Link Roundup 11-15-2008
By Brian Auer • November 15th, 2008- A Beginners Guide to Capturing Motion in Your Photography
digital Photography School
Tips and techniques for creating various motion-blur effects with your camera. - West Bank Protests – Part 2
ZORIAH
More horrifying photos from Zoriah as he captures the situation in the West Bank. - Front Element Scratches
LensRentals.com
I don’t know if I totally believe this one, but I’m not exactly going to try it out myself. - Lens hoods: Are naked lenses ruining your images?
Alphatracks
A good reminder article about using lens hoods on your lenses and the effects of not doing so. - ATP Photofinder Mini – Reinventing Geotagging (Product Review)
Words: Irrational
An awesome review of a new geotagging solution by ATP Electronics. This one is different from the rest in that it geotags your photos without the use of extra software and complication. - Photoshop tutorial: Stacking star trails pictures
ADIDAP
Here’s a technique for comping multiple night-sky photos to create star trail photos with less noise. - 50 Great Photoshop Tutorials for Clever Beginners
PSDTUTS
Wanna get crazy with Photoshop? Here are a few lessons for you to dive into. Most of them are graphics design oriented, but there are a few photography nuggets in there. - Beautiful High Speed Water Photography
Designflavr
If you’re thinking about getting into high speed photography, here are some great photos to get you inspired. - 16 Funny Senior Portraits And The Reasoning Behind Them
NextRound.net
OK, this one isn’t exactly a “serious” photography article, but if you’re thinking of getting into portrait work (senior portraits specifically), here are some good examples of things to avoid.
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The front element thing makes a good point: you need a lot of damage on the fron telement itself before it starts to really impact the image. But the farther you get away from it, and the more you stop down, the more it will impact. So if you use a filter it’s a lot more important to keep that clean than it is to clean the front element itself. It also means that to some degree it depends on the specific lens design exactly how much impact a scratch or mark on the front will have.