30 Inspiring Niche Photography Websites to Explore Photography is a vast and ever changing creative industry that is closely linked to graphic design. Everywhere we go we see photography on billboards, posters, websites and the news. Below are 30 inspiring photographer or photography related websites. Have a look at the best of advertising, photojournalism, wedding, manipulated photography, glamor & fashion photography websites. These websites illustrate a variety of creative methods to present the same thing: photographers and their work. Photojournalism Websites Burn Magazine Mike Ross Photos Great Photojournalism Rethink Dispatches Noor Images McCall Studios Advertising Photography Websites Marge+Casey Associates Vendrame Tim Tadder Sonja Muller Ciril Jazbec Cake Factory Wedding Photography Websites Josevilla Photography Karen Wise Luna Pics Photography Bentley Gray Photography Elizabeth Messina CM Photography Manipulated Photography Website Dark City Revisited Blue Chimp Ivan Bajic Garrigo Sastudio Erik Johansson Glamour and Fashion Photography Websites
25 Amazing Photographer Portfolio Websites Portfolio sites are often excellent sources of design inspiration. With photography portfolios the primary focus is of course the photography itself, so the design is often minimal to allow the photos to have the attention of visitors. In this post we’ll showcase 25 photography portfolios that show how design and photography can work together to create a beautiful portfolio site. Looking for hosting? 50 Most Outstanding Photographers’ Portfolio For Inspiration As aspiring photographers, we always wonder how the professional photographers take photography to a whole different level, how their photography stands out from the rest, how their lenses seem to get the right angles, and just how they seem to capture all the perfect moments. Photography is an art, and art needs passion. With passion, there’s learning. These outstanding photographers are able to “wow!” us because they learned photography by heart. These 50 most outstanding photographers’ portfolio reflects the true passion of some of the world’s top photographers towards what they do best. Each of these portfolios contains some of the most amazing photos perfect for inspiration. 1. Simple, interactive, and easy-to-navigate portfolio website containing a very beautiful photography. 2. A very direct portfolio website. 3. His photographs capture the emotion and joy of the moment whether it is of the happy wedding couple, your family or the natural world. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13.
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Olympus Announces New Flagship Camera: PEN E-P5 Olympus is following up their hugely successful PEN line with an all new member: the PEN E-P5, a digital update of a classic film camera designed new tech and performance advancements. Designed for photographers looking for superior image quality in a portable body, the PEN E-P5 delivers a unique shooting experience for photographers looking to keep things compact, including offering a shutter speed of 1/8000th of a second, a first for the compact camera market. It also boasts built-in Wi-Fi, autofocus advancements, easy-access manual controls and a host of other features. The new flagship in the Olympus PEN is packed with the tech found inside Olympus’s premier Micro Four Thirds camera, the OM-D E-M5: 16-Megapixel TruePic VI Live MOS sensor, FAST AF, 5-Axis Image Stabilization and more. A touted “world class autofocus system,” also found in the Olympus OM-D E-M5, powers the E-P5’s new Super Spot AF, accurately brings into focus even extremely small subjects.
Free Photoshop Course From Lynda.com Through May 10th Want to improve, or just possibly brush up on your photoshops skills? Lynda.com is offering a free 1 hour and 37 minutes video to help you enhance your photos. In this course, the Photoshop senior product manager takes you on an insider’s tour of the key photo-enhancement features in Adobe Photoshop CS6. Even if you consider yourself a master I’m sure they have some tricks for you. This course is only available through May 10 so act fast. All you need to do is go to their Facebook page HERE, click on the link and like their page. Related Adobe Launches Photoshop Touch on Smartphones Previously only available on tablets, Adobe just announced that their mobile fully-loaded editing software is now available on both Android and iOS smartphones. In "Business"
Quick Fix To Making Your RAW Photos Look Better Shooting photos in RAW is the choice of most professionals. Unfortunately, we all know that once you import those photos into Lightroom, the vibrant images viewed on your camera LCD suddenly look flat. What if there were a quick fix that would make your RAW images better replicate what you see on your camera? One of the keys to running a more efficient business as a photographer is to find the tasks that we repeat most often and find the most effective ways to do those. One of those tasks that I found myself doing over and over again was trying to make my RAW images pop like they seemed to do in the camera. The reason for the different look was because my camera LCD is showing me a processed JPEG preview, whereas the photo in Lightroom is the unprocessed RAW image. Before I share the information below, I must caution everyone. I simply call it my “Dayley Booster Shot”, and I apply the preset to every RAW image when importing my photos into Lightroom. Related In "Editorial" In "Product"
A Detailed Explanation of How Photoshop Blend Modes Work - Photoshop Blend Modes Explained | Photo Blog Stop Working with blend modes is almost always an experimental process. Because it’s nearly impossible to predict the results, you always seem to end up experimenting with different modes and Fill Opacities until you get the results you’re looking for. In this article I’m going to give you a high-level view of what the various blend modes do, and then I’ll dig deeper into the nuts and bolts of the blend modes by explaining some of the math involved, and their interrelationships with each other. I’m not going to “show” you how the blend modes work—I’m going to “explain” how they work. By the time you finish reading this article, you should have a better idea of how to use blend modes and where to begin your “experimentation,” which in turn should reduce the time it takes to achieve the results you’re looking for. How Blend Modes Work Blend Mode Groups While the blend mode names don’t make all that much sense, Adobe did group the blend modes into logical groups. Keyboard Shortcuts Blend Mode Math
The Complete Guide To Photoshop Blending Modes Photoshop blending modes are one of those areas in Photoshop that a very few people understand in full detail. Everyone has a general idea on how they work and what some of the modes do specifically. Much of it has always seemed to be understood through experimentation. The results you get are often guessed. If you’re the lucky few who know all of them precisely, you will still want to read this article. I found a great write up that explains everything in detail for those that do not know. This guide from Photoshop Blog Stop goes over it all. My favorite part was the section called ‘Luminance Blending’ that allows for fine tuned control. Here are the topics that it covers: Check out the full article here and I hope you enjoy the information as much as I enjoyed finding it to share with all of you! [Via Photoshop Blog Stop] Related How to Color Grade Video in Adobe Photoshop Yes, you read that right. In "Editorial"