Which Scanner Should I Buy?

Looking for a flatbed scanner that can handle not just film but the glories of prints and even paintings? Look no further.

If your idea of low-cost is under $200, start by looking at the Epson Perfection 4490 Photo ($190, street). It scans up to 8.5x11.7-inch originals at 4800-dpi resolution and 48 bits per color. You can scan larger prints and paintings by doing so in sections and then combining them later in an imaging program.
Plus, it has film holders for 35mm slides and negs, and 120/220 film. It also features Digital ICE for scratch removal and Epson's Easy Photo Fix for restoring faded color in prints and film.
However, many original paintings and drawings use colored dyes and pigments that exceed the color gamut of film prints and most lowcost flatbed scanners. To capture these colors with greater precision, we recommend the Hewlett-Packard Scanjet G4050 Photo Scanner ($190, street). Its unique six-color scanning technology provides an expanded color gamut, 4800x9600-dpi resolution, and 96- bit color depth for extremely fine color gradation. It also handles up to 8.5x12.3-inch prints and flat art.
HP's built-in IR dust and scratch removal technology saves retouching time, and you can batch-scan up to 16 slides or 30 negs at the same time and save them to different files. Film holders are included for mediumand large-format (up to 4x5) film.
Supplied software lets you remove redeye from photos, restore faded colors, optimize exposure, and convert scanned images to a wide variety of file formats for editing or e-mailing.
Read more at http://www.popphoto.com/digitalscanners/4156/which-scanner-should-i-buy.html
You may also read
Scanning Film Made EasyReview: Microtek Scanmaker i800Nikon Super Coolscan 9000 EDTest: Minolta DiMAGE Scan Elite 5400

***************************************

http://www.ct-graphics.com/other/spiny-aloe-2694.html

http://www.ct-graphics.com/recreation-sports/page3.html

Photography lovers who liked this also liked:
h art
h canvas prints
h framed prints
h acrylic prints
h prints
h posters
h greeting cards
h photos

g art
g canvas prints
g framed prints
g acrylic prints
g prints
g posters
g greeting cards
g photos

heroes art
heroes canvas prints
heroes framed prints
heroes acrylic prints
heroes prints
heroes posters
heroes greeting cards
heroes photos

gods acrylic prints
sword acrylic prints

Closeup Shooting: A Guide to Closeup, Tabletop, and Macro Photography

Closeup photography is one of the most fascinating photographic genres. "Closeup Shooting: A Guide to Closeup, Tabletop, and Macro Photography" takes the reader on a journey into this fascinating world of small, smaller, and smallest objects, and shows how to capture their beauty with photographic images. Each step of the way is carefully explained; choosing the right equipment, using ambient or artificial lighting, and conceptualizing and framing the perfect shot.

The "table top photographer" is trying to shoot a small object, a product, or a tiny treasure for display on the web (e.g., eBay) or in print. This book teaches the importance of choosing the appropriate lighting and backdrop, as well as the creative use of the camera's features, which are key to getting a perfect image.

Cyrill Harnischmacher explains all aspects of closeup shooting for inside the studio, as well as outdoors. This book is filled with beautifully illustrated examples and detailed instructions on how to set up a system and workflow for successful close-up photography.

Filled with captivating, beautiful pictures that make this book not only educational for the photography enthusiast, but also worthy of finding a place on your coffee table where it will be enjoyed by all.

Read all about it at
http://prophoto.typepad.com/prophoto/2007/05/closeup_shootin.html

Photography lovers who liked this also liked:
pain art
pain canvas prints
pain framed prints
pain acrylic prints
pain prints
pain posters
pain greeting cards
pain photos

violence art
violence canvas prints
violence framed prints
violence acrylic prints
violence prints
violence posters
violence greeting cards
violence photos

aggression art
aggression canvas prints
aggression framed prints
aggression acrylic prints
aggression prints
aggression posters
aggression greeting cards
aggression photos

Tips to earn some extra cash

Sell Photos Online
It’s now easier than ever to earn extra money from your images by selling them online via micro stock photography sites such as Shutterstock, Fotolia, Dreamstime and many more (please keep reading to find out how much I earn from each stock photography site).. It goes without saying that to be successful your shots need to be ‘good stock photographs’ and available in high resolution format. But presuming that all this is in order, how do you maximize sale ability?

