Photo curiosity

  • GIMP 2.6.9 is out

    All-fresh new update of GIMP. This time, this is all about bug corrections.

  • Lightroom links (Lightroom 3 edition)

    If you are into the newest version of Lightroom (version 3, of course), you need to dig into this pile of useful links. Please, notice that I extended it to include a number of languages that are used only by some of our readers, but I felt that this could be useful. You can voice…

  • Misha de Ridder

    Who said landscapes and graphic design could not meet in a photograph? Not Misha de Ridder. The photo is called Bergwald and is from the series Abendsonne. It has been on show in 2009 at Juliètte Jongma Gallery in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Sometimes natural phenomena can become so estranged and mysterious, that we are inclined…

  • Photo hardware breakdowns in Botswana

    During a group travel, it is very common to consider that the experience can be considered as a reliability test for photographic hardware. This was really the case during my photo safari trip to Botswana in April-May 2010. The participants were spread on a large spectrum from a pro photographer (Laurent Baheux) equipped with a…

  • Photoshop links

    A link roundup for Photoshop lovers and people who want to learn more about Adobe Photoshop. 15 Essential Tutorials For Photoshop Beginners 5 Secrets of the Photoshop Crop Tool Using Workspaces in Photoshop Photoshop CS3 – Adding a Neutral Density Gradient Filter How to Manipulate Colours in Photoshop using Fill Layers The Ultimate Guide To…

  • A photographic workflow with Photoshop

    Returning from Botswana, I started to publish a few of the good pictures I shot in May 2010 while on a photo safari trip. If you are interested, you will find these images on my personal web site and some of them on sale at RedBubble.com. New photos will keep appearing on a daily basis,…

  • Jimmy Chin

    Photographer who are also climbers of the highest summits of our world know very well how difficult it is to render the tough conditions their activities are developing in and their beautiful environment. That is the single reason that I cannot avoid recommending a visit to the mountain photographs of Jimmy Chin. The shot below…

  • Sigma SD15: Too late, too expensive?

    Sigma announced that the Digital SLR first presented in 2008, Sigma SD15, will become available on 25 June 2010. Up to this point, it just looked like Sigma was fighting to close the time gap. But there are plenty of comments on the web about the prices that have been associated to this announcement: Europe:…

  • Adobe Lightroom v3 is now available

    After several weeks of waiting, I can now confirm that the latest version of Adobe Lightroom, version 3, is now available. You can go and purchase it.