Dptips :. Digital Photography Tips, Tricks, and Techniques

I’m assuming that if you are reading the articles here that you are a photographer or at least have a serious interest in photography. I’m going to further guess that you know others who are too. If you are still looking for some last minute gift ideas for your photographer friends, allow me to offer a few suggestions….

After shooting a bunch of great images, you have to get them onto your computer. Given that most cameras come with a USB cable, it would seem that this should be an easy problem to solve. But there are other options you really should consider….

About a month ago, Nikon posted an updated firmware version of for the D2x. While I never really experienced any problems with my camera with the original firmware, I have now had time to test out the new version and am happy to report that Nikon has indeed made a good thing even better….

Last week, I touched on the idea of creating selenium or other split toned versions while discussing various options to enhance your black and white images. Of course, as you might expect, there’s more than one way to do everything in Photoshop and duotones are no exception. And as you might also expect at this point, I’d be remiss if I didn’t spend time this week covering duotone alternatives….

This week, a follow-up to what I wrote about last week. Digital opens up a great many options for producing black and white images that film shooters could only dream of so it’s taking me two weeks to cover the subject….

Some photographers who have recently graduated from shooting film are surprised that their expensive new digital SLR doesn’t provide any way to shoot in black and white. After all, cheaper consumer models often do, and it seems to be an easy trick for a digital camera. But the truth is that even if your camera can shoot directly in black and white, you’re much better off sticking with color, and converting to B&W in Photoshop after the fact….