Turn fun photos into a calendar

Use special images to mark memorable months

A photo calendar is an inexpensive and meaningful way to remind family and friends of important dates and fun events.

Now is the perfect time to start planning your own photo calendar, so you can give it to everyone on your gift list. The only problem you may have is choosing just 12 pictures. Use current pictures and update them again next year with a whole new set of photos - it may become an annual family gift-giving tradition!

Julie Stoyka at Microsoft.com shows you how

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Make Postcards from your Photos

If you're like most people, during your last trip you either: a) Dashed off a quick “Wish you were here” on a cheesy card you found at the airport, or b) bought a stack of beautiful cards but forgot all about them until you got home, or c) forgot about postcards altogether.

Hey, it's okay. Vacations are stressful.

But who says that you can only send postcards when you're away from home? You've got great photos, and it's a simple task to turn them into postcards.

Spend 10 minutes today to scroll through your photos and pick three that make you smile. Print ‘em out, follow our instructions, and send off some beautiful just-thinking-of-you postcards. You'll make the world a brighter place for a few of your favorite people.
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Assembling images properly

Ever wanted to assemble two images, perhaps from scanning an image too big to fit in your scanner? Some time ago Carl-Johan Sveningsson wanted to create background images from two Despair-calendars ( www.despair.com ). For obvious reasons, the images provided at their website aren't good enough to make pretty backgrounds, so he made his own.

This tutorial might seem a bit over the top, but this is as much effort you will have to put into it to have a really good result, and you don't want to hurt your eyes with ugly images, do you? Once you learn, you intuitively do things like these in just a couple of minutes. Hey, it should be quite possible to write a script for this using edge-detection tecniques and checking correlations... that's for another tutorial. :-)
Carl-Johan Sveningsson wrote a tutorial which is very helpful.

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The Passionate Skeptic

The three main uses of photographs have traditionally been a) an album of family, friends or acquaintances; b) a checklist of places visited (usually favouring 'scenic' spots, as per designated by tourist bureaux; c) a medium of artistic expression.

So the pictures you see on Thor's site, and the comments you read, are merely one outsider's vision of what you might expect to see and feel when you are suddenly parachuted onto the steets of a Busan or Wuhan, or wherever. He has very interesting images.

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Why landscape photography?

Landscape is a theme many photographers love. Even people who wouldn't think about themselves as photographers take a camera when they go out walking or at least during their holidays. The landscape is often beautiful, it is quite easily approachable and constantly changing during the day and the year.

Men of science want to discover and chart new worlds.
On the other hand there are travelers (and their democratized off-spring: tourists) looking for peace, beauty and awe.
Nature and landscape has been variously appreciated, from the possibility of exploitation to refuge for souls who need to escape the busy and ever changing place called town.

In the world of photography this spectrum of approaches is clearly visible. Photography maps the world, publishes the landscape and make it accessible to everyone.

In its realism and detail it maps the world and at the same time offers a refuge for those who want to escape their world.

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Practical Photography

Everyone likes to share their pretty photographs. But how about the other, often uglier side, of digital photography? Digital photos can get dirty jobs done and make every day life a bit easier.

I've used digital photos for other less than traditional uses as well.
So did Robin Raskin. Check it out.

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Realizing the Landscape

Linda Marion wrote an article about two exhibits at the UMFA reveal the urban and earthly realities of Edward Hopper and Emmet Gowin.

Although the ehibits might be already over - it's still a very interesting site to read and pictures to check out.

you can find it here

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Photograph the Moods and Colors of Nature

Dare to work whatever the conditions are. Use the many possibilities of moods and colours nature has on offer. Don't take common wisdom for granted that only special light allows for good photography. Any light is good light - well most of the time. There are days... But even then the landscape tells its tales. Just listen carefully.


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photokina

The photokina show is taking place in Koelnmesse, Germany from September 26 to October 1 and ImagingInfo.com is there for complete coverage of the big show!
The veteran industry journalists of Studio Photography and Photo Trade News are producing the photokina News onsite. The photokina News is the most comprehensive coverage of the international photo industry's biggest event, featuring news, onsite reporting, new products, industry analysis and more.
Are you attending photokina 2006? Share your thoughts on the show, new products, and new technologies in Studio Photography's forum!
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The Beauty of Black and White Photography

Written by Stephanie Boozer

I remember looking through many family photo albums filled with black and white photographs of everything from weddings to family reunions to Easter Sundays. There was always a charm and elegance that emanated from those photos, a timeless look and feel that had survived the years of storage in a dusty attic. The crisp details and classic look in each image had an immediate and lasting effect, like looking at a museum piece. And this was amateur photography! It then made sense to me that the artistic and romantic nature of black and white photography is perfectly suited to weddings. As everyone knows, weddings are about details and nothing suits details like black and white photography.

Because your wedding day will be one of the most important days of your life, you'll want to capture it with a photography style that will last, one you won't be embarrassed to show to friends twenty years from now. You want to cherish your wedding photos, not hide them away.

Color photography fades over time, but black and white images hold their classic look. Although time has an effect on everything and black and white images will change, the same effect always remains, something you can't always count on with color. If you're the Victorian type, hand tinted and sepia toned images bound in a beautifully crafted album will suit your style completely. You may also want to consider the type of paper your photographs are printed on. One option we offer our brides is the Iris print or giclee. This process allows the image to be printed from a digital format onto watercolor paper. When you add hand-tinting to the mix, the overall effect is beautiful. The white wedding dress and black tuxedo thrown together with tinted flowers, eyes and hair bound in a handmade Victorian album beautifully and romantically conveys the mood of the day.

But like everything else on your wedding day, to get the look you want you'll need to do some planning. Make sure you plan what shots you want and give a list to your photographer. The last thing you want to do is worry that the photographer is getting everything and everybody. Make a list of people, events, locations and anything you want photographed. You can discuss what shots you want hand-tinted later, but if you want a particular mood or setting, communicate that beforehand. Planning and communication are the key to getting what you want and having a less stressful wedding day. So consider all your options when choosing your photographer and think about the style that suits you. You're wedding pictures should produce happy reminisces every time you look at them, immediately recalling the romantic elegance of the day. They should suit your style and character. If you feel uncomfortable with all black and white in your album or can't decide on one or the other, consider doing half in color. You'll get the best of both worlds. By communicating your own creative interests and style to your photographer and considering all the options, you'll get beautiful photos and perfectly preserved memories, which will the most valuable wedding gift you receive.

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how to present your portfolio

Creating a portfolio of your work is one of the most important things you can accomplish as a photographer. Unfortunately, relatively few photographers create portfolios because they find the process daunting or think their work is not good enough to be included in a portfolio. Others squirm at the idea they will have to review thousands of photographs taken over many years. Yet others do not know how to select photographs for a portfolio. Finally, there are those who believe that a portfolio cannot be created by themselves, that such an endeavor has to be conducted under the control of a museum or a gallery or needs to take place in the context of a retrospective of the artist's work.

While these concerns are fair ... please read Alain Briot's great article about this very important subject.



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Photo Challenge: Right Time, Right Place

PhotoReview recently launched a photo contest. The challenge was to photograph a special place at a special time and it turned out to be rather popular.
Check out the winner photos.

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