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The Photograph, 2nd Edition – New Book

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The Photograph, 2nd Edition

The Photograph, 2nd Edition is a new book from photographer Harald Mante.

“The Photograph: Composition and Color Design, 2nd Edition is a unique book geared toward intermediate to advanced creative photographers who want to push their images in new directions. Also, anyone practicing, studying, criticizing, or administering in the visual arts are sure to find this book an invaluable resource.”

The Photograph, 2nd Edition retails for $49.95; however, it is currently available for $26.34 on Amazon.com.

 

DSLR Gear No Idea

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Do you know someone who has all the latest DSLR gear but has no idea how to use it? Check out the above video as it pokes a little fun of those DSLR users.

And, if you find yourself in that boat, check out these three articles on the basics of exposure for a step in the right direction:

  1. Lens Speed and Aperture
  2. Shutter Speed
  3. ISO

[via Gizmodo]

HBO Documentary ‘Witness’ Follows Combat Photographers

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‘Witness’ is a new 4-part documentary from HBO and executive producers Michael Mann and Davide Frankham.  It follows combat photographers into conflict zones in Mexico, Libya, South Sudan and Brazil.  The next episode airs tonight at 9pm ET.

Check out the trailer below.

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More details on HBO’s website.

[via A Photo Editor]

Perfectly Clear iOS App Update Includes De-Purple Setting to Correct Purple iPhone 5 Lens Flare

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Perfectly Clear

Perfectly Clear’s Version 3 of its iOS app is out and includes a software fix for the purple lens flare problem on the iPhone 5.

On its own, the Perfectly Clear app is a great little editing app for the iPhone that gives you solid results from a single click. It’s quite similar to the Awesomize feature in SmugMug’s Camera Awesome app – and for good reason . . . Camera Awesome’s Awesomize is powered by Perfectly Clear’s technology.

One of the things that sets Perfectly Clear’s app apart, however, is the one-click De-Purple setting that allows you to remove the oh-so-common purple lens flare from the iPhone 5 images.  In practice, it works quite well.  It’s just not spot-on every time as you can see in the images below. [Read more…]

HDR Express 2 Now Available

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HDR Express 2

Unified Color has announced availability of their HDR Express 2 software, which further simplifies the HDR photography process to a point that promises users of any skill level first-time success when creating 32-bit color HDR images. The new HDR Express 2 features “Adaptive Tone Mapping” algorithms that further improve contrast, color, and detail retention in the highlight areas of large dynamic range images, while also maintaining optimal contrast and color in darker areas of image. [Read more…]