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  Ron Galella is the name most frequently associated with the beginnings of paparazzo photography. Recently he sat down for a Q&A with the New York Times where he opened up about his thoughts regarding the craft of being a member of the paparazzi. Interestingly, Galella decribes himself as an “artist” whose mission is to capture [...]

Photoshop: Working with Locked Pixels (DPS) Understanding Optical Slaves (Strobist) Creative Photo Frame Effect (Photoshop Roadmap) Nature Photographer, Carl Heilman II (Adorama) Lightroom 3 – Comparing Shortcut Keys for Panel Between LR2 and LR3 (Foto-Biz) Grow Your Wedding Photography Business with Referrals – from Your Competitors (Black Star Rising)

Using the Puppet Warp Tool in Photoshop CS5 (Photoshop Roadmap) Engagement Portrait Shoots: 7 Professional Tips to Take Your Engagement Shoots to the Next Level (DPS) Wireless Photography (The Digital Story)

Image Masking Tutorial for Photoshop (Photoshop Roadmap) Photoshop CS5: Portrait Retouching (Photoshop Support) “Lights, Camera, Audio: 2.8 lbs of HD Recording Power” (The Digital Story) Getting the Most Out of Your Canon 7D (Peachpit) Super High Contrast and “Tripod-Less” HDR (Shutterbug) Photoshop CS5: The New Blend Modes Explained (PxlEyes)

Feature: Words from the Web From the Short on Words Blog: Last year Red River Paper sent me a sample box of their gorgeous papers.  … I finally tried these papers.  And I. LOVED. them. And here’s the super fabulous part of Red River Paper.  They make their ICC-profiles super-duper accessible.  Which makes it easy [...]

Feature: Words from the Web From the My Digital Art Studio blog: Red River Paper is awesome! I was so lucky to receive a inkjet printer sampler pack  from Red River Paper and oh boy is it gorgeous! They have over 30 different paper types and  am I going to be busy trying them all [...]

John Szarkowski is described as a forward thinker, a person who was adamant about the democracy of the image. The late Szarkowski was the curator at MOMA (Museum of Modern Art). In an article by the Guardian he is paid homage wen Sean o”Hagan writes, “Everyone who cares about photography is in his debt.” Click [...]

In this article Tripwire magazine presents a very large collection of Photoshop actions (some in large bundles). A Photoshop action is a series of tasks that you play back on a single file or a batch of files. Actions can make nearly any change to an image and examples could be changing the image size, [...]

Photographers deal with reflections, some desirable and others unwanted. The reflections on glasses, particularly those occurring in a portrait shoot, generally are not. It’s either up to the photographer and his/her assistants to eliminate them before the capture. Or, as a last step remove them during digital retouching. Here’s how to avoid those pesky spots… [...]

The world of insects is often forgotten photographic territory. But, Scott Hussey, who took the image at left, said that when he started getting down to the level of of these live insects his photography was amazingly bad. However, through experimentation he has produced some striking images. And, he shares what he’s learned with readers. [...]