Adobe Photoshop CS4 Update

Adobe just released new update to the last version of Photoshop.

Here's a quote from John Nack's Blog.

• A number of issues that could cause slow performance have been addressed. 
• Pen barrel rotation with Wacom tablets now works correctly. 
• Photoshop now correctly recognizes 3D textures edited by a plug-in. 
• The quality of the results of Auto-Blend Layers (Stack Images) has been improved. 
• A problem that could result in a crash when pasting formatted text has been fixed. 
• A crash that could result from a corrupt font no longer occurs.

You can download it here: for Mac/for Win.

Concept Everywhere!

Concept... You hear this word in every photography genre. In any photography style you can made a concept photograph. But sometimes we don't see that concepts is everywhere around us. And the main thing is that you can made concepts yourself.

What is a concept photo? I think that concept is your personal idea which you are including in your art. What are you thinking about now? What problems you think you can include in a photo? These questions is the main in making such type of pictures.

So, just make your ideas live!

One Flash - Many Ways To Photographing

If you have only one flash or you can't use more flashes there is several means to use it and make pictures with good lighting.

The most simple is to raise up your strobe (it only works, if you're shooting in the room or hall with white ceiling). You'll see how soft the light is. But the disadvantage of this method is that you can't use it in big halls or outdoors.

The second way is to use that small equipment. Bouncer card helps you to make a fill light if you're taking photographs outdoor. Just place the speedlight in front of the model and direct it upward on 45 degrees to horizon. 

If you want to use only one flash and use some lighting schemes you can use the this small diffuser or big diffuser like this. Also you need a silver or white reflector (to hold it you must use a tripod or you call an assistant to the shooting time). The reflector is using to make shadows more softer.

Simple Photography Equipment

You know that all professional photographers have some simple gadgets whish helps them. Many of these little things you can make yourself.

One of them is bouncer card, which you can use on your speedlight. It is simply made of cardboard, white paper, glue and elastic. To make it, you must glue paper and cardboard together and put it on your strobe and fast it with the elastic.

The second great thing is used to make the light from your strobe more ambient. It is small diffuser. The materials you need are translucent fabric, and sticky tape. Made a cubic shape using your fabric or other material, than strengthen it with the sticy tape.

These stuff you can do at home and this costs more cheaper than the analogues, which you can buy at the photography shop.