Photography
Some General Links
Some items you might find to be of interest. Click 'read more' to read more.
Software for Freelance Photographers
Some software for photographic freelancers:
FotoBiz looks pretty comprehensive, with a FotoQuote stock pricing module. It's written in FileMaker and is extensible. $229.
An index of software for photographers over at stockphoto.net. Not a very focused list, but maybe worth a look if you can't find anything else.
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Digital Image Archive Management
I've been trying to find some relatively easy software solutions to the problem of tracking photography submissions to various publishers. There are a bunch of options for freelance writers, but none I can find for photographers.
However, I did find this nifty run-down of IMS (Image Management Systems) software, at the Technical Advisory Services for Images, an academic standards group.
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Cult Classic Lenses
I doubt whether it's right to call them 'cult classics,' but this web page does a great job of telling you which third-party lenses are worth checking out.
Of particular interest to me is the Tamron section, which exposes me as a fraud; maybe I am part of the Cult Of Tamron.
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Digital Image Editing
A variety of topics dealing with editing digital images.
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L*a*b Color Space
I've recently been learning a lot about the L*a*b (or Lab) color space, for image manipulation.
To see why, here's a simple experiment you can do: Open up an image in Photoshop and convert it from RGB mode to Lab Color mode. Add a Curves effect layer (or just edit the curve) and tweak the a and b channels. Choke them down so that a 90% input equals a 100% output, and a 10% input equals a 0% output.
Now compare the original image to the tweak. You can't do this by simply turning up the saturation, either...
So here's some stuff dealing with L*a*b color. More to come on this topic, for sure.
Tamron Professional Learning Center
The Tamron Professional Learning Center isn't so professional as you might think, but it's also a whole lot of useful information.
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A Simplified Zone System
A Simplified Zone System For Making Good Exposures
Norman Koren walks you through the basics.
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DIY Pentax Cable Release
I'm a sucker for a DIY project:
Build a Pentax Cable Release F out of spare parts.
And to replace the CS-205:
Making an electronic cable release for use with DSLR's.
The latter project has the benefit of being useful for non-Pentax cameras, as well.
I'd like to find a kit for making a timer device. Anyone know of any?
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Tamron Adaptall For Pentax
Some things you might need to know about using Tamron Adaptall-2 lenses with your Pentax K-mount camera.
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