Quote of the Day

 

I seek out places where it can

happen more readily, such as

deserts or mountains or

solitary areas, or by myself

with a seashell, and while I’m

there get into states of mind

where I’m more open than usual.

I’m waiting, I’m listening. I go

to those places and get myself

ready through meditation. Through being quiet and willing to wait,

I can begin to see the inner man and the essence of the subject  in

front of me… Watching the way the current moves a blade of grass - 

sometimes I’ve seen that happen and it has just turned me inside out.

 

Minor White

(1908 – 1976)

American Photographer

WHITEINK

 

© Kuwaiti Muwali

 

 

 

WHITEINK has a graphics design development blog:

 

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Some tutorials from the WHITEINK team include:

 

Tutorial 1 – simple portrait retouching:

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Tutorial 2 – further retouching (40 minute video)

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Tutorial 3 – HDR: Not Only the “Magic” Effect

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Note: The pic used in this post and the number 3 WHITEINK tutorial is by

Kuwaiti Mulwali; the following links lead to more of his work:

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Yosemite Classics by William Neil

 

© William Neil

 

 

 

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This is how William Neil, of The Ansel Adams Gallery at Yosemite National Park,

describes his work:

“The reason I photograph is to experience the beauty of nature, of wild places. I explore the essential elements of rock and tree, of cloud and rushing water to discover the magic and mystery of the landscape. It is the spirit of the land I seek to reveal in my images.

Photography is a quiet, meditative activity for me. I enjoy isolating the details of a scene. By creating photographs where the content or orientation is not obvious, an intimate and enigmatic feeling can come through. I enjoy making an image that asks a question, one that intrigues and arouses curiosity in the viewer.”

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Quote of the Day

 

The marvels of daily life 

are exciting; no movie 

director can arrange the

unexpected that you find

in the street.

 

Robert Doisneau

(1912 – 1994)

French Photographer

 

Tone-Mapped Street

 

 

 

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I love the intimacy of this

tone-mapped image –

the blue shutters, the tall

façade, the cars taking

their place in the narrow

street. I love the pots,

 

 

the plants, the woman halting her steps not 10 feet beyond

the nearest bench; and, most of all, I love the word “selfish”

scribbled backwards on the foreground pole. Is it selfish

to stare, to admire this compact, beautiful street???

 

Big Tricks

 

 

 

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This blogger

gives us a

How-to Tour

 

of HDR imagery using free software and a normal compact camera. 

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Please note: This article is no longer available at that link. 

 

This-n-That

Similar Colors

 

Have you ever wanted to

quickly sort through a

Flickr Photo collection using “similar colors” as

your query??? Now you can… Idee extracts the

colors from 10 million of the most “interesting” 

Creative Commons images on Flickr, and

by utilizing their visual similarity technology 

you can navigate the collection by color. 

This process is also available with Alamy Stock 

Photography.

 

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Design

The following site offers a vast array of design

ideas, web trends, and tutorials:

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Flash Particle Effects

Partigen is a real time Flash engine capable of

creating realistic flash effects such as smoke

and explosions. Every single particle is made

within Flash at runtime with zero render time.

Partigen includes the engine, the emitter and

the particles, which are fully customizable at

design and runtime. Create and access particles

through a user friendly custom interface and/or

ActionScript. This flash component is available

for ActionScript 2.0 only.

 

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Quote of the Day

 

To take a photograph is

to participate in another

person’s (or thing’s)

mortality, vulnerability,

mutability. Precisely by

slicing out this moment

and freezing it, all

photographs testify to

time’s relentless melt. 

 

Susan Sontag

(1933 – 2004)

American Author 

Photo Strip (Photoshop Tutorial)

 

Like it???

 

Follow this link

for the how-to:

 

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World War II Posters

 

 

 

The following site

displays a number

of WWII posters:

 

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Here’s a different site

that offers 35

 

Photoshop Tutorials of Poster Design:

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