Monthly Archives: September 2011

Sony Alpha SLT-A77 Hands-on Review

By admin | Published September 29, 2011

Posted in DSLR, HDSLR, Product Review, Sony A77, Video | Tagged DSLR, HDSLR, Product Review, Sony, Sony SLT-A77, Video | Leave a comment

Photoshop Hidden Gem: Select Sharpening

By admin | Published September 28, 2011

Newest Photoshop video on select sharpening is out, hmm…. something worth trying if you haven’t done so.

Source – Photoshop

Posted in Applications, Photography, Photoshop, Tutorial | Tagged Photography, Photoshop, Video | Leave a comment

Deb Schwedhelm on Lensbaby Lenses

By admin | Published September 25, 2011

Ever use a Lensbaby lens? In this video, you;ll hear some tips on using the Lensbaby from Deb Schwedhelm, a portrait photographer. Nothing technical here, but hearing her share her experiences using the Lensbaby while looking at her works is indeed pretty refreshing. Hope you enjoy the video.

Source – Photo Tuts

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Snapseed from Nik Software is Free till 24 September 2011

By admin | Published September 22, 2011

Snapseed, the incredible photo editor app from Nik Software is now FREE till 23 September 2011 (US). The app’s regular price is US$4.99, get it now before the offer ends for both your iPhone & iPad.

BENEFITS:
• Easily browse and adjust your photos with a single tap using Auto Correct
• Tweak your photo to perfection with Tune Image
• Use Selective Adjust to enhance specific objects or areas in your photos
• Experiment with fun and innovative features like Drama, Vintage, Grunge, and Center Focus
• Add Borders for incredible finishing touches
• Email your creations or share them on Facebook and Flickr

SUPPORTS:
• 6.25 MP images for iPad, iPhone 3Gs, and iPod Touch (3rd and 4th Gen), 16 MP images for iPad 2 and iPhone 4 (larger images will be automatically down sampled)
• JPEG and TIFF photos
• RAW photos (requires iPad or iPad 2) transferred using the Camera Connector Kit (if files show up as a small thumbnail, go to Settings > Location Services and turn this setting to On for Snapseed. This is required to allow Snapseed to use the iOS RAW processing)

We Just Added The Lastolite TriFlector MkII To Our Arsenal

By admin | Published September 19, 2011

We just added the Lastolite TriFlector MKII to our equipment list, for those who do beauty and fashion photography, this piece of equipment sure do wonders. So next time you book our studio, ask our technicians for it, trust me, more beauty and less post-processing.

Posted in Accessories, Fashion Photography, PASM Equipment, PASM News, Photography, Portraits, Studio | Tagged Lastolite TriFlector MKII, Lighting Equipment, PASM Workshop | 1 Comment

Shoot & Send Pics from iOS Devices Straight to Photoshop via Acquire

By admin | Published September 14, 2011

Yes, it’s that simple. Now you can point, shoot and send your pics directly from your iPhone, iPad 2 or 4th generation iPod over WiFi straight to Photoshop via an app, Acquire (US$1.99), from FlyingCarLTD. Too good to be true? check out the intro video by Oliver Haslem, who helped develop the app, it’s that simple.

Posted in Applications, iOS Applications, iPad, iPhone, Photoshop, Video | Tagged Acquire, Applications, iOS Applications, iPad, iPhone, iPod, Oliver Haslem | Leave a comment

Photology – Best Camera Roll Substitute

By admin | Published September 11, 2011

Sick and tired of how limited the Camera Roll app can do, well meet the all new App, Photology (US$1.99). This app is the true Camera Roll you need. It sorts all your pictures and videos in your iPhone by date and time, organize them into albums, share effortlessly on Facebook, Dropbox and email (and promise more to come). Check out the full feature list after the jump.

For now, sit back and take a look at their promo video and first tutorial. I downloaded it and am loving it. Too bad it’s only for iPhone now but I’m sure they will have the iPad version out soon. Hope you feel the same too. Enjoy.

Posted in Applications, iOS Applications, iPhone, Photography, Video | Tagged Apple iPhone, Applications, Photology, Video | Leave a comment

Camera360 for iPhone FREE for Now

By admin | Published September 10, 2011

Camera 360 for iPhone

Camera 360 — The most popular APP for mobile phone photography on other platform, is unveiling on iPhone platform now, with its total now brand, interface and operation .Believe or not. It will bring you the great fresh experience.

Camera 360 is a world’s favorite application software for mobile photo photography; it will let your photo taken by mobile photo more charming, interesting and funny and the most important is it’s FREE for a limited time.

The following are its shining points deserve your attention:

Brand new operation interface: shoot in your most comfortable way, the shutter design is suitable for human engineering.
Initiate focus and photometry by single finger slide
Initiate removal red eye automatically
Super continuous shooting: its speed will up to 180 pieces per minute and capture each fantastic moment
Two grid, four grid jigsaw shooting function: make your photo vividly
Easy to share: direct to share your photo to Flickr, Facebook and Sina Weibo.

Posted in Applications, iPhone, iPhoneography | Tagged Apple+iPhone, Applications, Camera360, Camera360 for iPhone | 1 Comment

Learn What Underwater Fashion Photography Is All About

By admin | Published September 8, 2011

Lately, underwater photography is becoming a pretty big hit in town and today we’re going to show you what this is all about. Photographer Mallory Morrison is a dancer turned photographer. Her 23 years as a ballerina gives her the edge in knowing what a good pose truly is. The first video from FRAMED shows how Mallory shoot a fashion spread for Live Orange County Magazine (page 53 onwards). The second video is her other shoot with the Stylist Handbook titled “Within a Dream”. You can find more of her works at http://www.mallorymorrison.net/. Hope you enjoy.