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 the lives of famous individuals sometimes after stalking them for days. A documentary film, “Smash His Camera” is currently playing on HBO.
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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, adding new layers, appling filters, saving files in a specific format etc. With the click of a button an action can help us achieve time consuming effects in no time you just need to have access to the right actions. Read on and you will hopefully find what you need.
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. Hussey looks at lenses, light, magnification, auto-focus as well as how to restrict a subject’s movements so that the shot is right. No insects were hurt in Hussey’s photos.