PHOTOGRAPHY BLOG

I encountered some ideas on web discussions like - you don’t need filters with digital, or the only filter you need is a polarizer, the rest can be done in post processing…. however, the Big Six filters that are useful to most photographers, cannot adequately replace with digital techniques…..

One - The Polarizer
This is so obvious I shouldn’t need to get into “why” you need it, but I’m me, and that means I’m going to talk about it anyway. Any time light moves from air to a transparent substance, some of the light doesn’t penetrate into the transparent substance and is reflected away. Whether the light hits water on a lake, the natural oil on human skin, clear cellulose and wax on plant leaves and flowers, lacquer on a car or a guitar, or glass on a building, there are reflections. The reflections are “white light”; they “fill in” the color and reduce saturation… read Full Article.

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I’m a very satisfied customer of theirs with no other connection. The last large job I had they done, a veteran professional framer said the print looked to be on par with some of the art gallery work he frames. Lots of people here likes MPix for doing large prints. Probably hard to go wrong with just about any professional print lab. The process is pretty painless.

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I am glad to inform you that the Photos of the Year 2008 contest has been completed, and we have come up with the exciting winners gallery for the Best Photos of the Year 2008.