flagship DSLR, the E3. The latest firmwa
Friday 13th of June 2008 09:33 AM
Just posted: Early samples gallery from the new Canon EOS 1000D / Digital R
Thursday 12th of June 2008 10:21 PM
Canon has today announced its participation in the scrum at the lower end
Tuesday 10th of June 2008 05:39 AM
Canon has announced the EOS 1000D, a new entry-level DSLR that slots into
Monday 9th of June 2008 10:51 PM
Canon has today announced an update to its mid-range Speedlite 430 EX flash
Monday 9th of June 2008 10:51 PM
Just Posted: Our review of the Sony Alpha 350. The A350 shows a much great
Friday 6th of June 2008 10:09 AM
Pentax has launched a consumer-level standard zoom lens for its range
Tuesday 3rd of June 2008 03:00 PM
Tomorrow we will be transitioning the entire site to a completely new rack of equipment at our new hosting provider. This process will begin at 9 AM GMT (31st May 2008) and will mean some disruption, primarily in the form of forums downtime (which may be up two hours). Once the switchover is complet
Friday 30th of May 2008 02:45 AM
Just posted! Our in-depth review of the latest in the popular 'Rebel' line
Friday 23rd of May 2008 04:05 AM
Sigma has announced a close-up lens that can be mounted to its DP1 large-sensor com
Friday 23rd of May 2008 03:10 AM
Fujifilm has added another model to its popular 'A' series of competitively
Wednesday 28th of May 2008 01:12 AM
Fujifilm has today announced the Finepix Z200fd, a new addition to its ra
Thursday 22nd of May 2008 03:52 AM
News updates: We've followed up some of our recent news stories to bring you up-to-date. Sigma gives updated details on lens availability for Sony and Pentax, and Adobe's Photoshop Express updates Flickr into life.
Thursday 22nd of May 2008 01:37 AM
Just posted! Our in-depth review of the Sigma DP1. It's been a long wait indeed
Monday 19th of May 2008 09:37 AM
Just posted! Our new lens review of Canon's top-end fa
Friday 16th of May 2008 07:24 AM
We've just posted a gallery of samples from the new Olympus E-420 digital SLR, including a selection tak
Friday 16th of May 2008 04:37 AM
Adobe is submitting its DNG 'universal RAW' format to the International Standard's Organization (ISO), in
Thursday 15th of May 2008 09:21 AM
Spaces, one of the coolest new features of Mac OS X Leopard, lets you switch among multiple desktops.
Wednesday 2nd of July 2008 02:17 PM
Mac meets Wagner in a new production of Götterdämmerung.
Friday 13th of June 2008 04:45 PM
Use Apple?s built-in Dictionary to quickly navigate to the world?s most popular online encyclopedia.
Wednesday 4th of June 2008 03:49 PM
When photo journalist John McDermott covers a World Cup Soccer event, he can capture more than 1,000 images a day. And since his editor needs his best shots the very same day, McDermott needs to edit his photos even more quickly than he took them. Watch the video now playing on the Aperture site and
Monday 19th of May 2008 03:49 PM
She hadn?t released a new album in five years. But that spell ended dramatically when singer/songwriter Erykah Badu sat down in front of her MacBook and fired up GarageBand. The music surged. ?I learned how to use GarageBand by trial and error,? Badu says. ?It?s like somebody stuck a plug in the bac
Friday 16th of May 2008 12:07 PM
If you?re browsing the web on a public computer, the last thing you want to do is leave personal information about yourself behind for others to discover. Of course, if you use Safari, you have a number of ways to safeguard your privacy while browsing publicly. Read about them in this week?s Pro Tip
Wednesday 7th of May 2008 10:46 AM
?All you need is an idea and a Mac,? says Brian Storm, the founder and prime mover behind MediaStorm. On his award-winning, multimedia storytelling site, Storm has used Aperture, Final Cut Studio, and Logic Studio to establish a new paradigm for photojournalism. ?The Mac is just a magic box,? says S
Friday 2nd of May 2008 12:31 PM
A friend or colleague sends you a Word document and asks you to give her some feedback. Don?t have MS Word on your Mac? Not a problem. You?re running Mac OS X Leopard, so you have an application on your Mac that will let you open the Word document, edit it, then save it as a Word document again. Wha
Wednesday 30th of April 2008 10:12 AM
Did you know that you can use iCal to easily set up recurring events, send yourself reminders, invite participants to meetings, reserve meeting rooms and equipment, attach documents to an event, and more. Find out how you can tap into the power of iCal by reading the latest Pro Tip of the Week.
