Digital Photography News Updated Daily en-us Copyright Paxton Prints 2006-2008 http://paxtonprints.com/rss stevepaxton@paxtonprints.com (Steve Paxton) stevepaxton@paxtonprints.com (Steve Paxton) http://paxtonprints.com/index.php?x=news http://www.paxtonprints.com/burg_rss.gif http://paxtonprints.com/index.php?x=news http://crave.cnet.com/8301-1_105-9985480-1.html Kodak announces a massive 50-megapixel CCD sensor. Tue, 8 Jul 2008 20:09:18 PST http://crave.cnet.com/8301-1_105-9985480-1.html http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/08/canons-eos-rebel-xs-dslr-gets-official-a-price-tag/ The cat is out of the bag. The Canon EOS Rebal XS ships in August for $699.99. Take a look. Tue, 8 Jul 2008 20:06:39 PST http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/08/canons-eos-rebel-xs-dslr-gets-official-a-price-tag/ http://psdtuts.com/photo-effects-tutorials/transforming-a-daylight-image-into-a-wild-night/ There are a lot of great Photoshop processing techniques in this tutorial. Tue, 8 Jul 2008 20:05:38 PST http://psdtuts.com/photo-effects-tutorials/transforming-a-daylight-image-into-a-wild-night/ http://frederickvan.com/blog/2008/07/06/phil-clevenger-lightroom-interface-designer/ "Phil Clevenger is the man behind the Lightroom user interface. Phil and I sat down to chat about what brought him to Adobe - and what he learned from his time at MetaCreations designing rule-bending interfaces for software like Bryce and Kai's PhotoSoap. He also gives some hints at some possible directions of the Lightroom UI, and his philosophy around the evolution of user interfaces in general." [watch video...] Tue, 8 Jul 2008 20:03:32 PST http://frederickvan.com/blog/2008/07/06/phil-clevenger-lightroom-interface-designer/ http://www.lightroomkillertips.com/2008/presets-artistic-tints-volume-1/ Check out Matt Kloskowski's latest collection of Lightroom presets. Download them here. Tue, 8 Jul 2008 20:02:36 PST http://www.lightroomkillertips.com/2008/presets-artistic-tints-volume-1/ http://www.slowpctips.com/windows-tweaks/how-to-speed-up-photoshop-cs3/ Kris Mainieri offers several ideas for speeding up Photoshop CS3. Tue, 8 Jul 2008 20:01:42 PST http://www.slowpctips.com/windows-tweaks/how-to-speed-up-photoshop-cs3/ http://abduzeedo.com/rubiks-cube-inspiration I love these photos! Tue, 8 Jul 2008 20:01:03 PST http://abduzeedo.com/rubiks-cube-inspiration http://www.beyondmegapixels.com/2008/07/filters-101.html "Filters are basically tools to modify the quality of light hitting your sensor. They used to play a more integral role in photography before digital cameras came along. Nowadays, a lot of people discount the importance of photographic filters thinking that they can replicate any effect they want during post-processing. This is not entirely true." [via Photography Voter] Tue, 08 Jul 2008 06:02:53 PST http://www.beyondmegapixels.com/2008/07/filters-101.html http://prophotolife.com/2008/07/07/video-episode-20-how-to-develop-black-and-white-film-for-beginners/ "There are a few different reasons you might want to shoot with film. Maybe you prefer the feel of a vintage, mechanical SLR. And if you're going to shoot the old-fashioned way, why not give processing your own black and white film at home a try?" Tue, 08 Jul 2008 06:01:47 PST http://prophotolife.com/2008/07/07/video-episode-20-how-to-develop-black-and-white-film-for-beginners/ http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/hasselblad-introduces-the-50-megapixel-h3dii-50/ Sometimes bigger is better! Can you imagine using this baby for landscapes? It is expected to retail for around $37, 000. Tue, 08 Jul 2008 06:01:08 PST http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/hasselblad-introduces-the-50-megapixel-h3dii-50/ http://www.digitalphotoshopretouching.com/video-samples/shoot1/vid1.htm The photographer uses a Canon G9 to do a fashion style model shoot and then demonstrates several Photoshop techniques to enhance the image. There are several more interesting clips under the "order now" link. [watch the video...] Fri, 04 Jul 2008 09:41:33 PST http://www.digitalphotoshopretouching.com/video-samples/shoot1/vid1.htm http://www.creativereview.co.uk/crblog/grass-art/ Some clever artists have devised a way to expose images on giant sheets of grass. Mon, 7 Jul 2008 20:48:18 PST http://www.creativereview.co.uk/crblog/grass-art/ http://www.jgadgets.com/2008/07/07/geotagging-the-latest-craze-in-digital-photography "Geotagging can be useful if you are looking for location-specific information. For example, you are trying to find images taken near Red Rock Canyon. You simply enter the latitude..." [read more...] Mon, 7 Jul 2008 20:46:00 PST http://www.jgadgets.com/2008/07/07/geotagging-the-latest-craze-in-digital-photography http://creative.molekyl.se/?p=26 Photoshop brush bonanza! Mon, 7 Jul 2008 20:45:23 PST http://creative.molekyl.se/?p=26 http://tutorialblog.org/grunge-photoshop-tutorials/ Check out this collection of grunge Photoshop tutorials. Mon, 7 Jul 2008 20:44:15 PST http://tutorialblog.org/grunge-photoshop-tutorials/ http://blogs.oreilly.com/lightroom/2008/07/finding-inspiration.html "How do you find inspiration? Sometimes finding inspiration can be difficult. As with any artist, constantly trying to come up with creative images is the heart of what we do." [read more...] Mon, 7 Jul 2008 20:43:13 PST http://blogs.oreilly.com/lightroom/2008/07/finding-inspiration.html http://www.digitaljournalist.org/issue0807/tech-tips.html Check out Chuck Westfall's latest tech tips. Mon, 07 Jul 2008 05:44:21 PST http://www.digitaljournalist.org/issue0807/tech-tips.html http://hyperphocal.com/?p=95 "We've all either been, or are going to be, at that point where we will want to make a decision based on a myth that we've heard or created in our mind. Here's an attempt at debunking a few of those." [via Photography Voter] Sun, 06 Jul 2008 14:53:01 PST http://hyperphocal.com/?p=95 http://www.digitalpixels.net/index.php/2008/06/retouching-portraits-in-photoshop-video-tutorial/ This portrait retouching video touches on using the clone/healing brush tools, hair coloring and the liquify tool. Sun, 06 Jul 2008 14:51:52 PST http://www.digitalpixels.net/index.php/2008/06/retouching-portraits-in-photoshop-video-tutorial/ http://beautyandthebreast.org/2008/07/06/how-photoshop-is-contributing-to-women%E2%80%99s-low-self-esteem/394 "Women and teenagers are continuously inundated with flawless looking women all over in the media, whether it be magazines, catalogs, the Internet, the images are everywhere." [read more...] Sun, 06 Jul 2008 14:51:23 PST http://beautyandthebreast.org/2008/07/06/how-photoshop-is-contributing-to-women%E2%80%99s-low-self-esteem/394