Photographing fluorescent minerals in UV light
Ultraviolet photography might seem complex, but it’s a piece of cake if you have the proper UV lamp. These tricks using proper setup and camera settings will make taking great UV photos easy.... READ MORE
How to properly downsize photos for the web?
You have to properly downsize pictures to get nice thumbnails for your website. If you just resize full resolution to thumbnail size, the reult is quite bad. This article wil teach you how... READ MORE
Using histogram in mineral photography
Histogram is a special graph showing distribution of lights and shadows in the image. It is the ultimate tool for both exposure metering and picture editing. Understanding histogram alone will greatly improve your... READ MORE
Choosing right image editing software
Just for the start – forget about all that crap distributed with Windows installation. These programs are bad even for simple image presentation. Forget about straight-from-the-camera pictures. You have to properly edit your... READ MORE
Photographing minerals on solid white background
White background is not very artistic but it works pretty well. And you can easily change it in any decent photo retouching SW later. White background might seem easy but getting solid black... READ MORE
Photographing minerals on solid black background
Black background looks simple but it works just great for most minerals. It doesn’t work very well for dark minerals like dark brown, gray or black. It looks like an easy solution but... READ MORE