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The Ethics of Digital Photo Manipulation
Posted on 12. Aug, 2009 by Paul Burwell.
Many individuals are immediately sceptical when viewing images in the digital age. The ethics of digital photo manipulation is increasingly important to the digital photographer. It turns out that this concern is fully warranted but I personally draw a distinction…
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3 occasions when it’s acceptable to use digital zoom
Posted on 15. May, 2009 by Paul Burwell.
…I encourage my photography and workshops students to never, EVER, under penalty of death, use the digital zoom on their cameras. At a glance, I can usually guess when an image was taken with digital zoom and it really creates inferior images. But of course, like all “rules” there are exceptions. I’ve thought of three occasions when using the digital zoom on a camera would be acceptable…
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Some of my favourite digital photography software tools
Posted on 28. Apr, 2009 by Paul Burwell.
Digital photographers generally use a program for image management, a program to process the images and photo editing software to touch-up and print their images. I thought it would useful to let you know about some of the extra tools I use to help optimize my workflow and enhance some of my images. All of the tools I’ll discuss…
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Histograms aren’t just for show
Posted on 19. Nov, 2008 by Paul Burwell.
One of the most useful tools available to the outdoor digital photographer is the histogram built into their camera. Photographing outdoors often presents some unique lighting challenges and your camera’s histogram can really help you – if you let it. The first step is to consult your camera’s user manual and turn on the camera’s histogram display.
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