Merry Christmas!

Friday Links

• http://www.microstockgroup.com/ This is a very good website about microstocks with it's own great statistics.
• http://www.photoshopusertv.com/ It you didn't see this show before, you will be surprized! If you saw it before, don't forget to upload a new episode on next Monday.

Night Photography

Everybody knows the magic of photography shoots made in the silence of the night. There are some types of this great art.

The first popular type is photos of street and highway traffic. The most dramatic effect on this pictures is many moving lights on the road. To shoot such photographs you must have a very strong tripod and wish for walking with your equipment. You can shoot interesting pictures from the bridges or place your tripod near the ground. To take the good sharp you must use f/11 - f/22 aperture settings and long (from 5 to 30 seconds) shutter speeds. So, if you are creative, your photographs will be very impressive!

The other type is photographs of fireworks. It is simple because you mustn't choose the composition - you must only find the place to shoot from.

There is to ways to find this place. First way is to take your pictures from the high hill or other upland and use a telephoto lens. Or you can stand just in 20-50 meters in front of the place of launching and use a wide-angle lenses.

So, we're standing in the place we choosed and the question is: "How can I shoot this?". There's also two ways: to use blub mode and or the manual mode with the 2-8 seconds shutter speed. In both ways the better setting of aperture is f/11 (many professional photographers choose it to make great photographs of the fireworks).

Winter is a really right time to take such type of photographs. I can only say to you: "Catch the moment!"

Friday Links

• http://dafont.com/ It is a great resource. There you can find hundreds of non-commercial fonts.

• http://kuler.adobe.com/ If you don't now what colors to use in your next project, kuler helps you.

Nikon Releases D3X

Nikon has just released a new great camera - Nikon D3x.

Some new features:

• 24.5 megapixels CMOS image sensor
• 5 fps shooting
• 51-point autofocus system
• 3-inch LCD monitor
• and many new great features...

P.S. I'm sorry for writing a "news only" posts for a few days. I'm too much busy these days :-)