Digital Camera World (April 2003)

158 Pages·2003·15.771 MB·English

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MEET
YOUR 2
TEAM Our promise
4 to our readers
8 Rob Mead STARTHERE We will show you how to capture and
Acting Editor create better pictures, give clear,
independent buying recommendations
Rob’s been writing about technology
on the latest kit, and deliver two
for the past eight years, his work
CDs or one DVD packed with the best
having appeared in T3, Digital Home,
PC software.
The Mail On Sunday and FHM
We use boxes, tips, quick fixes, quality
Welcome…
photography, walkthroughs and diagrams
8 Andrea Thompson
to show you how to improve your
Deputy Editor photographic and image-editing skills
Andrea is the newest member of our T he arrival of spring is always a welcome sight for photographers. After months We have a cast-iron policy of editorial
team. She is a trained photographer independence. All our kit is reviewed as-
cooped up at home, we can finally venture outdoors and explore the riot of colour
and has worked on photography sold. We discourage our journalists from
magazines for several years and new life that surrounds us. This month’s cover feature gives you the inside accepting gifts from advertisers.
track on making the most of the opportunities that spring brings, from shooting outdoor We welcome your opinions on the
8 Ed Davis portraits to capturing extreme close-ups using your digital camera’s macro capabilities. Try out magazine, ideas for articles, photography,
Our award-winning digital darkroom the techniques explored on page 16and I’m confident that you won’t be disappointed with thoughts and questions.
expert has years of commercial Send them in today – see the email
the results. Don’t forget we’d love to see any pictures you take – simply email them to
photography experience and is a addresses below.
[email protected] and we’ll print our favourites in the next issue.
member of the National Association
of Photoshop Professionals Elsewhere in the mag you’ll find plenty of tips and techniques for improving your photos, c
from basic composition, exposure and lighting problems (page 79)to enhancing your images
8 Tim Daly post-shoot using Photoshop, Photoshop Elements and Paint Shop Pro (page 57). And if you
Departments
Photographer and writer fancy posting your pics on the web for your friends and relations to see, we’ve tested eight
Tim is one of the UK’s leading digital
web photo album packages that’ll help you simplify the whole process (page 41).
photography experts. He’s written
Throughout the issue you’ll also notice that we’ve introduced key links to our website at We want your letters, ideas,
numerous books on the subject and photography, articles, tips and more!
his photographs have been exhibited www.dcmag.co.uk, where you can find out more information about a particular topic, post Write in today to the following areas:
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Photo Surrealism project [email protected]
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Technical expert
HOW WE RETOUCHED THE COVER IMAGE
Aidan is a contributor to the
Manchester Evening News. He
lectures on digital photography The original picture of our cover model had
around the UK way too much magenta, although there was
no detail in the yellow channel at all. To fix
8 Mark Harris the problem in Photoshop, we took image
Photographer and journalist data out of the magenta channel and added
Mark has been writing about yellow to alter the girl’s flesh tones to make
photography for over ten years and her look more natural. We then flipped the
has performed product testing duties
image so the girl’s face was on the right side
at both Which and T3. This month he
of the page, giving us room to add our
looks at web photo album software 8 8
coverlines and make space for this month’s
outer bag. The gap on the left side was
; ISSUE 7 ON SALE filled by cloning the grass and flowers to
10TH APRIL achieve the final result.
DIGITALCAMERAMAGAZINE 005
Contents DCM#06
What’s hot inside your magazine this April
GET INSPIRED
BY SPRING!
