In photography, bokeh (Japanese) is the aesthetic quality of the out-of-focus areas of an image. Differences in lens aberrations and aperture shape cause some lens designs to blur the image in a way that is pleasing to the eye, while others produce blurring that is unpleasant or distracting—"good" and "bad" bokeh, respectively. Bokeh occurs for parts of the scene that lie … [Read more...]
Photo Profile : Emelie Ollila
I have been taking pictures for several years, but I would never have called myself a photographer until about a year and a half ago. I can almost pinpoint the exact moment when my camera went from being something that was lazily used to capture such things as pretty flowers, to something that is necessary to help me sustain my sanity. I was having a very emotional reaction … [Read more...]
Photo Profile: Rosalba Berardi
As a little girl running around with pig tails Rosalba used to tip toe through her mother's garden with a Polaroid camera in hand that was given to her by her father. She has been capturing images since that very day. She thanks her dad for nurturing her gift of photography at such an early age. Soon after her children were born she turned her passion of photography into a … [Read more...]
Silver Efex 2 : Perfect Black and White Photography
When it comes to black and white post production Adobe Lightroom, Apple Aperture and Photoshop are all great tools but are over-shadowed by the brilliant Silver Efex Pro by Nik Software. I have been using version one of the plugin alongside Lightroom for a number of months and I haven't been able to better the power, depth and tone in any other editor. Nik Software recently … [Read more...]
25 Inspirational Photos of Windows
We asked you to post your photographs of "windows" and left the title open to interpretation. The results were a mix of inspiring, visually stunning and emotional images ready to challenge us creatively. You can give the photographer some individual feedback by clicking on an image to view the full size photo on flickr. Here are 25 of the best Seven by Five Flickr group … [Read more...]