Anybody can pick up a camera and snap off a bunch of photos that will serve as a memento of an occasion. However doing that has a much in common with the work of a photographer as the scribbles of a five-year-old have with the writings of William Shakespeare. For while the digital age has given us unprecedented access to the means to take pictures, it hasn't changed the fact that only a few of us have the ability to see and capture something special in a moment in time. In his most recent volume of photographs, Mostly People published by Perceval Press, American photographer Robert
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“Luis is a friend of mine from Santiago, Dominican Republic. He’s an interesting character: a skilled tradesman, baker, upholstery expert, furniture maker, importer and all around deal maker. If you are looking for something, Luis is your man. Need custom drapes, curtains, and matching mahogany furniture? Look no further – Luis knows who, what, where and how. “Taken in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico in the back of a container filled with car mats. Yes, he was doing a deal”. Taken by John Grace Source: planetearthdailyphoto.blogspot.com

If you’re a Sony or Pentax user and you’ve been hoping for an optically stabilized lens then you should be clapping your shaky hands in happiness right now. The 18-250mm F3.5-6.3 DC OS HSM lens offers image stabilization in both the camera body and the lens. There are also models that fit Canon, Nikon and Sigma bodies without the extra IS. All mounts of the DC use four low-dispersion elements and three aspherical lens elements to help cut down on the distortion that can sneak into the longer focal lengths of these wide-range zooms. Pan down for the rest of the details. Hits
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The Kubota Pro Pak is a bundled package of products that contains six of the most popular tools from Kevin Kubota's professional image enhancing tools for Adobe Photoshop. This package includes the four Artistic Series of actions, his Production Tools, as well as his Formula Book which contains 42 separate recipes to get just the look you want. In part one, I looked at the four paks that are called the Artistic Tools. In part two, I will look at actions the Production Pak and the Formula Book. In case you are not familiar, a Photoshop action is an automated series of steps that have been
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“Full Moon with Mosque, Cairo”. Egypt. Taken by Yousef Al-Asfour Source: planetearthdailyphoto.blogspot.com