Photoshop tutorial – ageing photographs

If you are the kind of person who likes to visit antique shops—or stores posing as antique shops—you may have noticed furniture that is intentionally “antiqued”: recently built pieces that have been “distressed,” and then treated so that they look genuinely old. A point of this kind of distressed furniture operation is to make people think they are buying something old when they are not; however, in many cases people know perfectly well that they are buying modern replicas and just like the antique “look.”

In a similar way, the process of aging a digital photo means intentionally making the photo look old so that it resembles an antique image rather than a contemporary one. This is an effort at aesthetics, not deception. Nobody is really expected to believe that the digital simulation of an old chemical photographic effect, or the digital simulation of “distressing” the image, has produced a genuinely aged artifact. This is all about the appearance of the digital image.…full photoshop tutorial .more

Buyer’s Guide: Entry-Level DSLR Cameras

So many choices, especially when it comes to digital cameras. How to choose the best one for your needs, especially if you’re just breaking into digital photography and/or you don’t have a large budget for expensive gear?…..……….more

Making Beautiful Black and White Images in Lightroom 3

There is more to making a beautiful black and white image than just clicking on the Black and White button. In Lightroom 3, you can make some very beautiful black and white images if you understand just a couple principles and tools. In this video, you will learn how to use Adobe Lightroom 3 to make extremely beautiful black and white images, without ever leaving Lightroom. video tutorial by Jared Platt