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Featured Artist: Christopher O’Donnell
Note: Christopher’s landscape and nighttime images are stunning! His landscapes have a vivid, painterly quality while his horticulture series is packed full of amazing detail. You can view more of Christopher’s work at www.christopherodonnellphotography.com and on his blog. -Steve Paxton Viewing the World in Color I grew up on the North Shore of Boston for [...]
Free Ripped Tape Brush Set for Photoshop
Customize your photographs and designs with these ripped tape brushes. This set includes 16 high resolution brushes measuring 2500 pixels wide making them ideal for high resolution projects. We are also including the original source files for the tape. You have permission to store and use these brushes within personal and commercial projects without attribution. [...]
Free Cracked Concrete Texture Collection
Textures can be used to add a little pizzazz to ordinary images. Photographers, designers and scrapbookers use textures to create unique and interesting composites. Unfortunately, many photographers, digital designers and scrapbooking maniacs simply don’t have time to capture their own high quality photographic textures. The F/Stop Spot has you covered! Here’s What You Get These [...]
The Raw Truth About JPEG: Choosing an Image Format
Debate continues among photographers about the pros and cons of shooting JPEG versus Raw images. Opinions vary depending on who you ask. This can be particularly confusing for new photographers trying to nail down an efficient workflow. The bottom line is that the file format you choose to capture your photographs with will have a [...]
Don’t Get Bit by ESD. Safe Handling Practices for Flash Media
Before the advent of digital photography, photographers had to be careful how they handled and stored their film. As an example, it is a good practice to store unused film in airtight canisters and inside a refrigerator (typically set at 50-55 degrees Fahrenheit). Direct sunlight and high temperatures can also adversely affect the reliability of [...]
Capture Stunning Photographs During the Black of Night
Many photographers assume that once the sun goes down, so do the opportunities to take spectacular landscape images. Some of my favorite photographs were taken under extremely low light or nearly pitch-black conditions. In fact, I have found that the darker it is the better results I usually get in my images. You are more [...]
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