Everything you need to know about taking
people, nature and wildlife photos
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STARTS PAGE
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PAGE 58 Getup&Go* Create 3D effects
Photo surrealism in PSP7
More inspirational places for you
to visit with your camera – from
Give an illusion of
the gothic splendour of Whitby
We show you how to
depth with blurring
Abbey to Cape Cornwall
create this amazing
effects and colour
alien image using
enhancement
Photoshop layers,
PAGE
masks and tools –
just follow our PULL OUT 72
step-by-step guide SECTION –
FIND IT
AFTER p66
* UKeditions only
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HOT SHOTS TRAILBLAZERS GETUP&GO
PAGE08 PAGE48 Pullout section
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THISISSUEWE
Kit reviews
Your coverdiscs
SHOWYOUHOWTO…
The UK’s definitive reviews
package every month
TAKEBETTERPICTURES
Capturing the natural world this spring p16
Using light and shadow p16
Choosing the best angles p16/17
Taking abstract shots p18
Photographing flowers p19
HPPHOTOSMART MINOLTA DIMAGE
Making the most of spring colours p19
850 p26 F300p28
Close focusing p20
Photographing birds p20
Extensis Portfolio 5
Springtime portraits p21
The most comprehensive media- Avoiding common photo mistakes p80
management software on the market 95 Using Macro lenses for close up shots p82
OLYMPUS C-5050 FUJIFILM FINEPIX Exposure control p84
Organise your photos, sounds and videos and share PAGE
ZOOM p30 S602 PROp32
them across different networks and platforms Image diffusion p85
Taking professional portrait photos p86
ONDISC 1 ONDISC 2 ONDVD
FULL Extensis Portfolio 5.0 FULL Breeze browser FULL ThumbsPlus 3.3
desktop edition, PC/Mac 1.4b (PC) (PC) IMPROVEYOURIMAGE-EDITINGSKILLS
DEMOExtensis Portfolio FULL iView Media LE DEMO Photoshop 7
Using Photoshop to create a surreal image p58
6.0 (PC) (Mac) (Mac)
TOURS 5 x 3D tours DEMOiView Media Pro DEMO Deneba Canvas 8 Restore a ripped/stained photo p64
SIGMA SD-9 SIX FLASHGUNS TEST SHOTS main cameras (Mac) (Mac)
p34 p38 VIDEOTUTORIALS Image- DEMO Breeze Browser PLUS all the software Correcting flash errors in Elements p68
Your images editing techniques 2.4c (PC) on the CDedition discs! Using Photoshop filters p70
Simple 3D effects in Paint Shop Pro p72
Making people look younger in Paint Shop Pro p74
21 pages of image-editing tips
Regulars
USEYOUR PC BETTER
Bitmap, JPEG and TIFF image files explained p90
Converting image files p91
EYEWITNESS HELPANDADVICE
Hotshots gallery p08 Photo Clinic p64 Freeware image-editing tools online p92
Frontline news p12 Your questions answered p84 Using watercolour paper for prints p94
SOLVING FLASH PHOTO CLINIC
PROBLEMS p68 REJUVENATION p64 YOUR PHOTOS & LETTERS FOLD-OUTSECTIONAFTER PAGE66 2
Trailblazers p48 North Yorkshire’s monastic trail
Day in the life p50 The gothic glory of Whitby Abbey HOTSHOTS
TURNOVER
Viewfinder p53 The magic of Cape Cornwall
Steam engines
OFFERS Taking silhouette photos Every issue, we print the best digital photography we
Subscribe! p76 can find. Turn over now and see some of the shots that
MAKE PEOPLE LOOK CAMERA Upgrade your software p95 DEALERBANK have inspired us this issue…
YOUNGER IN PSPp74 TECHNIQUESp80 Suppliers p102-119
DIGITALCAMERAMAGAZINE 007
Hotshots
Images with impact
SHOT OF THE MONTH
BIRD OF PARADISE Frank Whittle
“The picture is of some bird of paradise flowers,
taken last summer on what is known as the Balcon
de Europa, in Nerja, Spain.”
FujiFilm FinePix 602
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05 02 WIRED ICE Faye White
“I took this shot when wire, which is used to
keep leaves from falling into a garden fountain
basin, became encased in ice.” FujiFilm S2 Pro
[w]www.pbase.com/fayewhite
03 LIFEGUARD STATION Richard Hughes
“Taken on New Brighton Beach, Merseyside.”
Nikon D100
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04 REFLECTIONSColinSpencer
“Taken in the Dordogne, France.”
Nikon CoolPix 5700
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05 TUMBLING (II) June Marie Sobrito
Minolta Dimage 7
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Me and my camera
Profile
JAMES WILSON
www.wilsonpictures.co.uk
James started his career as a professional
photographer after working as an assistant
to a fashion photographer in Italy. On his
return to the UK, he worked as a press
photographer for a local newspaper.
James’s career soon progressed and he
started working for the national press
through a local press agency. "It was at this
point that I was introduced to digital
cameras and started to use a Nikon D1.
From that moment my approach to
photography completely changed. I have
not looked back – I love the spontaneity, the
01 post-production using Photoshop and the
way that photography has become
02 03 accessible to everyone"
James decided to undertake a post graduate
course in photography. This enabled him to
make the move from press to editorial/
studio photography. "I was fortunate enough
to be offered a job in a studio for a major
publisher. This studio championed the use of
digital cameras and is now fully digital."
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