Introduction These image are not the best in composition nor of great artistry. Just a simple illustration on what can be done and how I do it. But always remember, a good image never need a lot of manipulation or processing. Also, there are many ways to come to the final end product and this is just one of the ways. Images shot in jpeg will still be able to be processed in this manner but it is subjective to the dynamic range of the ... Read More

Ever took shots of subjects in dull sky or bad background conditions. Fret not! I have a solution for you to recycle some of your photos in a creative manner. Read on and I will tell you how. Double exposures in a photographic film term is basically shooting 2 exposure on a same piece of film/slide. If you use a film camera, simply take 2 shots without winding. If you have a DSLR with a multiple exposure setting (eg., Nikon D2x, D300), you ... Read More

Introduction This article touch on simple method of using noise ninja to minimise noise in a image. Technique This image is resize to web size posting and no noise reduction is applied.   Click on Profile Image to let noise ninja decide on which area of the image to denoise. After Noise ninja profile an image it show square box in the image where noise is detected. Sometime it detect noise on the subject which in this case is the owl. However it is not desirable to denoise the ... Read More

Introduction In this multi-part article I will present some of DPP's feature that I found very useful. Any inputs are welcome to make this a better article. DPP stand for Digital Photo Professional made by Canon targeted for Professional Use. The latest version can be download from Canon website but you will need to install the base software from Canon CD supplied along with your camera. Introduction Part 1 Quick Check Tool This part 1, I will cover this useful feature call "Quick Check Tool". I'm ... Read More

Introduction This article describes the basic RGB workflow required for various consumer printers available in the market. The most important aspect of getting good prints out of your printer is a well calibrated monitor. I used the Pantone Colorvision's Colorplus calibrator (cheapo one) for my monitor calibration. To me, this is the quickest and effective way to do it. Alternatively, you can do visual calibration (using eyes) using various softwares but those are not preferred as your eyes have different judgement under different lighting ... Read More