November 23, 2008
I’ve recently started to take photography a little more seriously, like my colleague Jason. I bought a low-end dSLR and started snapping away, hoping to learn from my mistakes, develop my own techniques and individual angles. Only a few days ago, I was watching a BBC documentary “The Genius of Photography” and was introduced to [...]
November 19, 2008
There’s nothing quite like a nicely framed photograph. Ideally we’re talking about some classy wood and quality glass. If your image is heading to Grandma for her birthday, then that’s probably the best option. But for many of us, photographs largely live online, ready to be admired and/or criticised by the masses. For some situations, [...]
November 5, 2008
Flickr is my favorite online source of images: it stores an incredible number of creative and unique photos you can use for inspiration. Flickr advanced search allows for multiple search options: you can choose to search by tags or full text, media type (photos or videos or both); date, creative commons, etc. The choice is [...]
October 29, 2008
Browser plugin Cooliris (formerly known as PicLens) has been mentioned several times on MakeUseOf but never covered in detail. So for those who are hearing this name for the first time, Cooliris is a plugin which is compatible with Safari, Firefox and Internet Explorer. It prides itself by enhancing your browsing experience when it comes [...]
October 26, 2008
I’ve been getting into photography lately, ever since I picked up my very first dSLR camera (Digital SLR or Single-Lens Reflex) about a month ago. One of the techniques I immediately decided to try out was HDR or High Dynamic Range. “… high dynamic range imaging (HDRI or just HDR) is a set of techniques [...]
September 29, 2008
As an amateur photographer I know how hard it is to get that perfect picture. Countless times, over the years, I’ve ended up with the perfect shot only to have it spoiled by one small detail that if removed, would enhance the photo a great deal. I’ve not had to remove Uncle Bob (who’s now [...]
September 14, 2008
Time for another MakeUseOf Poll. So far every poll we had was a huge success. tons of votes and comments. Thanks! Now back to today’s poll. The poll question for today is what photo sharing website do you use? Are you a Flickr fan? Google Picasa user? Or do use something less popular like recently [...]
August 27, 2008
Even though I’m not much of a photo person, I do manage my photos. Mostly just collecting-grouping-tagging-retouching (using iPhoto), and resizing (using now not free anymore ImageWell) to be able to easily send to my friend or use the image for my blog. I also have a Flickr account but there was only 3 photos [...]
August 20, 2008
Have you ever wanted to send sensitive information to someone else over the internet? I’m sure you must’ve felt a little paranoid about your details getting stolen along the way. Ever wished there was a way to send messages across to a friend without others knowing? Or even not having the slightest hint that you’re [...]
August 10, 2008
Make Use Of authors have covered a wide spectrum of online and desktop image batch-resizing programs, sadly none of them were Mac-specific. Luckily, I found this small but handy application which was born and bred for the task. Previously, when I needed to resize an album of images, this is what I had to do: [...]
