I haven’t posted on this blog in a bit. Most of my readers that subscribe know that I’m working on a new site for the world of photographers. It should be up by mid August. You can subscribe to my site here so you can receive when the new site is launched there will be many prize give ways on the site.

Anyway this weekend was my best for this summer by far!! Last week I got an email from Scott Kelby from Photoshop Inside [Link] said that the photoshop guys are coming down to the Bahamas, They came here we did some photography and had an amazing day you can read about the trip here [Link]

Photograph Source: msn.foxsports.com

The Nikon D700 and SB-900 was released today I read a good article on Scott’s Blog click the image and check it out.

Welcome To The June 30th, 2008 edition of Great Photography.

Again thank you all for submitting your blogs.Jenny presents Strawberry Delight posted at The So-Called Me.

“This moment is all we have: these visions are all we remember. And this world is more beautiful than any of us can bear alone. Welcome.” - D.M. Cook presents Beachcombers posted at Beauty in Chaos.

“The wharf at George Washington’s Mount Vernon Estate in Virginia, near washington, DC.” - Jon presents Photo of the Week posted at The DC Traveler.

“Photo giveaway on my blog www.kitchencorners.blogspot.com” - Damaris presents Solving your kitchen problems one giveaway at a time! posted at WITHIN THE CORNERS OF MY KITCHEN.

 A Great Ad: I love the concept behind this I really wish I got a chance to work with them on this; it’s impeccable. I really love the lighting on it, the detail of the smoke and the  lit cigarettes; I really love it because it gets the point across and I can see the amount of time and effort put into it.All rights this this ad if for Advertising Agency: NeogamaBBH, BrazilSource: Ads of the World

Lens Vignetting - I love the effect on my photos. You can learn how to do it by clicking -

PhotoshopUser TV Episode 139 (June 23, 2008)

Here are examples, the first one one provided by me (It’s me in the photo for my board sports clothing line OLLIE :D) and the other one is from the Episode you will watch on Photoshop User Tv.

“What Is Lens Vignetting (or Light Fall-off)?As seen in the example picture above, vignetting (or light fall-off) is the effect caused by more light reaching the center of an image than reaching the edges. There are several types of vignetting …

Mechanical or physical vignetting is caused by an physical obstruction preventing light within the lens’ field of view from reaching the camera’s image sensor. Mechanical vignetting is perhaps the easiest form of vignetting to understand. The physical obstruction can be caused by the lens barrel, a filter, lens hood (improperly designed or misaligned) - or anything else in the way - preventing light from reaching the lens. Try looking through your viewfinder and blocking the light from reaching the edge of your lens (you can use your hand). The effect of mechanical vignetting is typically a strong, dark circular darkening most apparent in the corners of an image and it goes away as the lens is stopped down (narrower aperture). This is the easiest form of vignetting to understand.

Optical vignetting is caused by light hitting the lens aperture at a strong angle - an internal physical obstruction. This effect is often noticed in images taken with wide angle and wide aperture lenses used with wide open apertures. Even many of the best lenses have optical vignetting. Light hitting the lens directly from the front is allowed to pass through the aperture unobstructed while light hitting the lens from a strong angle is partially blocked by the aperture. A basketball passes through the hoop (aperture) much more easily if it is coming straight down into it (highly arced - or dunked) than if is is coming straight in from the side (at a hard angle - no arc). Stopping down the lens reduces or eliminates optical vignetting.

Pixel vignetting is yet another potential cause of image edge darkening. An image sensor is composed of millions of photon wells that measure/record the light hitting them. The photo wells, although extremely tiny, have a depth to them. Just as the late day sun does not hit the bottom of your trash can, light hitting the sensor at a strong angle may not hit the bottom of the photon wells. The strongest light angles will be found at the image edges. Reportedly, most manufacturers compensate for pixel vignetting in their sensor algorithms. Also, newer sensor designs may show decreased amounts of optical vignetting. “