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. Getting the proper UV lamp To get … Continued
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 to downsize pictures for web in Photoshop … Continued
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 pictures quality. What is histogram? Histogram is … Continued
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 pictures to get real quality. But don’t … Continued
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 background is much easier. White paper The … Continued
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 it is not. There are few common … Continued
Most folks will tell you „get a tripod“. We will get to this later but I prefer shooting handheld. First you need enough light – the more the better. You can use any light source you want but be sure … Continued
There are just two things you need to know about proper exposure settings. First and most important is to never trust your camera LCD – it might look ok and later in PC you have completely useless pictures. Use histogram … Continued
The basic rule for the beginner is: Get as much of light as possible! It really doesn’t matter if it is sunshine or lamp but use the strongest light available. Lack of light is one of the most common problems … Continued
First and foremost you can’t really stop image theft. But there are certain steps to make it more difficult. We will also discuss the proper way of dealing with image thefts and abusers. Scripts preventing right click, flash tricks, invisible … Continued