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DEAL: 30% Off Phil Steele’s Photoshop Basics Online Course

29 Aug

NewImageOver on our sister site – SnapnDeals – we have a great offer running right now – it gets you 30% off Phil Steele’s Photoshop Basics for Photographers course.

Many of your have taken Phil’s other courses and will be familiar with his helpful videos so will know that he always delivers great training for photographers.

Over 13 easy to understand modules this course will teach you how to take your photos to the next level with some simple post production techniques in Photoshop.

Normally the course is $ 47 but with this Snapn’ Deal it is just $ 33.

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New study investigates online reviews – makes surprising discoveries

16 Jul

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Online product reviews are a huge part of our lives these days, and often, they’re the nearest thing we get to a ‘hands on experience’ before we buy something. But how do we know they’re honest? Dishonest reviews are a serious problem for retailers (and indeed for content websites like dpreview.com) and a team at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has been investigating why people are driven to leave reviews of products that they haven’t actually used. Their findings might just surprise you. Click through to read more. 

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Submitting Your Photos to Online Forums

30 Jun

A contribution from Lori Peterson

Every day photographers use Facebook and other photo sharing websites, such as Instagram, for sharing images with their clients and potential customers. This ability to share has made it much easier to get instant feedback from the images that are posted and for photographers to see what their client base is actually looking for.

Facebook has overwhelmingly provided photographers with a unique way of interacting with other photographers. Online photography forums and groups are plenty in the World Wide Web. Photographers can submit images to have them critiqued, they can have them considered for publications, and they can even win awards for their online submissions.

Submitting online forums

While some photographers may think that these forums and groups are a waste of time, there are others who will tell you that you are missing out on a lot of opportunities by not participating. The internet is always opening up new possibilities for people, especially in the world of photography.

Photographers and artists will typically create a Curriculum Vitae instead of a traditional resume. A Curriculum Vitae is basically a summary of your qualifications and will include any exhibits and publications that have showcased your work. There are many juried art and photography forums online. Winning awards can be the jump-start on your Curriculum Vitae for helping you to obtain grants, get into art exhibits, and get your work published. It will also give insights to any exhibit curator as to your creative process and what your specific vision for your art is.

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There are many forums online you can submit to, such as Just Color & Art (JCA), Lemonade and Lenses, Cameraraw, View Bug, or Pixoto.

Once you submit to any of these forums, photographers of all other skill levels will see your work. When you post in the online forums you have to be prepared for the critiques (yes, even the dreaded unsolicited ones!). Those critiques (both asked for and those not asked for) give you a rare opportunity to get insights from other photographers, other eyes, and other artists. Don’t take any negative critiques personally. Remember, art is very subjective. But do read the comments and consider where they are coming from. Could you have increased your shutter speed? Would a higher or lower ISO made for a better shot? Obviously, you can’t go back and change those things, but they are food for thought for future images.

Some businesses have taken to Facebook and it’s availability of online forums to look for photographers who are local to them for product photography, real estate photography, and even headshots for their company. Keeping your work current and out there for people to see can lead you to new ways to make money as a photographer.

Online forums can also spark photographer friendships. Having a photographer friend who is not your local competition can be a wonderful asset. Photographers are generally willing to listen and help out when they can. Friendships between photographers can be helpful when you are learning something new, trying out new ideas, or even when you are feeling overwhelmed or frustrated. Having a like-minded person listen to you and bounce ideas around can really help you to re-focus your time, energy, and mind where it needs to be.

Another boost to submitting to online forums? Increased SEO (Search Engine Optimization) for your photography website or blog. When you post from your photography page you are creating a cross-link between the forum and your page. Using specific keywords and updating your blog posts and website with any awards, recognitions, or honors from online forums can also help increase your SEO. 

There are many benefits to utilizing online photography forums and you will have to decide whether or not it is right for your specific business model. They are a very unique way for photographers to interact and learn from one another. They provide an opportunity for learning, friendships, and in some cases, they can lead to employment opportunities. Utilizing online forums can also help you to get your work seen by potential publishers and grant committees.

Lori Peterson is an award winning photographer based out of the St. Louis Metro Area. Her dynamic work ranges from creative portraits to very unique fine art photography. Lori’s work can be seen at www.loripetersonphotography.com and also on her blog at www.loripetersonphotographyblog.com. You can follow her on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/LoriPetersonPhotography.

