Beginner’s Corner – Exposure Modes Part 2
By Charles MacPherson– Exposure Modes Part 2 Last month, we talked about the different exposure modes available on your camera, and after explaining the different modes, I said that I use only one mode over 90% of the time. And I challenged you to guess which it was. Sue Abrahamsen was the only one to get the right answer – ATTAGIRL, Sue! Sue correctly answered that I use Aperture priority almost all the time. She followed up...
Beginner’s Corner – Exposure Modes Part 1
By Charles MacPherson– Exposure Modes Part 1 Beginner’s Corner – Exposure Modes I’ve been asked to explain something about the different exposure modes. I’ll go more into depth on these next month. Here are the modes that most cameras have: Green Box or Full Auto. The camera controls all exposure and autofocus (AF) settings. You have zero control, but will usually get an acceptable image. P or Program. ...
Ask Tim Grey – Resizing for Large Prints
Today’s Question: I’m looking for information about the best way to enlarge digital files for printing. While I have an Epson 3880, I can “only” print on 17” x 22” paper, which is usually good enough but I’m looking at a couple of images for larger printing, hence my questions. I have Photoshop CS6, Lightroom 5, and onOne software’s Perfect Photo Suite Premium 7.5, with its Perfect Resize application. My camera is the Nikon...
Framing Up with a Vignette by Tim Grey
Framing Up with a Vignette By Tim Grey For the Red River Paper Blog I’ve always found the notion of putting a frame around a piece of art to be somewhat interesting. After all, if the art is so great, why do we need to put a fancy frame around it? Eventually I realized that the frame served a purpose, effectively providing a window into the world of that piece of art, and helping to set a visual boundary. This concept of literally...
PhoozL Announces New Music-Themed Photo Contest: “Show the Song: Spirit of the ‘60s”
PhoozL Announces New Music-Themed Photo Contest: ‘Show the Song: Spirit of the ‘60s’ Photography education and entertainment site PhoozL announces its latest “super-judged” (and first paid-entry) photo contest: ‘Show the Song: Spirit of the ‘60s’. The assignment is to interpret 1960s Classic Rock song titles with your photography. And the judge is Elliott Landy, official photographer of the 1969 Woodstock Festival! How...
PhoozL Photo Contest Announces 2012 Winners – Red River Paper Sponsor
Red River Paper is a proud sponsor of the 2012 PhoozL® Photo Awards. We encourage our customers and readers to become involved in PhoozL and other photo contests in 2013 – share your work and absorb the creativity of others! =========== Charlottesville, Virginia (January 21, 2013) – Photography education and entertainment site PhoozL announces the inaugural 2012 PhoozL Awards after eight months of photo competition. The...
RRP proud to help sponsor APA/DC featuring Red River Paper PRO Chris Crisman
Proud to help sponsor the APA/DC featuring Red River Paper PRO Chris Crisman November 15th, 2012 at 6pm. From the APA/ DC Blog Chris Crisman has big plans for his future. So do his clients. At the age of 32, The Philadelphia based photographer has a career that most photographers might only dream of achieving. Yet, he insists on reaching for a higher plane. There is good reason for his success. Aside from his consistent marketing...
Histogram in Lightroom Soft Proofing – by Tim Grey
From the Ask Tim Grey eNewsletter. Sign up today at www.AskTimGrey.com Today’s Question: Lightroom has added the ability to soft proof an image before you print it. The implementation seems quite nice and useful and the ability to make a proof copy seems also of utility. My question is – how to read the histogram when softproofing is turned on? What is it telling me and how should I react? What changes should I make in...
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