Ultra High Speed Flash Trick

posted by tdenham, Oct 21, 2006 4:28 PM — 4 comments

Using this trick and an external flash, any camera that can be set to manual mode can take very high speed flash photos.

The flash (and I think most can) must be able to set the flash duration. My SB-600 can be set down to 64,000ths of a second. Many Vivitar flashes can do this too.

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Family photos on the Internet

posted by tdenham, Oct 4, 2006 1:21 AM — 8 comments

This post concerns risks of posting family photos on the Internet. I found these words from a person who only ID his self as Anthony, so I'm not able to give full credit, but seems logical.

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Written Permission

posted by tdenham, Aug 30, 2006 2:38 AM — 5 comments

If you are new to SXC and want to get lots of downloads you might want to check out the thread in this post:

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Approval Timeline

posted by tdenham, Aug 25, 2006 4:44 AM — 2 comments

How long does it take for photos to be approved? Read on:)

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Selective Photoshop Sharpening

posted by tdenham, May 29, 2006 9:41 PM — 18 comments


Have you ever wanted to sharpen just parts of a photo in Photoshop and not the entire photo? For example, if you are sharpening a photo of a person's face it may be better sharpen the eyes and mouth, and avoid a common problem of oversharpening the hair or other parts that may look worse if sharpened. Another side effect can be seen in a photo that shows the sky (or parts of the sky). The sky will normally gain lots of noise if sharpened and never really needs it. Avoiding the sky when sharpening an image can really enhance your photos.

Using the method I describe here will let you be more in control of enhancing your photos and will help you make more pleasing photos in a fairly straight forward, fun and simple way.

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