Photography: The beauty of life, captured at Prolabdigital.

One of the best ways to be able to connect with the memories of the past is to look into our photographs. However, it is a pity that some of our best photographs are locked away in our photo albums or given a very ordinary treatment on the walls. This takes away the glaze from the photographs and gives them a very dull look. The development of various techniques like canvas art, Large Photo Printing, Large Photographic Print has solved this problem to a large extent. With the help of such advanced... Read more »

Great Photo Album Fun

Photo albums are a wonderful way to keep all of your pictures in one location. There are many different types of photo albums that you can choose from. Some are for a particular theme such as for baby pictures or for wedding pictures. Others allow you to insert just about any types of pictures that you want to. The size of your photo album is an important factor. Some albums have slots that your photos slide right into for easy access. This is fine as long as your photos fit into the slot. Other... Read more »

First Time with Your Digital Camera

Everyone knows the name Kodak and can identify it as the company that took cameras out of the hands of professionals and into the hands of everyday users. What you may not know is that Kodak is in financial trouble. Why? Because those everyday users are now turning to digital cameras, leaving film-based cameras gathering dust in the closet. As the largest producer of film-based cameras, and photographic film, Kodak finds itself losing great gobs of money. But a digital camera won’t save... Read more »

Photoshop: Start learning the easy way

It is this photography ‘purest’ to whom I appeal (this time) - the ones that still like using film every now and then. Most photographers have Digital SLRs (DSLR - “et moi aussi”). I know you can create this effect with Photoshop, after the fact; but having creative control over this special effect makes it exciting because you execute this photo miracle at the precise moment you push the shutter button. Ghosting. This is what this special effect is called; accomplished by... Read more »

How to Photograph People

It’s always fun to photograph people, particularly friends and family. But now you want your portraits to look more professional. Below are tips that will transform your snap-shots into beautiful photographs. 1. Do not place your subject in the middle of the frame. Rarely do you want someone in the center because it does not make for an interesting photograph. Experiment putting your subject to one side of the frame- by doing that you include some background which adds context. 2. You will... Read more »

The Save for Web feature

As of version 5 and later, Photoshop includes a very helpful “Save for Web” command. This element enables you to save a copy of your image that is optimized for internet use. “Optimized” means that the image file will be as small as possible, and that the image will use only Web-safe colors. The “Save for Web” option can save images in GIF, JPEG, or PNG format. Using Save for Web When you’re ready to put your image in your web page, from the File menu select... Read more »

Make Money With Photography

Do people enjoy and compliment the photos that you take as a hobby? You can make money with photography and combine your love of photography into a business that you will love. The tips below will help you to turn that hobby into a business that will be profitable and fun for you. Begin building your business slowly and with just the basics to cut down on your initial investment. When starting a business, you do not want to be in debt first thing. By using just basic equipment, including a computer,... Read more »

Photoshop is vital to your digital photography

The next tools are made for painting on the canvas freestyle. The first one of them is the Brush tool. The Brush tool is an old favorite for people that want to free hand draw things like they had a brush which they can decrease and increase the size of the contact point. You can also change the hardness of the stroke as well. This will show differences in contrast. The Pencil tool is just like a real pencil with some added tricks. The modes can give you complete freedom or help you make straight... Read more »

Lots of interesting info about taking Digital Photographs

Lens are very important, the whole world has started going digital, some important lens that are quite include the Macro lens, The Perspective-Control Lens, and the Mirror Lens. Macro is one of the most advantageous lenses that specialist will employ. You can purchase these lenses starting at 50mm up to 180mm. The higher the lens range the better the picture you will achieve. Most specialists will choose the 180mm or the 105mm, since it works like a telephoto zoom lens, yet it delivers top-dog photos... Read more »

SLR Tricks of the Trade

You should look at a real digital SLR if you need any or all of the following features: reliability; bodies of the SLR almost never fail as opposed to point and shoot cameras which are built for light weight and low cost SLR cameras have large, bright, accurate optical viewfinder SLR cameras produce good quality images in low natural light, e.g., indoors without blasting everything with flash SLR’s have the ability to attach specialty lenses, e.g., very wide angle lenses for interiors, scenery,... Read more »