Unsharp mask: it's a great too to have in the digital photo toolkit, for sure. Just like most Photoshop tools, unsharp mask also has an original darkroom “analog” that's fascinating. This entry from Photo Critic attempts to demystify unsharp mask through history and application. Link.

I just learned about this one today. Cameratoss is a term that is much what it sounds like. Darken the room, turn on specific point light sources, set camera for longish exposure, trigger and toss. I might not be trying this with my new camera, but maybe a small point and shoot with the tether […]

Lens BabiesThe Lens Baby is a flexible lens that fits on your SLR camera to give you finger-tip selective focus on subjects. Compress the Lens Baby in one direction and you get a tilt-focus effect, similar to that of a large format camera. The results are endless. Lens Baby also makes accessories for video cameras […]

Be sure to check out Jerry Lodriguss's web site astropix.com for a terrific gallery of extraordinary pictures of celestial objects, most shot with pro-sumer Canon equipment. But the best thing about his photos are that he tells you the details about each picture giving a wealth of information about the shot. Jerry is located in […]

With the recent aquisition of the Canon 40D, I thought I'd put it through it's paces and try some long exposure to see what the noise was like. The results were very pleasing. I'm using a Canon EF 24-70 f2.8L USM lens which is a great lens, although a bit heavy. Click each picture for […]

Since AXIS discontinued support for the 205 and 206 web cameras, the internal clock in these units will not adjust DST properly (since the start and end dates were changed last year). However, you can manually adjust the DST parameters by modifying the config file yourself. Luckily, there is an internal application to modify the […]

We used three different cameras while in London (yeah it was a bit excessive but we did end up using all three). The first being the Canon Digital Rebel XTi with that new EF 24-105 1:4 L IS USM lens. The second was a Canon SD-1000 which was being used primarily as a video camera […]

Here are some sites about photography that I've discovered recently; not to be missed! Lost America via Flickr.A collection of photos that are breathtaking and haunting; shot at night using natural and artificial light sources. StrobistLearn how to take great shots with less gear and a little know how. Strobist Flickr GroupSee shots from people […]

The camera in the iPhone is a 2Mp camera capturing pictures at 1600 x 1200. It achieves this through an extremely small fixed camera lens on the back. As I was taking a picture while moving the phone in a circular motion, I noticed that the frame rate on the display was creating some strange […]

A long exposure image of the carnival midway at the 2007 Saint Anthony's Italian Festival. The center ride is the Zipper. The shot was 10 seconds @ f22 with a 50mm standard lens. Contrast and exposure were adjusted, cropped and resized in Photoshop. The JPEG image is 1920 x 1200, perfect for widescreen monitors.