Archive for the 'Photography' Category

9 Ways of Optimising Your Images for the Search Engines

Posted on December 27 2009 by admin

All the major search engines have their own image search engines. These may actually generate a lot of traffic. Here’s how you attract image search visitors to your site.
People may have different reasons for using image search engines. There are teenagers looking for pictures of their teen idols, iTunes users looking for an obscure cover [...]

How to Blend Images in Photoshop

Posted on December 14 2009 by admin

Blending images is a process of putting two or more diverse imageries or photographs to form an exuberant frame. One of the ways to create a universally used effect in blending images is to try the layer mask. To do an example of layer mask, follow the following steps:

First, find a photograph of a picture [...]

Turn Your Photos into Cash

Posted on November 28 2009 by admin

With jobs becoming increasingly hard to find and difficult to keep, many are looking for ways to earn money from home. Digital photography is an excellent way to work for yourself and make extra – or even a full-time – income at home.
You can download this free report called “Make Money with Digital Photography.” If [...]

Photoshop’s ‘Save for Web’ Feature

Posted on November 22 2009 by admin

If you have Photoshop version 5 or greater, you have the ability to use Photoshop’s “Save for Web” command. This handy feature gives you to ability to save a copy of your image that is optimized for use on the Web. By doing this your image file will be as small as possible, and that [...]

Photoshop vs Photoshop Elements: Which One Is Right for You?

Posted on November 12 2009 by admin

If you’re in the market for an image editing software, chances are you’re choosing between Photoshop and Photoshop Elements.
Both are excellent software for manipulating digital photographs and images. In this article, I’ll discuss some of the ways the two software are different. Hopefully, after reading this, you can make an informed decision.
Keep in mind Adobe’s [...]

10 Important Mistakes to Avoid When Submitting Photos to Stock Photo Sites

Posted on October 24 2009 by admin

A quick and easy way to make money with your photos is by submitting them to stock photo sites online. You can start earning money with the photos that are already in your hard drive; you don’t even have to take new photos right away.
If you want a step-by-step guide to monetizing your digital photos [...]

Easily Change the Appearance of any Photo in Photoshop

Posted on October 21 2009 by admin

With Adobe Photoshop you can apply all kinds of cool special effects and transform the appearance of photographs,
The following are just a few of the special effects you can do in Photoshop.
a) Black and White
Everyone loves black and white photography. In the past you had to use separate film if you wanted black and white [...]

How To Place A Photo Into Text

Posted on October 21 2009 by admin

Have you always wondered how to put photos into text using Photoshop? This Photoshop trick is perfect for creating simple yet cool looking headers for your websites or blogs. Say you are planning on setting up a website, but you are totally clueless on how to design the header and hiring a professional graphic designer [...]

Remove Background in Your Photos

Posted on October 21 2009 by admin

If you have ever done any image editing in Photoshop, you know that one of the hardest things to do is to take an image out of its current background. I have a very easy way to do this, which is also very accurate in getting just the image that you would like to use. [...]

Do You Have the ‘Eye’?

Posted on October 18 2009 by admin

Having the ‘Eye’ in photography means simply to be able to see things from a different perspective, a different way. It is not an obvious point of view, but rather, a personal and visually striking point of view of the talented photographer.
Everyone can take a photograph, but 80% of the time, what they will aim [...]

Your Ticket to Big Bucks in Graphic Design

Posted on October 16 2009 by admin

Graphic design has always been big business but with the explosive growth of the Internet today, there are increasing demand for such services. Every business needs a web site to be successful in today’s business environment and every web site needs graphic design in the form of logos and web graphics. Collaterals such as brochures, leaflets, invitation cards and [...]

Using Photoshop To Create The Perfect Shot

Posted on October 15 2009 by admin

Many amateur photographers have already switched over from using traditional film to the digital realm, especially with the advent of the cheaper digital SLR or DSLR cameras. Now you can use your digital camera in exactly the same way that you use a traditional 35mm SLR. In fact, the digital models are even better as you can [...]