Month: October 2011

Shoot a Silhouette

Silhouette photos can be a great way to handle tough lighting situations.  Whenever you’re shooting into a light source, it’s tough to expose a subject properly without blowing out the background.  You can try an HDR photo or some fill light, or you can just stop fighting the lighting and shoot your subject in silhlouette. […]

Just buy it.

Just buy it.

It’s not uncommon to see someone who’s looking for a cheap (or free) alternative to Adobe Lightroom, and I saw another one of these threads this morning.  I’m normally all about trying out cheaper alternatives, but not in this case. I started years ago with Paint.net (free) and some old image editor I can’t remember […]