Link Roundup 12-15-2007
By Brian Auer • December 15th, 2007Before we get to the links, be sure to check out this interview/review of ME! It’s quite a lengthy write-up and it includes some answers to questions, quotes, excerpts, and lots of photos.
- 10 Tips For Designing Photoblogs
Pro Blog Design
Tips for designing the look and layout of a photoblog. Good advice for those looking to start a photoblog or those who already have one. - 6 Methods for Perfectly Focused Self-Portraits
Photodoto
This kind of compliments the “Shoot Yourself” project — Self portraits are difficult, so here are some tips for getting the focus right. - Model Suicides – The Series
Jake Garn Photography
Pretty funny mini-series on a taboo subject — 4 interesting photos. - 9 Inspirations for Street Photography
Kwerfelein
9 good examples of what you can do during the winter months — street photography of course! - How To Read and Understand a Histogram
Professional Photographer Magazine
In-depth technical review of using and reading histograms. - The World’s Most Famous Photoshop Fakes
Photopreneur
7 Photoshopped images that have been around the block a few times. - Frame Your Images
digital Photography School
Tips and examples for using natural framing in your composition. - 85 Great Photography Blogs, Galleries and Sites You Can’t Afford to Miss
DIYPhotography.net
Another massive list of photography sites, all of which were provided by the readers of DIYPhotography.net. - 4 Reasons to Never Delete Images
Lightchasers Photography
A few good reasons why you should keep your fingers off that delete button. - Video of the Week — Some examples of extreme portrait retouching.
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About the video: I would be the first to say Photoshop adds a lot to a picture and it’s a must to learn how to use. However, often people tend to loose themselves, retouching portraits of people is ok, but with too much retouching the expression on peoples faces is lost. I think that’s the case in some pictures in the video.
The photoblog designing tips: my number 1 irritation on websites is a dark background. I don’t know whether it’s only my bad eyes, but looking at a subject on a dark background when it’s getting dark and latr at night is just terrible. Neutral colors ok, but pleaseeeeeeee not too dark…
This brings me to another point: usability! Not just for photoblog, but for websites in general, always design the website with the user in mind. Something can look very good, but does a user understand how to navigate and find what he/she is looking for? Further, I agree on the other points.
Also fun to see those photoshop ‘fakes’. Again, where do you cross the line?
I agree, some of the photos in the video were a little weird as a result of the Photoshop work — a little too far. But… it does show some interesting things that are possible with Photoshop.
So you’re against dark backgrounds on photoblogs huh? I don’t know, I kind of like viewing images on black — it helps bring out their highlights. Though I’ll agree that neutral colors are a must for photo intensive blogs. Anything on the grayscale is bound to mesh well with almost any photo.