Archive for May, 2007

YouTube – Photoshop Tutorial – Three Layer Orton Effect

Thursday, May 31st, 2007

A great video tutorial on a digital method for applying an Orton Effect (that ethereal glow) with exquisite control of all aspects of the effect using layers.

HDR photos with the GIMP

Wednesday, May 30th, 2007

A tutorial on making High Dynamic Range photos using the GIMP or similar software.



This instructable is aimed at a range of people, so you can skip to the bits relevant to you with the information below. I apologise for the verbosity of the main instructions, but I figure you can skip parts you alr…


By: PKM

Preparing your images for magazine submission

Sunday, May 27th, 2007

I get a lot of questions about how you should prepare your images for magazine submissions. Should you just whack all your images on a CD? Is it worth including the RAW files or should you only send JPEG files? Should you leave all the images in a folder, or should you organise them?
Obviously, things [...]

How to win photography competitions

Tuesday, May 22nd, 2007

I was recently asked to be one of the judges in a photography contest run by Crestock. (more about the competition in one of my previous posts). It’s a pretty high-profile affair: The prizes are very good, and there’s a lot of judges on the panel, including some esteemed bloggers, experienced writers, and successful stock [...]