Wednesday 23rd of April 2008 11:34 AM
The London interactive agency Hi-ReS! builds intriguingly imperfect, immersive experiences with the help of Mac applications such as Adobe Creative Suite, Final Cut Studio, Logic, and Autodesk Maya. ?The Mac puts everything in one place,? says Hi-ReS! Creative Director Florian Schmitt. ?Especially w
Friday 18th of April 2008 03:12 PM
Beginning this month, two of the best wedding photographers in the world ? Joe Buissink and Yervant ? visit multiple US cities as part of the ?Two Views? seminar tour. In addition to offering marketing strategies and demonstrating camera techniques, the two award-winning and trend-setting photograph
Thursday 10th of April 2008 11:02 AM
For the fourth year in a row, Apple celebrates the Tribeca Film Festival and the spirit of independent filmmaking with a series of free events at the Apple Store, SoHo. From Filmmaker Talks (featuring such speakers as Paul Haggis, Tony Gilroy, and other actors, screenwriters, and directors) to filmm
Wednesday 9th of April 2008 10:47 AM
If you?ve seen The Simpsons, you?ve seen the work of Rough Draft Studios. In fact, the Glendale, CA-based animation powerhouse has been churning out hit after animated hit for decades. And they?re just as animated about the Macs they use. Says Scott Vanzo, Director of CGI and Chief Technology Office
Friday 4th of April 2008 01:57 PM
If you plan to attend NAB 2008 in Las Vegas, you might also like to participate in the largest Final Cut Pro User Group meeting in the world. That meeting ? the 7th Annual NAB Final Cut Pro User Group SuperMeet ? will occur on April 16, 6:30?10:30 pm, at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas. Stop by and
Monday 31st of March 2008 09:22 AM
Safari does Tabs right. But don?t worry if you?ve never used tabs before. They?re super easy ? and fun ? to use, and this week?s Pro Tip of the Week will have you tabbing like a champ in no time.
Friday 28th of March 2008 04:48 PM
Independent filmmaker Bob Radler has two very different documentaries currently in production: ?Turn It Up!? and ?SS United States: Lady in Waiting,? reports Jim Dalrymple (macworld.com). While both films offered rather unique challenges, Radler overcame every one ? thanks to his MacBook Pro and Fin
Thursday 27th of March 2008 09:26 AM
?We?re inseparable from our Macs, and have been for a decade,? says well-known tattoo artist Guy Aitchison. ?Computers and the Internet have completely revolutionized our trade,? allowing Aitchison and fellow tattoo artist Michele Wortman to move freely between digital and analog media and to bring
Friday 21st of March 2008 12:41 PM
While it was already a great tool for reading PDFs, Preview in Leopard became even better with new features that include a new user interface, relevancy ranked searches (thanks to Spotlight), and many more. In fact, Preview now lets you annotate PDFs, offering a fast and efficient way to share comme
Friday 14th of March 2008 09:21 AM
Greg Laswell?s studio may be crammed with state-of-the art synthesizers, samplers, and recording gear, but when its time to get down to the business of writing music, Laswell finds the inspiration ? and the tools ? he needs in his MacBook and GarageBand. ?You can do so much with GarageBand, from rec
Friday 7th of March 2008 01:39 PM
With Quick Look ? just one of the great new features in Mac OS X Leopard ? you can get a sneak peek at the contents of a document without opening it. A single click lets you watch a video, peruse a multi-page PDF, scan a folder of photos, or enjoy an entire Keynote presentation without launching an
Friday 29th of February 2008 10:21 AM
In the making of No Country for Old Men, Joel Coen and Ethan Coen prove ?just how influential a Mac and the right software can be,? writes Jim Dalrymple (macworld.com). ?The movie won four Oscars at this year?s Academy Awards, including Best Picture. In fact, it is the first movie edited with a comp
Wednesday 27th of February 2008 09:50 PM