Read all about it at
http://www.dphotojournal.com/sell-photos-online/

You may also want to check their http://www.dphotojournal.com/photography-directory/

****************************************

http://www.ct-graphics.com/recreation-sports/dressage-2688.html

http://www.ct-graphics.com/recreation-sports/page2.html

Photography lovers who liked this also liked:
authority art
authority canvas prints
authority framed prints
authority acrylic prints
authority prints
authority posters
authority greeting cards
authority photos

violent art
violent canvas prints
violent framed prints
violent acrylic prints
violent prints
violent posters
violent greeting cards
violent photos

aggressive art
aggressive canvas prints
aggressive framed prints
aggressive acrylic prints
aggressive prints
aggressive posters
aggressive greeting cards
aggressive photos

Microsoft, SanDisk take smart USB drives back to school

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Microsoft and SanDisk are hitting the re-set button on the move to smart USB flash drives. The duo announced Friday (May 11) they will roll out next year new hardware and software to create drives that can securely carry and launch both data and applications, giving users a portable version of their desktop they can take plug in to any computer.

read
Rick Merritt's full article at EE Times and

Related Links:
The EE Times blog on interconnects

Photography lovers who liked this also liked:
greek art
greek canvas prints
greek framed prints
greek acrylic prints
greek prints
greek posters
greek greeting cards
greek photos

stick art
stick canvas prints
stick framed prints
stick acrylic prints
stick prints
stick posters
stick greeting cards
stick photos

knife art
knife canvas prints
knife framed prints
knife acrylic prints
knife prints
knife posters
knife greeting cards
knife photos

Demystifying D-SLR Sensor Cleaning

http://www.cleaningdigitalcameras.com/ have put this site together to help educate the consumer on how to clean the CCD/CMOS sensor in their Digital SLR Cameras. With so much disinformation out there along with some trying to scare you into buying their supplies, they are here to clear the smoke and demystify the subject.

You need to read at least the first seven sections of this site BEFORE you attempt the cleaning. Yes, I know it is a guy thing where we read the instructions after we start having problems, but from one guy to another, you really need to read all of this FIRST. For the gals out there, I know you will read first.

Start reading at http://www.cleaningdigitalcameras.com/ and go from there.

*********************************

http://www.ct-graphics.com/wildlife/giraffes-2687.html
http://www.ct-graphics.com/recreation-sports/

Photography lovers who liked this also liked:
bat art
bat canvas prints
bat framed prints
bat acrylic prints
bat prints
bat posters
bat greeting cards
bat photos

baseball art
baseball canvas prints
baseball framed prints
baseball acrylic prints
baseball prints
baseball posters
baseball greeting cards
baseball photos

battle art
battle canvas prints
battle framed prints
battle acrylic prints
battle prints
battle posters
battle greeting cards
battle photos

Will Amazon click with photography reviews?

Digital photographers on Monday were debating whether a retailer can also offer professional camera reviews without creating the perception that the opinions are biased.
The discussion was prompted by Amazon.com's announcement that it had acquired Digital Photography Review, a London-based Web site that specializes in reviews and news for shutterbugs on both sides of the Atlantic.
Amazon, of course, has for a long time posted user reviews to its site. But with its purchase of Dpreview.com, the e-tailer picks up a company that features professional reviewers who have amassed considerable credibility with a growing community of photography buffs.
Does the difference between reviews written by amateurs and those written by professionals matter? Amazon has never been seriously accused of gaming user-generated reviews and, though it hasn't disclosed the price of the acquisition, it would be hard to imagine the e-tailer would do anything to make Dpreview's 7 million monthly unique visitors question its integrity.
"One of the things we like about Dpreview is the fact it provides readers with unbiased, in-depth reviews," Patty Smith, an Amazon spokeswoman, said in an e-mail. "We don't want to change the features that Dpreview customers enjoy."
On the site's message board, shortly after announcing the sale, Dpreview's founder, Phil Askey, posted a note telling users that reviews won't be compromised by the new corporate ownership. "I'd like to reassure you that this is a good day for everyone," Askey wrote on the board. "Amazon will have no affect on the reviews we write or the products we choose to review."
Still, some in his audience remained skeptical. One person who posted a reply to Askey wrote: "The minute they decide they can make more/faster bucks by starting to tailor reviews, mix marketing/editorial content and edit out negative user feedback it will happen. It's up to Amazon to decide."
What is Amazon's focus?

read it up at http://news.com.com/Will+Amazon+click+with+photography+reviews/2100-1038_3-6183705.html

Photography lovers who liked this also liked:
punishment art
punishment canvas prints
punishment framed prints
punishment acrylic prints
punishment prints
punishment posters
punishment greeting cards
punishment photos

infantry art
infantry canvas prints
infantry framed prints
infantry acrylic prints
infantry prints
infantry posters
infantry greeting cards
infantry photos

formal art
formal canvas prints
formal framed prints
formal acrylic prints
formal prints
formal posters
formal greeting cards
formal photos

giants acrylic prints
deities art

Fight Spam on the Internet!

