Cameras-n- Stuff

Many photographers are always looking for the newest camera with the newest features. I know, because I do that. But it ain’t always the camera that gets the good picture. Sure, it helps. However there are those who could take a great shot with the digital camera on their mobile phone.

Unfortunately, I am not one of those. I have to work at getting good pictures. I read and research all the time on the Internet. When I go to the local Barnes and Noble bookstore, I look at the Photography magazines for hours.

The point here is, where do you get good instruction? Personally, I am a fan of Scott Kelby and the NAPP team. They have always put out great tips and tricks for taking good photos and processing them afterwards. If you join their website, you have access to some really wonderful tutorials by some of the best teachers on the planet. You can also sign up for Kelby Training and pay a monthly fee to get excellent video training.

Another place to try is Online Training. They are more into the post-processing part of photography, but their site is excellent, none the less.

Training and practice have given me a few good photographs. Take a look at them on my website at www.thewayeyeseeit.net. I continue to snap the shutter, hoping to get that one that causes folks to go “WOW!”

I am finally hosting a blog!

Dabbled in writing a few posts at WordPress, but now it is official.

My goal is to share news and insight into the world of digital cameras and photography help in the form of training and/or tutorials to make better pictures.

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Check out this picture of some cows in a field. I may have fooled you, or you may have guessed that the cows are not real.

I used Photoshop to “cut out” the cows from a picture taken at a friend’s house. I then resized them and placed them into the field.

Finally, I used Picnik, a free online editing program, to put the vingette and frame around the photo.

Other free online applications include GIMP and Picasa. but I really like the user friendly interface of Picnik.

Here is another example. I took this family photo, added some brightness and contrast, as well as the polaroid-type frame. Looks a lot better, doesn’t it?

I did this in about 2 minutes.

One of the things I like about Picnik is that you don’t even have to register to start editing your photos, and there is no program to download. Just upload your photo and start editing. When done, save it back onto your own computer.

The free sites also have the option of saving and sharing your images on their server.

Having your own version of Photoshop, or some other powerful editing software certainly gives you more options, but the movement toward editing online is taking on momentum. Give it a try.

For more software options, check the Software Choices page.