The Ohanaware WeblogLight Painting as dubbed by some, is a great new photography technique whereby people take long exposures and flash lights around while doing so. There’s a bunch of examples all over the internet and a couple of guides. We didn’t read any of the guides and tried to do it ourselves the other night.
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It comes to that time of year when camera manufactures like to parade their new products in front us, enticing us to release our hard earned cash in return for a box with a hole in it.
If not all, but most of my photos come from chance, so I like to have a pocketable camera with me at all times. I used to tote a much larger super zoom camera, but I would think about it before I went out for a walk. Many times I missed what I thought were photo opportunities, so last year I researched into pro-sumer pocket cameras.
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Want to send a truly original interactive Christmas Card this year? Well, what about a Photo Cube Christmas Card? If you’re Grandma is anything like mine, she loves these cards. You can still include your season greeting, but Grandma or your recipient can cut out and make a beautiful Photo Cube. The card even includes the instructions for making the cube.
These instructions are for Funtastic Photos (download a free unlimited trial), however they may still work in other product.
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To make an HDR you need to take multiple exposures of the same picture, thus capturing different ranges of light. How you take these photos really depends on the features available in your camera. A tripod is essential, because you’ll need to keep the camera as steady as possible.
We’re sooo close to shipping our new HDR Freeware product, that we released this movie early! It’s a showcase showing some demonstration before and after images. Some of the HDRs are so strikingly different that they’re truly amazing… Oh and the video is in glorious HD (it was produced at 1080p)!
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