The activities of a small number of people are becoming a bigger problem for the Internet.

Help fight spam to keep the Internet useful for everyone. Take advantage of the information http://spam.abuse.net/ have gathered to make your own experience on the Internet better.
Information about spam - for everyone
Tips and help for regular users
Technical information for systems administrators

View their list of anti-spam ISPs -->Read this month's editorial -->

*****************************

http://www.ct-graphics.com/other/protea-2685.html
http://www.ct-graphics.com/lifestyle-occupation/firefighters-2686.html
http://www.ct-graphics.com/other/page6.html

Photography lovers who liked this also liked:
army art
army canvas prints
army framed prints
army acrylic prints
army prints
army posters
army greeting cards
army photos

watch art
watch canvas prints
watch framed prints
watch acrylic prints
watch prints
watch posters
watch greeting cards
watch photos

person art
person canvas prints
person framed prints
person acrylic prints
person prints
person posters
person greeting cards
person photos

An Expose' on Google AdSense Fraud - Protect your PPC account

Google AdSense fraud is one of the diseases that plague the Ad Words advertisers.

Google AdSense and Title ="According to Google: Invalid clicks are generated by prohibited methods, such as repeated manual clicking or the use of robots. Invalid clicks are intended to artificially and/or maliciously drive up an advertiser's clicks and or a publisher's earnings. Sources of invalid clicks include: a) Manual clicks intended to increase your advertising costs or to increase profits for website owners hosting your ads. Clicks by automated tools, robots or other deceptive software "Click Fraud", before delving deeper into "AdSense Fraud".

While many advertisers have a genuine website, providing a valuable or interesting service to the world wide community, there is a significant number of unscrupulous operators who are out there to prey on the advertisers. These creatures of the night (and we will explain later why we use that term), make websites for the express purpose of milking AdSense revenue.
The following information is gleaned from real life logs of a busted fraudster!. Please see the “About Us” page for more details and read
Click Fraud - How it is Done

full article at http://www.sofizar.com/google-adsense-fraud.php

Photography lovers who liked this also liked:
booth art
booth canvas prints
booth framed prints
booth acrylic prints
booth prints
booth posters
booth greeting cards
booth photos

duty art
duty canvas prints
duty framed prints
duty acrylic prints
duty prints
duty posters
duty greeting cards
duty photos

weapon art
weapon canvas prints
weapon framed prints
weapon acrylic prints
weapon prints
weapon posters
weapon greeting cards
weapon photos

Copyright in photographs

Copyright in photographs is the same as copyright in anything else which is a matter of human creativity.
In general, as soon as a photograph is taken, it is subject to the same rules restricting copying as a piece of writing or music or anything else, (with the exception of inventions falling within the law of patents, which are governed by a separate set of rules). There are, however some peculiarities relating to photographs.

If your copyright is infringed, read http://www.aphotographyexpertwitness.com/ and don't hesitate to get a trained negotiator and mediator providing clients with dispute resolution services, and assisting clients in negotiating favorable settlements without litigation for example at http://www.hgexperts.com/hg/ex_consultants.asp?action=page&pcomp=39672&page=1

***********************
Always read: The Terms of Use, e.g.
http://www.ct-graphics.com/termsofuse.html

and while you're there, take a look at http://www.ct-graphics.com/other/page5.html

Photography lovers who liked this also liked:
protector art
protector canvas prints
protector framed prints
protector acrylic prints
protector prints
protector posters
protector greeting cards
protector photos

uniforms art
uniforms canvas prints
uniforms framed prints
uniforms acrylic prints
uniforms prints
uniforms posters
uniforms greeting cards
uniforms photos

weapons art
weapons canvas prints
weapons framed prints
weapons acrylic prints
weapons prints
weapons posters
weapons greeting cards
weapons photos

online photography copyright issues

Copyright establishes your ownership of photographs and the right to payment for any use of them.

