Articles on Digital Imaging

Read more photographic Articles on Digital Imaging. Articles provided by Professional Imagemaker magazine, a publication for photographers who are members of the Societies.

Stitcher 5
The latest version of REALVIZ Stitcher is number 5 and the interface has been given a complete rework, aimed at improving the simplicity of working. Most importantly, the interaction with Photoshop has been improved, it now can use alpha channels as masks, and the automatic stitching engine has been massively upgraded.
To print, or not to print? – that is the question
Just as many amateur photographers are turning away from home printing due to time, cost and quality issues, so too are professional photographers rethinking their approach to the processing and printing aspects of their work.
These changing times- David Simm
After almost forty years of high end wedding photography, I am saying things these days that I never would have dreamed of saying just ten years ago. For years I was adamant that the only type of equipment for wedding photography was medium format. Most of my career I shot Hassleblads and latterly with Pentax 645, in both cases, using only primary lenses, never dreaming that someday I would even consider a zoom.
The Third Way
You could still be processing black and white in your own darkroom. Or you might be shooting colour and having it printed by a prolab. But now there's a third way. The Gemini way.
Do you know your DNS from your ISP?
I have designed my own sites (www.kcphotographic.co.uk and www.tomleephoto.co.uk) for many years and have lost track of the numerous programs and time taken to get them just the way I wanted them, not to mention the time taken in managing the sites. There comes a time however, when it’s no longer viable to spend this time tinkering, modifying and uploading, particularly when the digital workflow from stuff that actually earns you money eats into much of the working week. There are however, solutions for every photographer, it’s just a matter of knowing where to look.
Fade & Line Quality Testing
A fade testing standard remains a contentious issue with no immediate resolution in sight.
Image Capture for RAW
Faced with the need to process a RAW file into something more amenable to manipulation, the photographer is confronted with a number of options, all vying for the pound in their pocket. On the top line you have to decide what operating system you wish to use and, depending upon your camera marque, whether you wish to use the camera maker’s software.
Jane Conner-ziser Marylin Sholin Vikki Popwell
For this feature we showcase three artists; all are female, all are American, all are highly creative and frustratingly skilful! They are: Jane Conner-ziser from Ormond Beach, Florida. Marylin Sholin from Miami, Florida. Vikki Popwell from Andalusia, Alabama.

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Photo Quote: The camera is no more an instrument of preservation; the image is... - Berenice Abbott American Photographer, 1898-1991

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