Category Archives: Digital Photography

All posts relating to digital photography, including both hardware and software. Tutorials and reviews are the most common types of posts.

Is Your Data Safe?

Written by Paul Salmon on July 23, 2008 11 Comments

I have been scanning and archiving old family photos in order to help preserve them for the future. The first set of photos are the only copy of each photo available so they were chosen first for archiving. It is important that when you archive photos that you create a system for backing up your [...]

Photos, Security, Security Tips

How to Separate Multiple Photos from a Single File in Photoshop

Written by Paul Salmon on May 23, 2008 12 Comments

I do quite a bit of scanning whether it be slides, negatives, or printed photographs. For slides and negatives I can easily scan multiple items at one time. Scanner applications are able to save each image to a separate file with slides and negatives. Scanning multiple photographs is a different story. Many times people would [...]

Scanning

Photoshop JPEG Settings

Written by Paul Salmon on May 2, 2008 Comments closed
JPEG Format

I have written several posts in the past relating to digital photos, and more specifically JPEG files. I have talked about the differences between JPEG and RAW files. In one post I also compare JPEG and GIF files, and provided examples to illustrate when to use a particular file type. The JPEG and GIF post also listed the settings I used to get the resulting image in Photoshop.

Photos, Technology

When to Use GIF and JPEG Format

Written by Paul Salmon on March 5, 2008 6 Comments

I have written several posts on image formats, their advantages and disadvantages. The one thing I haven’t really discussed is when to use a particular format over another. Depending on that type of image you have will determine which format you should choose. Most people may just choose JPEG, however, there are many times GIF [...]

Photos, Technology

Resizing Digital Photos for E-mail in Windows XP

Written by Paul Salmon on February 29, 2008 2 Comments

Once in a while I will get several digital photos as attachments in an e-mail, and the photos haven’t been resized. This is a problem as photos from a digital camera are usually 2MB and larger, which is quite big to send in an e-mail. Add to the fact that there are usually several photos [...]

Photos

Tips on Taking Photographs with a Digital Camera

Written by Paul Salmon on February 22, 2008 12 Comments

I’m not a professional photographer, but I do enjoy taking pictures. I try to take the best pictures I possibly can, and sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn’t. I bought my first digital camera in 2002, and since that time I have been learning some tricks and tips that I can use to take [...]

Cameras, Photos

What is a Digital Raw File?

Written by Paul Salmon on February 13, 2008 4 Comments

I have written several posts regarding digital Raw files produced by digital cameras. There is also much discussion online as to whether one should save photos in JPEG or Raw files. As with any file format, Raw files have both advantages and disadvantages. In this post I will look at what exactly a digital Raw [...]

Cameras, Photos

48bit Image Colour Issues When Saved as JPEG

Written by Paul Salmon on February 8, 2008 Leave a comment

When I edit images in Photoshop that are either created in Photoshop, or from a scanner, I usually deal with 48bit images. I like the extra overhead for editing that 48bit images provide. The one problem that I encountered recently was saving the file to a JPEG to be displayed on a Web site. The [...]

Photos, Scanning

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