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Google+ Takes An Evolutionary Step With Online Photography

03 Jun

Social media has brought about the ability to share images across the world in seconds, something unthinkable a decade ago. There are several major firms who dominate this market – Facebook, Flickr, Pinterest, and Instagram to name but a few. Sleepy old Google+, however, hasn’t had much of a say. With 500 million registered users it’s officially the second most Continue Reading

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500px redesigns online photo portfolios

12 Apr

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500px has redesigned its online photo portfolio feature, offering photographers more customization tools and advanced options for interacting with followers and customers. The new portfolio UX is expected to roll out by May and will allow for store integration so visitors can purchase photos directly from a portfolio, and blog integration and even full CSS customization. Learn more about the upcoming changes at connect.dpreview.com.

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DEAL: 25% Off Trey Ratcliff’s ‘Discover the Art of Photography’ Online Course

12 Apr

NewImageThis week over at our sister site – SnapnDeals – we have a great deal running where you can get 25% off Trey Ratcliff’s ‘Discover the Art of Photography’ video course.

Trey Ratcliff is one of the world’s best known photographers on social media and via his blog StuckinCustoms. He specialises in HDR photography and was the first photographer to have a HDR photograph hung in the Smithsonian.

In this four part course Trey shares some great information on the basic elements of photography. The episodes covered are:

EPISODE 1 – GETTING STARTED (30 mins)

  • Introduction to photography
  • Learning through curiosity and discovery
  • Setting up your camera
  • Taking your first photo
  • Editing your photo with Adobe Lightroom

EPISODE 2 – PHOTO COMPOSITION (40 mins)

  • Challenging the traditional teachings on composition
  • Live example: Composing a landscape photo
  • Live example: Composing a photo with people
  • Editing the landscape and people photos
  • Review examples of many different compositions

EPISODE 3 – FINDING YOUR OWN STYLE (60 mins)

  • Discovering your unique path to your own art
  • Live examples: Photos in a park and a candy shop
  • Reviewing examples of small-object composition
  • More advanced techniques using Adobe Lightroom

EPISODE 4 – PHOTO EDITING (34 mins)

  • Moving past the learning curve of post processing
  • Sharing your photos with others online
  • Playing with Adobe Photoshop
  • Tips & Tricks with Adobe Photoshop
  • Introduction to HDR (High Dynamic Range) photography

Get 25% off this course for the next 4 days only on SnapnDeals.

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Free Online Tool creates ‘Hyperlapse’ videos using Google Street View

11 Apr

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Online user experience company Teehan + Lax has created a free tool for creating ‘hyperlapse’ videos using Google Street View. The term ‘hyperlapse’ describes timelapse videos which incorporate camera movement – something that is typically extremely difficult and time-consuming to perfect. The team at Teehan + Lax began experimenting with Google Street View as a guide for choosing locations, but realised that it could be used as source material. Click through for more details. 

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DEAL: 50% Off The Art of Black and White Photography Online Course

07 Mar

NewImageThis week’s deal over at our sister site – SnapnDeals – is one that I know will appeal to a lot of dPS readers.

It is 50% off The Art of Black and White Photography Online Course at Udemy.

Created by David J. Nightingale this course will help you to:

  • Master the techniques to create amazing black and white photographs.
  • Make more of your black and white portraits.
  • Learn from a world-renowned expert.

It contains over 19 lectures and 6.5 hours of content – all delivered online.

It is normally $ 79 but this week through SnapnDeals it is just $ 39.50 USD. Check it out at SnapnDeals.

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Online images and copyright infringement

07 Mar

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A dispute between Canadian pro photographer, Barbara Ann and Ottawa radio station HOT 89.9 illustrates the problematic climate in which companies often turn to the Internet for free photographic images. Someone at the radio station found, via a Google search, a wedding photo that was then used as part of a Keynote slide presentation made to potential advertisers. When contacted by the photographer, the station removed the image but the two parties remain far apart on an agreement over compensation. (via PetaPixel)

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Online Photo Editing Services

16 Jan

Photo editing online is made possible using a wide range of free tools. It is a lot of fun for both kids and adults to make funny makeovers, add text and illustrations to photographs.  However you can also use the online photo editors for more serious tasks even though desktop version may be a lot better! So if you find Photoshop too expensive, too hard and time consuming to learn and work with – you have alternatives online as you can see below.? Photoshop can certainly create the effects you can dream up, but it is expensive and not that easy to learn. On the desktop side there are also some interesting free and open source Photoshop alternatives.

A large number of photo editing online services are available to help us all saving time or just having fun manipulating photos and creating effects instantly. Most of these are also free so you may get you graphical job done without investing in expensive tools. Of cause these tools have their limits but they are fun and can be useful some cases. Please post a comment if you know a great online photo service that I missed.

