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How To Do Polaroid Emulsion Lifts

Sunday, March 14, 2010

This week-end I did my very first Polaroid emulsion lifts and I'm very excited about this alternative photographic technique. Not so much because because of the technique itself, but more so because of the unpredictable and often amazing results it can lead to...

Unique Digital Photography Tutorials

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

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Step behind the scenes with ProPhotoInsight's unique digital photography tutorials. Video tutorials are getting increasing popular across the internet within all sort of topics including of course photography. Simon Plant from ProPhotoInsight's has acknowledged this increasing demand and has produced a series of photography video tutorials and Adobe Photoshop training videos.

How To Photograph Silhouettes

Saturday, November 7, 2009

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As photographers we want to create images with impact and drama. Silhouettes are a great way to capture your viewer’s attention and convey mood, mystery and drama in your images. A silhouette is a view of an object consisting of an outline and a featureless black interior. In photography the term is used to describe [...]

Before and After: Polaroid Grasses

Sunday, October 4, 2009

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Today I set out to make some Lensbaby images as the little family headed into Manly to listen to some jazz at the Manly Jazz Festival. However it started drizzling just as we set foot outside, and later the drizzle turned into steady rain throughout the entire day. Typical. Before we left the house I [...]

Before and After: Laura

Sunday, September 13, 2009

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During my recent August Snaps project I carried my Canon G9 with me everywhere throughout the month of August in an effort to make creative photos every day. However on a couple of occassions I did indeed also make some ‘normal’ snapshots. So today I thought I would share an image of my daughter, Laura, [...]

Step Behind the Scenes with a Pro Photographer

Sunday, August 30, 2009

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The other day I was browsing the internet for photography resources and as always you get thrown in all kinds of different directions, one page leads to the next and so on and so on. So I don’t remember quite how, but I ended up on Simon Plant’s ProPhotoInsights website which I thought was a [...]

Frame Your Photos Quickly and Efficiently

Sunday, August 16, 2009

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Yesterday I announced onOne Software as a new major sponsor of Photography 24/7. Their PhotoFrame and PhotoTools plugins are probably my two favourite creative plugins, so I thought I would just share a couple of quick examples of the effects you can achieve. I have used my own daughter, Laura, as the model of choice [...]