Link round-up for 18th April 2008

10 Cameraphone Photographs that Rock

stunning photos

koltregaskes Fri, 18 Apr 2008 06:35:06 PDT

Photoshop CS4 to Favor Vista for 64-Bit

Adobe’s latest upgrade offers support for massive amounts of memory, but not on Mac OS X.

koltregaskes Fri, 18 Apr 2008 06:25:45 PDT

Photoshop CS4 beta LEAKED!

I was quite surprised today when I saw an email in my Inbox letting me know that Adobe Photoshop CS4 (codename Stonehenge 11.0) has been leaked. I checked some of the BitTorrent sites and it does indeed look like it is available to anyone that wishes to download it. From what I’ve read the Adobe CS3 serial numbers do not work so you’ll ..

koltregaskes Fri, 18 Apr 2008 06:25:40 PDT

Adobe Photoshop CS4 Whispering – Company Shows 3.1 GB Photo

Adobe’s senior vice president of creative business solutions gave the kick-off speech today at the Photoshop World conference. In his presentation he hinted at Photoshop CS4 and showed off a 3.1 GB photo of Boston, which was made up of hundreds of 16 GB photos.

koltregaskes Fri, 18 Apr 2008 06:25:37 PDT

A Great Photo Of Great Wonders Snapped From A Great Height

koltregaskes Fri, 18 Apr 2008 06:07:09 PDT

100 Tips to Improve Your Life for Creatives

Behance just started collaborating with a group of fourteen established blogs, all very different, but all with a shared interest in helping people increase productivity (among other self-improvements). We call this collaboration “LifeRemix.” The Behance team sees this as a great opportunity to share our tips for productivity beyond the creative pr

koltregaskes Fri, 18 Apr 2008 05:49:02 PDT

Photography and The Law: Know Your Rights

The Ten Legal Commandments of Photography

koltregaskes Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:54:26 PDT

The Ultimate Guide – Part 3: Getting Equipped – The Average Joe’s Dream Kit

After much delay, and lots of threats on my life from friends who really wanted to read about the Average Joe Camera Kit, we are back with the third part of our “Ultimate Guide” series. If you haven’t yet, make sure to check out Part 1 and Part 2 before continuing.

koltregaskes Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:40:48 PDT

The Ultimate Guide To Getting Started in DSLR Photography – Part 1

An awesome look into what it takes to get into SLR photography. If you’re planning on buying a DSLR, read this first. I’m excited for part 2!

koltregaskes Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:38:15 PDT

Understanding Depth of Field – Examples for Every Photography Novice

In this beautiful landscape photograph, the depth of field is huge. From the flowers in the foreground to the clouds in the background, everything appears very sharp.

koltregaskes Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:36:04 PDT

Ultimate Guide To Getting Started in DSLR Photogpraphy – Getting Equipped

The ultimate guide continues with a list of recommendations of all the equipment you’ll need to get started in DSLR photography on a budget. Great recommendations on cameras, lenses and everything else you need. If you are interested in digital SLR photography, you gotta read this one.

koltregaskes Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:35:43 PDT

Science As Art: 50 Amazing Images From Science

Some wonderful images from the world of science. Well worth the look: “An Exhibition of Scientific Photography – School of Photographic Arts and Sciences – Rochester Institute of Technology”

koltregaskes Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:34:01 PDT

Flickr Changes Lives, Launches Photog Careers

..there is one site that is more than just an unhealthy habit: Photo-sharing site Flickr is a photography school, art gallery and a sandbox for experimentation. On Flickr, bad photographers get schooled, mediocre ones get better and some even rise to the top as stars — all supported by an immense, and sometimes intimate, international community.

koltregaskes Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:33:46 PDT

Eveything you Always wanted to know about Immersive Photography

Panoramic images made 100 years ago can be converted to a VR Photo just by showing it in a viewer.You can even take a painted panorama and show it in a QTVR movie or a Java viewer and it will give you an almost correct perspective change.

koltregaskes Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:33:01 PDT

Trey Ratcliff’s HDR Tutorial – New and Improved for 2008!

“I hope this tutorial describing my evolving HDR techniques proves useful to you! I receive a lot of emails from people who stumble across my photography asking how I do this. Rather than sending a super-long response, I made this little tutorial because I was feeling particularly open-source one day.”

koltregaskes Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:32:38 PDT

Nature’s Best Photography

Grand Prize winner -Richard Dutoit I cannot imagine the time he spent in the wild to capture these incredible photos!

koltregaskes Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:31:16 PDT

Major Photoshop Upgrade Is Overkill for the Flickr Crowd

Adobe Photoshop was once the most essential ingredient in every photographer’s digital toolbox, but it’s looking increasingly like a dinosaur in a new era of digital photography that rewards speed and convenience over polish.

koltregaskes Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:30:55 PDT