One Click Online Photo Editing Services

Fun Photo Box
Fun Photo Box is a really cool place. It has loads of stunning effects and a well designed interface to apply them. This is fun for hours!

Big Huge Labs
This site offers various ways to make fun of your photos online. You can create fake magazine covers, movie posters, calendars, and other special effects available.

WriteOnIt
Easily create your fake pictures, captions and fake magazines and other funny jokes for you and your friends.

Imagechef Photo editing online
Imagechef have four interesting services. Sketchpad and Word Mosaic are both really cool.

picjoke
Many many photo editing online effects found here!

PiZap
This service as awesome for making funny images. You may also use it for serious purposes like adding a text bobble .

Funny Photo
It lets you make photo collages, make fun of your pictures, and add picture frames that are available at various designs.

Enjoy pic Photo editing online
EnjoyPic.com is an online photo editing tool where you can add funny photo effects to your pictures. It is very easy to use. What you need to do is to upload any picture or photo you like, and wait to see the result of magic.

BeFunky
This photo editing site lets you edit and create effects on your pictures even without registering on the site. The good thing is, it offers free photo editing service online.

PhotoFunia
PhotoFunia is a site with tons of creative backgrounds to play around with. With only a few click you can create very cool effects. PhotoFunia allows you to make fun of your photos fast and easy. In addition, there are many available cool effects to choose from.

FotoTrix
The site offers various ways to make fun of your pictures online such as creating frames, fake magazine covers, and other special effects.

Loonapix
Loonapix lets you add photo frames on your pictures and add face effects as well.

Imagic Photo Enhancer
This is a fast and easy way of enhancing your photos online.

Photo505
Another very cool photo effect service.

Dumpr
Create multiple interesting effects from your normal photos. The tools are good and simple to work with.

Photofacefun
Lots of nice free photo editing online services here

Phixr
Phixr allows you to create various photo effects on your pictures which you can take from your computer.

Festisite Money
Here, you can upload your photo and create a personalized paper bill online.

Pato
More than 400 photo editing online effects

Pixisnap
Here you can create wonderful photo mosaics and polaroid images.

Picartia
Create a photo mosaic of your choice for free online. Only you fantasy sets the limits here.

Real Online Editors

Need to do basic image editing like resize, crop, rotate etc.? You can do that for free online.

pixlr
Pixlr is a really great on-line photo editor with layers, history and other features you know from tools like Photoshop. The GUI is created to look like Photoshop. You will find that there’s an express version as well that focus on basic features like resize, crop etc. For sure one of the most feature rich online image editors I have seen.

Photoshop Express
This may be the best online editor you will find. It’s a free online photo editor that’s not meant to replace Adobe’s current offerings, but “make Adobe imaging technology immediately accessible to large numbers of people.

Splashup
Splashup is designed to give you a feeling of working in Photoshop. It is integrated with Flickr, Facebook, Picasa, and more and even support layers. Being a free tool this application offers many features, filters and is really worth trying out.

Picnik
Picnik makes your photos fabulous with easy to use yet powerful editing tools and it is one of the most popular online image editors. Tweak to your heart’s content, then get creative with oodles of effects, fonts, shapes, and frames. It is very popular because it integrated with Flickr, Facebook, myspace, Picasa, Webshots, Webs and more. Picnik offer the basic features needed and also have a premium plan that adds more powerful features.

Phoenix
Aviary offers a suite of tools for editing images, vectors etc. Phoenix is the Aviary image/photo editor and it offers layers and compositing. It is integrated with Flickr, Facebook and Picasa allowing you to import images from these popular services. This is another very interesting free tool to check out before investing in commercial packages.

Anymaking Image Workshop
Simple image editing tools. You will also find a few photo effects.

Makeover Tools
Interesting makeover tools that you will love or hate.

Yearbook Yourself
Turn your face photo into yearbook alike black & white old school photo. The service is paused and will be back this Summer.

Hairmixer
Choose a photo for the left and right side and start mixing their hairs up. There’s a lot of celebrity photos you can choose from but really does it make sense to mix hair on people…. you decide. You can as well create a magazine cover with the end result photo.

Moron Face
Moronize yourself but be careful you’re not going to like the result

Revitalizer
This is a funny tool that allows you to retouch a face really easy. The interface is ok to work with but the results may not satisfy a professional photoshopper.

Hollywood Hair Makeover
Love those celebrities’ look? Wear thier hair instantly and see how you look. You can also put on some makeup and see how it looks with a new color.

Any suggestions, ideas? Feel free to comment on this article!

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