Wanna Start a Fight on Vivid Light?That's how an email from Joe Farace started out.Joe shared with me the following email exchange with his friend MP regarding the motorcycle image on the left: “Did you enjoy the motorcycle show?”“Yes,” I say, “here is a photo I made”.Then he says: “Is that ...

by Gary W. Stanley As you might imagine, photo editors sometimes find themselves swamped with invitations to test new products by photographic marketing people. While this may sound like a lot of fun and a way to get free stuff, there comes with it the responsibility to do a thorough job ...

The 10 megapixel F7X3-C9110 is an enhanced version of the Foveon X3 image sensor that appeared in the Sigma SD9. The newest X3 sensor doubles the sensitivity and maximum exposure times of the old design and increases the dynamic range. These are important improvements as we found the SD9 to ...

by Gary Stanley If you want to cover your bases with regard to image longevity, consider having your very best digital images made into slides. I've successfully converted digital images to slides using an on-line service, www.slides.com. They do virtually everything we send them overnight, for $2.50 an image, and produce high ...

by Gary W. Stanley I know, I know, you probably think I'm either a genius, or absolutely crazy! This not a totally new camera scheduled for a press release at Photokina, nor has Nikon slipped me a secret new camera to test. This is an article centered on how you can ...

by Gary W. Stanley  Like laughter, enthusiasm and excitement are contagious. Everywhere people are getting excited about digital. Two years ago, Moose Peterson and I were doing a workshop together in Maine. All I heard from Moose was "digital this" and "digital that." "You gotta try it man, it's awesome." "Thanks Moose but ...

by Jim McGee Over the past few months we've featured a number of articles on how to improve the quality of your digital prints. That's OK if you're just after a straight print. But what if you want to make your prints really stand out? For years photographers have introduced custom borders ...

by Jim McGee Last week I spent some time cleaning up the paper explosion that is my office. In the process I came across a book on hand painting photographs by James McKinnis that we previously reviewed. Now James does a fine job explaining how to create hand painted photo art ...

by Jim McGee Photoshop is a huge program. For the new user it's daunting and at some point experienced users tend to find the functions they use most often and stop exploring. So in this month's digital darkroom column we're going to show you three little Photoshop functions that can be useful ...

by Gary W. Stanley Years ago when I first got interested in trying to make money with my photography (I'm still interested and still trying!), I thought that having business cards made of one of my images would be a great way to promote my work. I carefully selected a slide ...