Photographers are no more vulnerable to copyright infringement on the Web than they already are. Photos posted on the Web can be easily downloaded, but copyright laws still apply. The Digital Millennium Copyright Act was passed and went into effect in Oct 1998, tieing photographers' rights in with the commercial Web sites' property rights. It is illegal to use any photographers' works without consent. The courts agree and several high-profile cases are making the public increasingly aware of photographers' rights.

http://www.recapturephoto.com/copyright.htm sums it up!
"You're traveling down a dangerous road if you are considering image theft. All images, design elements and other content represented on a photographer's web site are protected under US and International copyright laws and are the sole property of website owner unless stated otherwise. All use and/or publication rights are reserved worldwide. All represented images and content are not in the Public Domain. No images or content represented on a photographyer's web site may be copied, stored, manipulated, published, sold or reproduced in whole or in part without the express written permission of an authorized representative of the photographer.
Use a photo without permission and we'll be happy to invoice you for 3-times the regular usage fee. "

Read it up ... and don't forget to take a look at their awesome photos ... and leave them where they are ... untouched!
http://www.recapturephoto.com/gallery.htm

Photography lovers who liked this also liked:
protect art
protect canvas prints
protect framed prints
protect acrylic prints
protect prints
protect posters
protect greeting cards
protect photos

uniform art
uniform canvas prints
uniform framed prints
uniform acrylic prints
uniform prints
uniform posters
uniform greeting cards
uniform photos

armed art
armed canvas prints
armed framed prints
armed acrylic prints
armed prints
armed posters
armed greeting cards
armed photos

What do you do when they nick your photos?

There are a lot of weird things that happen in the world of photography. One of the nastiest things that can happen to you, is to have your photographs stolen: How do you prove that you took the photos? What can you do to make them stop using the photographs? And, of course, how can you protect yourself from this happening again? Should you be happy when they take the website down / stop using the photos, or should you seek legal advice and try to sue them?

So many questions. In this article, I’m taking a look at two scenarios that were recently brought to my attention. In one case, a young lady from Iceland claims she had her images ‘borrowed’ by a company that sells high-end photographic prints. In another, the photographer is taking Gene Simmons of the band KISS to court, as he believes they’ve made a lot of money selling his photos on their merchandise.

What can you do? Let’s find out…
http://www.photocritic.org/2007/copyright-theft/

**********************************************

http://www.ct-graphics.com/recreation-sports/wintersport-2684.html
http://www.ct-graphics.com/other/page4.html

Photography lovers who liked this also liked:
forces art
forces canvas prints
forces framed prints
forces acrylic prints
forces prints
forces posters
forces greeting cards
forces photos

safety art
safety canvas prints
safety framed prints
safety acrylic prints
safety prints
safety posters
safety greeting cards
safety photos

guards art
guards canvas prints
guards framed prints
guards acrylic prints
guards prints
guards posters
guards greeting cards
guards photos

Canon U.S.A. Introduces Two imagePROGRAF Printers

Evolving its line of award-winning large format printers for the graphic arts, professional photography and fine art markets, Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leading provider of office imaging systems, ink-jet technology and digital photography equipment, today unveiled two new imagePROGRAF 12-color pigment ink large format printers, the imagePROGRAF iPF6100 and imagePROGRAF iPF5100.

Capable of 24-inch wide and 17-inch wide prints respectively, the imagePROGRAF iPF6100 and iPF5100 printers represent the next generation of Canon large format technology. Each equipped with a 12-color pigment inkset, using new formulations and better ink drop control for improved dot patterns and reduced dot graininess. The new formulations also reduce bronzing and provide better ink adhesion for improved scratch resistance.

Both new imagePROGRAF models support next generation “Kyuanos” color management technology for Windows, to deliver output color suitable for different viewing conditions such as fluorescent lights, incandescent lights, or sunlight. Each model also includes easy-to-use color calibration to help ensure output color consistency and accuracy. The combination of Kyuanos and Canon’s color calibration provides users with an easy solution not only to achieve consistent and accurate color output from print to print, and machine to machine, but also to provide suitable output color for different lighting conditions.

“These latest imagePROGRAF models continue Canon’s tradition of stunning colors, detailed prints, and archival image quality at astounding print speeds to provide our loyal Canon users with the best tools for their artistic craft whether it be photography, digital fine art, or graphic design,” said Jim Rosetta, vice president and general manager, Imaging Systems Group, Canon U.S.A.

read full article here: http://www.quickprinting.com/web/online/Wide-Format/Canon-USA-Introduces-Two-imagePROGRAF-Printers/31$2553

Photography lovers who liked this also liked:
brutality art
brutality canvas prints
brutality framed prints
brutality acrylic prints
brutality prints
brutality posters
brutality greeting cards
brutality photos

brutal art
brutal canvas prints
brutal framed prints
brutal acrylic prints
brutal prints
brutal posters
brutal greeting cards
brutal photos

honor art
honor canvas prints
honor framed prints
honor acrylic prints
honor prints
honor posters
honor greeting cards
honor photos