If you have a broadband connection there is an excellent video on the website which explains all the tabs & sliders to control the output. Well worth watching. I ran one more version of the buZZ image...

There are some samples on the Topaz website of course. I have used it only a few times so far. I will attach two images to compare the effect, both rendered from the same original. The effect is simil...

Last year there was some discussion and lament over the demise of Fo2Pix and their buZZ 3 filter set. A month or so ago I discovered a similar filter by Topaz Labs . While not exactly the same it does...

Quote: -- Yes, but what does the coffee taste like? -- I have no idea. I never drink coffee. ADK Jim

The one that looks like a cupcake liner is actually a coffee filter for a Melitta coffee maker. If you check out the test comparison photos it preforms surprisingly well and can be had in the local su...

Exposure value is an number that is a measure of brightness with each EV being double or half its neighbor just like f/stops and full step shutter settings. It can be the brightness of a particular po...

It works on the light passing through the translucent center. There are other products that work on the same principle which is not unlike the way an incident meter works. Some others of this type: th...

If you have a broadband connection Lynda.com has numerous offerings on Lightroom & Photoshop. The tutorials there are very good. Photoshop ones are by Deke McClelland & Chris Orwig of Brooks Institute...

I got an email saying I had a private message then I had trouble logging in. Finally got logged in only to find no private message. ???? ADK Jim

A trick for removing that sort of haze/fog without buying a plug in is to use Unsharp Masking. In the filters dialog go to sharpen>unsharp masking. In the dialog that comes up start with settings of 1...

As a young man I shot a lot of photos with a Speed Graphic. They were/are excellent cameras. You should be able to peal the mottled tan paper edge off the print to leave a clean white border. It is si...

Paper surface is an aesthetic decision. There is no right or wrong. Generally speaking glossy paper gives the impression of brighter whites because of its reflective surface. OTOH that same reflective...

Here's my take on it: http://www.shuttertalk.com/forums/images/upload/glenrock 2adj.jpg I did the following: duplicate layer & defog (USM 15-50-0); duplicate layer and burn corners and top (both shado...

Very nice and B&W suits the mood. Well done. ADK Jim

The notion that photographs must represent "reality" comes from journalism and its use for things like drivers licenses and passports. If you are doing expressive photography the measure of success is...

Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer nor do I play one on TV but as I understand the law if you are making prints and selling them to individuals, that is art. If you are publishing them in books, newspapers...

My earliest favorite was Aaron Sussman's THE AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHER'S HANDBOOK. It explained a lot of things about the way light works that I have never seen in any other photo book and light is our raw...

In the US there is currently an effort to change copyright law in a way that would make it easier to infringe your copyright . The bill is before our Congress now. Although this would only change US l...

Keith, I'm with you on the square format so you don't have to turn the camera. In fact I have written to both Olympus and Canon in years past with exactly that request plus adding variable formats by ...

I'm partial to #2. IMO it is the strongest image. But Zig, that's a wheat field. No corn there. ADK Jim