Category: retouching
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I Used To Believe It Was Impossible
Then it started to look improbable. Lately we have gone from likely to dead cert. And I am getting nervous. There were a lot of things in the old days that no-one would ever be able to do. Then the tech wizards started to solder things together and stuff happened. The chances improved and more…
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It’s Only Work If You Complain
And no-one will be listening anyway… My weekend’s work a little while ago was to fail. You fail by both narrow and wide margins. And then to analyse my failure correctly. Lest this start to sound like some Chinese communist self-criticism meeting, let me assure you I do not own a little red book. and…
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Playing Lucille Ball
As Lucille Ball got older, she became cautious about how a camera might see her. There was never any chance that she would be seen in a bad light – not by the technicians of her own studio. She was the boss of the outfit and a very astute one, too. What she said, went,…
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If your Computer Is REALLY For Photographers…
Why have you not done the following? a. Worked out a deal with the major player and pre-loaded Photoshop Elements? It’s a stand-alone that would serve many, many buyers. You have preloaded a video program that serves us well. b. Put a card slot, or three, on the front of the monitor shell. If you’re…
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Little Known Saving Graces
You all have our own reasons for loving the digital camera and workflow…or hating it…and I’m sure you are quite correct whichever way you go. But here are my discoveries: a. If you do traditional darkroom work you eventually run into a chemical barrier. it might be the stop-bath, fixer, or some of the more…
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” Out, Damned Spot! “
Relax. I’m not being mean to the dog. I mean the spots on the digital images. I went out into the bright sun to take pictures at our local light plane airport – to exercise the new things I had learned about video. These included an improved tripod, head levelling, an external microphone, and correct…
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Who Trusts Photography Any More?
On a world-wide basis…not many people… And that is sad and frightening. Our art has gone from the promise of absolute verity divorced from art and drawing ability…a boon to the talentless but honest…to a stage of flimflammery that divorces it from reality. It is possible to lie in lie upon oath in a court…
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How Do You Know What To Do?
This was asked me by a person who saw my images on the internet. Pictures that I had worked on…and over…with Photoshop Elements. My questioner wanted to know what the procedures were to get the particular look. But I took the question in a more general sense. How do I know what to do? By…
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Colourised By Hand
Or foot, if you are one of the especial card painters. I always buy some each year as I reckon they are marvels to do it. But some of the other images I see that have been colourised are possibly not so wonderful. At the outset I’ll admit to doing the business myself – I’ve…
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One Click Away From Fame
If you are a photo editor of your own work you generally want your efforts to be well-received. Whether it is mild straightening and contrast adjustment or a full-on 8-hour Photoshop reconstruction, you want people to like it. They may not buy it, but at least you don’t want them to spit on it. This…
Dr. Stein's Photographic Establishment 