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Archive for February, 2008

Free Online Image Editor - Splashup

A new breed of free image editors is springing up into the Image Editing scene. These programs are launched online via websites.
One of the most promising is Splashup. Below is a screenshot of this free online image editor.

After trying it for a while, here’s our opinion.
This is a pretty useful program which is quite similar […]

Underwater photography lighting gears- Nocturnal lights

As mentioned before, Underwater Photography is not for the average photographer. The skills and equipments for such activities are demanding and exact. You cannot use the normal photographic equipments for underwater photography. Even if you do, special enclosures must be used to prevent seawater from coming into contact with them. Seawater is highly corrosive and […]

About Subject Brightness Range

What is SBR or Subject Brightness range? It is the difference in terms of stops between the darkest and brightest part of a scene. Another way to put it is that is the contrast range of a scene.
Determining the SBR is crucial under certain situations. This is because if the SBR is too great, details […]

Photography Technique - Using Grey Cards for light metering

Using Grey cards for light metering is a photography technique.
Typically, light meters are calibrated for mid-tone meter readings. This mid-tone reading is actually 18 % grey. A grey card is simply a piece of card that is 18% grey in colour.
In the absence of midtone in the scene, a grey card can be used to […]