Flatbed scanner photography

One of the things you’ll start doing once you have your flatbed scanner is starting to photograph objects with it. It’s a fascinating technique which I’ve just began to explore. It seems to me it can give great and stunning results.
In this article you’ll find tips on how to get the best out of your [...]

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Digital Lith Prints

As I’ve previously mentioned I use B&W Styler Pro photoshop plug-in to convert my photographs from color to black and white. One of the many interesting filters that come with B&W Styler Pro is the lith film filter. I must admit my knowledge about lith film and prints was shamefully scarce until I came [...]

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Converting to B&W – My experience with B&W Styler Pro

I really like B&W photography even though I’ve never really practiced it. With the advent of digital cameras I rediscovered the tremendous visual potential a black and white image can have. I did a web search and found lots of tutorials (here), on how to convert from color to B&W but then I felt the [...]

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To clone out the paper cup or not to clone it out?

Paper cup and green wood – ©2007 – Silvia Ganora
I usually make use of the clone tool at the beginning of my workflow to clean the image of dirt and dust spots. I seldom use it to clone out main elements of the scene, thus substantially altering the scene itself – apart from occasional disturbing [...]

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Flowers under a different light

I picked out the following photos from my archive to show how sometimes we can take shots of flowers in a way that presents them under a different light. What do I mean by different light? Simply that flowers are not only good subjects for birthday postcards, calendars or stylish still-lives. If we are curious [...]

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