The film No Country for Old Men won four Oscars at this year?s Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Find out more about the making of the film by listening to a podcast recorded during last year?s Tribeca Film Festival. In the podcast, director Barry Sonnenfeld chats with Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
Tuesday 26th of February 2008 07:50 PM
Aperture 2, the exciting new version of Apple?s powerful photo editing and management software, delivers more than 100 new features, and you can get a great introduction to many of them by attending the Aperture World Tour. It?s an excellent opportunity to learn about Aperture 2 from members of App
Monday 25th of February 2008 01:08 PM
?We?ve earned a reputation for innovation, so we get to do incredibly fun stuff for great brands,? says Big Spaceship CEO Michael Lebowitz. ?We like making people laugh, and we like making people scared,? he adds. And they like working on the Mac. ?The Mac is the only platform that understands one o
Friday 22nd of February 2008 04:44 PM
DJ cum live music producer, Paul van Dyk weaves his own music on stage in real-time on a pair of 17-inch MacBook Pro computers running Logic Studio and Ableton Live. ?Ever since I basically began making music, I?ve worked with Macs,? he says. ?They?re in the studio as well as on the road. I?ve alway
Friday 18th of January 2008 03:18 PM
Together with his intrepid film crew, documentary filmmaker Drew Wharton often found himself within feet of enormous bellowing 4,500 pound alpha males clashing mightily over females in estrus. It is A Seal?s Life, after all. The film (which debuted at the Monterey Bay Aquarium) tells the story of th
Friday 11th of January 2008 03:05 PM
He?s not only the lead singer and rhythm guitarist for megaband Fall Out Boy. Patrick Stump is also one of the most prolific composers in pop music. And he composes that music all over the world using his MacBook Pro and GarageBand. ?The beauty of GarageBand is that it?s only limited by what you wa
Friday 4th of January 2008 12:58 PM
If you?re attending Macworld 2008 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco less than two weeks from today, you may also want to participate in the seventh annual Macworld Final Cut Pro User Group Supermeet. Scheduled for Wednesday, January 16, it features presentations by Apple, Adobe, SONY, Blackmagi
Wednesday 2nd of January 2008 03:35 PM
Next time you receive an email with a slew of attached photos, you can enjoy them with an instant slideshow delivered by Quick Look. One of the leading features of Mac OS X Leopard, Quick Look interacts with a variety of Mac applications, including Mail, Leopard?s powerful and popular email client.
Wednesday 2nd of January 2008 03:17 PM
For ?Youth without Youth,? his first film in ten years, Francis Ford Coppola returned to self-funded, low-budget filmmaking and to longtime collaborator and Oscar-winning film editor Walter Murch. It took six months for Murch and crew to edit the film, and they depended on Final Cut Studio throughou
Friday 21st of December 2007 01:26 PM
You get an email confirming your registration for a Final Cut Studio seminar. Next step: adding the event to your iCal schedule. Since you?re using Mac OS X Leopard, you don?t even have to leave Mail or open iCal. That?s because Leopard introduces a new technology called Data Detectors that lets you
Thursday 20th of December 2007 11:47 AM
?John McDermott?s workflow once consisted of handing off rolls of Kodachrome to a courier and waiting to see which images appeared in Newsweek,? writes Derrick Story (digitalmedia.oreilly). But now Aperture has transformed McDermott?s workflow. ?It?s basically brought everything under one roof for m
Wednesday 19th of December 2007 11:43 AM
?I can do it anywhere,? says the five-time Grammy nominee T-Pain. He can handle any aspect of music production?from composing to recording to mixing?wherever he happens to be. ?All I need is my laptop, a hard drive and a controller and I have a full studio in my bag. And it sounds good ? most of my
Friday 14th of December 2007 11:38 AM
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