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Photo tutorial: Turn your old wrapping cellophane into gels

Emily Price — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 19:33:42 +0000

The holidays may be over, but that doesn’t mean you can’t still get some use out of all your holiday trimmings. If you received any presents wrapped in colored cellophane this year (or if you happen to have a little extra cellophane kicking around the [...]
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Photography tutorial: bringing landscapes into life

Staff writer — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 04:43:53 +0000

Sometimes we’re too perfect in our judgement of order. Even though the world has a wonderful orderliness about it, the real challenge is to view and arrange objects into basic elements to create a visually stunning image. By understanding four [...]
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A complete guide to photographic filters

Shelton Muller — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 02:57:10 +0000

In our changing photographic arena, what filters should we buy?

There are few photographers who don’t use filters to some degree. But the use of filters continues to be a subject of controversy. Are they tools used by photographers to cheat — rendering images that are [...]
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Polarising filters

Shelton Muller — Sun, 13 May 2007 06:24:33 +0000

One of the most oft-employed filters is the polariser. Every photographer should have one. When light is reflected from a surface it travels in a single plane, unlike normal daylight which vibrates in all directions.

Polarising filters cut through this kind of light and thus remove unwanted reflections. At [...]
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Filters in the digital age: Warming filters

Shelton Muller — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 02:48:22 +0000

Warming Filters come in different strengths and are otherwise known as 81A, B, C and EF according to strength. As their name suggests, warming filters are particularly useful for enhancing skin tones in portraits or for counteracting the cold, blue light of flash or the winter outdoors.

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Filters in the Digital Age part 1

Shelton Muller — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 06:43:39 +0000

Shelton Muller discusses one indispensable filter for the landscape shooter – the Grad…

There are few photographers who don’t use filters to some degree. Filters are used to correct or enhance photographs when technological limitations are placed upon them. They are used for artistic purposes also, often contributing largely [...]
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