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What is a Flashgun?
I talk about what a flashgun is and try and help you get to grips with the idea of an External Flash...
Painting with Light
Painting with light (PWL) also referred to as Dodge and Burn (D&B) is a technique that can be used to add that extra punch and impact to a flat looking image. ...
Shooting the Rapids - water features
A quick guide to capturing moving water. The "Creaming" effect....
Microstock - Starting Out
A brief introduction to getting started selling your images in the rapidly expanding microstock market...
Lighting - Understanding Distance
For this tutorial all you are going to need is a single light source (preferably a head), a subject (preferably a real head) and a space of about 10ft x 8ft. What we are going to look at in this tutorial is the relationship of light with the distance over which it is used. Light allows us to see, to create mood, to change the appearance of subjects, define shape and give us amazing colours. ...Simple Isolation over White
You may have seen Images Isolated over white and wondered how it is done?Firstly it is Important to get as much of the ...Fix An Under/Overexposed Photo
How To Fix An Under/Overexposed PhotoSo how easy is it to fix an under/overexposed photo? Very easy. Open your photo up and choose ...Facial Scrub and Make Up
Open up your photo in PS and duplicate layer - Ctrl JGo to the channels mixer and select the red channel.Select all - Ctrl ...How To Straighten A Photo
I will use a stock image of this beach for example.Right click on the eye dropper tool and select the measure tool.Then click and ...
Montage/Collage Tutorial
IntroductionAs with so many things in Photoshop, there is more than one way to skin this particular cat, and the method I’m going to explain ...
Making an action to save for Gosnap
This tutorial will teach you how to resize and save your images with just a few clicks...How To: Light Trails
After getting quite a few positive comments on my light trails shots, including a few people saying they had tried and couldn't get it right or asking how I'd gotten my shots i decided to write this how to. This is a great one for beginners, as it is quite easy to achieve but produces some eye catching results....
Camera Buying Guide
Two questions that are raised regularly here on Gosnap are ‘what Digital SLR should I buy?’ and ‘what equipment do I need for X type ...Proper curves adjustment
Ok first off open your image. Create a new layer Edit>Fill Select 50% Gray Set this layers blending mode to Difference ...Photoshop: Rules of Thirds Grid
Thirds is one of the major things to get to grips with if your even half serious about photography. This doesn't mean it applies to ...How To 'Cut Out' or 'Render' An Object In A Photoshop
This quick tutorial will demonstrate one way to render or cut out an object from an image using the Pen tool. Start by opening ...Contrast Adjustment by Selective Colour
This method is used as an alternative to the normal curves adjustment to better control specific contrast levels in a mono image. It refers specifically ...Log in
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unklepaul
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21 August, 2008 06:39:49
lovely article.. ive just started submitting and out of 30 submissions only 4 were accepted, and the ones they chose surprised me! good tips here ...
scottie
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21 August, 2008 01:59:36
Well done Marvin a super POW
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21 August, 2008 01:34:34
I agree with Stewart great incentive! But how do we claim the prize?
unklepaul
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21 August, 2008 11:51:36
That was incredible.. what a time saver that is, many thanks
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munchycarrot
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21 August, 2008 11:08:04
Keywords - absolutely anything that can bring people to you image.
Have a look at an image on a stock site & see what keywords have ...