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Welcome to the 100th issue of the Digital Darkroom
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BetterPhoto is marking another landmark occasion: the 100th issue of Digital Darkroom! In this edition, we have a lot of news, notes, tips, and techniques, including:
- - Check out the work of two outstanding instructors ... Jim Zuckerman's Featured Article ("How to Eliminate Unwanted Foregrounds") and Deb Sandidge's Featured Blog ("HDR in B&W - A Timeless Look with a Twist").
- Rob Sheppard has a new course with video lessons: A Darkroom Called Lightroom. It's fully interactive!
- Don't miss the excellent Photo Di scussions by BetterPhoto members.
- "What was the last creative project you did?" This was a key question asked by Jim Miotke in this past weekend's highly successful Creative Confidence Webinar. Read an interesting - and inspiring - Team BetterPhoto blog on the subject.
Kerry Drager
Newsletter Editor
To read the online version of the Digital Darkroom at our Web site, visit http://www.betterphoto.com/digitalpics/
In This Issue: Wednesday, August 17, 2011
- Featured Photo: Window Shopping
- Featured Article: How to Eliminate Unwanted Foregrounds
- Digital Before and After
- New Photo Discussion 1: Old town
- New Photo Discussion 2: Love Poem
- New Photo Discussion 3: Is anybody in there?
- New Photo Discussion 4: Hazy Daisy
- New Photo Discussion 5: I Still Work
- The Next Step: Where to Go From Here
Featured Photo: Window Shopping
 Window Shopping 5 image HDR, Topaz Adjust, taken at Lyme Village looking in a window of the old Country Store. Simpler times. © Mary Timman Nikon D200 Digital... |
Featured Article: How to Eliminate Unwanted Foregrounds
Check out this article, in which BetterPhoto instructor Jim Zuckerman shares his vision and his techniques.
 HYPERTRIPLE ABSTRACT I applied the hypertriple option of the flexify filter to the original image. |  Hamaca |
© Amalia Arriaga de Garcia
| Each month, the best Before and After will be featured in the Digital Darkroom. To participate, upload a Before (original) picture then start a discussion on it (using the Discuss This Photo link under the picture). After telling us how you did created the effect, select "1" or "2" from the Upload Image pull-down menu, and submit an optional intermediate image and a final (After) photo. Aim to educate and inspire by sharing a concise, detailed explanation of your technique. Enjoy! |
New Course: The Darkroom Called Lightroom
| Rob Sheppard's awesome new photography class - A Darkroom Called Lightroom - has just been added to the class schedule at BetterPhoto's digital photography school online. This fully interactive course features video lessons! In this article, check out Rob's before-and-after ph oto series that shows precisely what Lightroom can do! Read more about this Lightroom online course... |
Featured Blog: HDR in B&W - A Timeless Look with a Twist
| See the striking work by instructor Deborah Sandidge, along with her thoughts on HDR and black & white. Check out this photography blog... |
Photoshop Courses: Get Pro Feedback on Your Photos!
| BetterPhoto's online photography classes offer personal interaction with top professionals! See the listing of online Photoshop courses... |
New Photo Discussions
New Photo Discussion 1: Old town
Sincerely, Chris - Christine R. Lobsinger See Christine's Basic BetterPholio™ Response 1:Thank you, Christine: I did something different with this picture. I used a polarizer, but I underexposed by 2 stops to get the clouds close to proper exposure and used a flash that at +2 EV to expose the front building. | |
New Photo Discussion 2: Love Poem
Love the picture! - Susan Shingleton Visit susanshingletonphotography.com - Susan's Deluxe BetterPholio™ Response 1:Hi Susan! Thanks heaps for your compliments! Probably 30 or 40 layers involved here, using my own texture layer. - Debbie Bray See Debbie's Basic BetterPholio™ Read this discussion online Respond to this discussion | |
New Photo Discussion 3: Is anybody in there?
- Carolyn Fletcher See Carolyn's Basic BetterPholio™ Visit PickYourShots.com - Carolyn's Deluxe BetterPholio™ Response 1:Cool effect. Good job, Donna. - Randy A. Myers See Randy 's Basic BetterPholio™ Response 2:Thanks, I really don't care for Photoshop and don't use it much but this is a multifaceted layered PS7 image. First, my girl posed behind this old window. I liked her pose and expression, and the composition, but it needed better light. I didn't like the colors so I created this. First, I used lucis art filter, then I hand-painted the face and hair in PS7 to give her a different look. I dodged and burned in areas too. After that, I layered on a design that I made from an old stock image and flattened it to give the illusion of a sound wave effect. I finalized it when I converted it to gray and liked the results. It's bizarre but I think that it's cool. Thanks for the comments! - Donna R. Moratelli See Donna's Basic BetterPholio™ Visit DonnaraePhotography.com - Donna's Deluxe BetterPholio™ Read this discussion online Respond to this discussion | |
New Photo Discussion 4: Hazy Daisy
- Carolyn Fletcher See Carolyn's Basic BetterPholio™ Visit PickYourShots.com - Carolyn's Deluxe BetterPholio™ Response 1:Love it!!! The white just glows! - Linda D. Lester See Linda 's Basic BetterPholio™ Visit lindadlester.com - Linda 's Deluxe BetterPholio™ Response 2:This is really beautiful Agnes. Wonderful work! - R. J. Laudenbacher See R. J.'s Basic BetterPholio™ Read this discussion online Respond to this discussion | |
New Photo Discussion 5: I Still Work
- Robert Jensen Visit bobjensenphotography.com - Robert's Deluxe BetterPholio™ Response 1:Thank you so much, Robert. My Dad left this to me. I finally got the courage to get it out and unfold it. I was pretty scared I would tear it, but it came out just fine, and I immediately took this photo. - Nancy Marie Ricketts See Nancy Marie's Basic BetterPholio™ Visit nmrvirginearthphotography.com - Nancy Marie's Deluxe BetterPholio™ Read this discussion online Respond to this discussion | |
The Next Step: Where to Go From Here
- Browse more photo discussions at BetterPhoto.com
- Start your own discussion on any photo in the Galleries
- Read archived issues of the Digital Darkroom
Jim Miotke
BetterPhoto.com, Inc.
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