Archive for August, 2006

Free street photography ebook

August 31st, 2006 by Antoine Khater

Have you ever dreamt of adventuring in street photography? I know I did and still am, but never really knew where to start and my envy wasn’t strong enough to justify buying a book or ebook about the subject.

Well I found today something to get me started in street photography, a free ebook by Chris Weeks available for download

Via | DSLR Blog

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Adobe Photoshop Elements now can do layer masks

August 31st, 2006 by Antoine Khater


Most of us got Adobe Photoshop Elements free with our cameras, and then we rush and buy the full Adobe Photoshop CS2 because we feel that Adobe Photoshop elements lacks some features like layer masks.

Today and thanks to Elements Tools you will soon be able to have several features missing in Adobe Photoshop elements.

Via | DSLR Blog

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Canon EOS 30D or 400D - Summary -

August 31st, 2006 by Antoine Khater


One of the hottest subject currently on DPreview, and probably other photography forums. Whether you already own a Canon DSLR and you want a new one, or you are just about to make the plunge, or even if you just bought the new 30D a few weeks ago you are surely wondering about the all new Canon EOS 400D that was recently announced

After extensive reading of my posts, I am trying to summarize for you the advantages and disadvantages of each of the xxD models and the famous 400D.

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Game : Try to shoot superman

August 30th, 2006 by Antoine Khater

A promotion for Superman the movie, the game isn’t very tough but if you like photography it is kind of amuzing :)

Play it here

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Photoshop Tutorial: Natural looking fur and hair

August 29th, 2006 by Antoine Khater

This really cool photoshop tutorial teaches us to draw natural looking hair and beard in just a few simple steps

Full tutorial here

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Jhonnie Walker - Lebanese version -

August 29th, 2006 by Antoine Khater

This Ad hit the one of the lebanse news papers Al Balad

After what is called July 2006 war, we are still living a nation wide shortage in fuel
Johnnie Walker - Lebanese Version -

And this one you can find on the Lebanese roads inspired by the bridges bombing
Johnnie Walker - Lebanese Version -

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Which Canon EF 70-200 L to buy - The Answer -

August 29th, 2006 by Antoine Khater

Two days ago and after the announcement of the new 70-200 L f/4 IS I was confused and was wondering which of the 4 Canon lenses should I buy.

My question raised a great and very informative thread of DPReview and I think it is a great read for anyone thinking of buying any of the Canon EF 70-200 L lenses.

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Transform your Panoramas into planets using Adobe Photoshop

August 28th, 2006 by Antoine Khater

Photojo has a cool Adobe Photoshop tutorial on how to twist your panoramas to make them look as “planets”, for me it looks more as a fisheye effect but still looks pretty cool.

Tutorial here
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GIMP v/s Adobe Photoshop

August 27th, 2006 by Antoine Khater

Haven’t work myself in GIMP myself, but as far as I know GIMP is an open source Image editing software and there is quite a few people using it today instead of the famous Adobe Photoshop primary because it is free.

Although originaly built for Linux, GIMP can also run on both Windows and MAC…

Today I came across a quite interesting article by “The Linux Advocate” stating what is still missing for GIMP to be able to “dethrone” Adobe Photoshop

Read full article here

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First Canon EOS 400D pre-review at luminous landscape

August 27th, 2006 by Antoine Khater
(Repeat after me: This is not a review. I repeat – this is not a review! Anyone that gets their knickers in a twist because I haven’t listed every feature and function in a three page long comparison table, and provided sample images at 100% magnification, should take their meds, or better yet, visit another site.)

Read it here

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