By Tim Barribeau The accepted story on the Internet is that Google+ is a ghost town, that Google squandered initial interest in the service by not letting people in quickly enough, and that it’s dead in the water. Yet, standing in proud defiance of that narrative is a plethora of photographers, who’ve flocked to Google+ and somehow transformed it into one…

By Rob Cooper These remarkable 19th century sepia-tinted pictures show the American West as you have never seen it before – as it was charted for the first time. The photos, by Timothy O’Sullivan, are the first ever taken of the rocky and barren landscape. At the time federal government officials were travelling across Arizona, Nevada, Utah and the rest…

Professional Photographer, speaker and workshop leader, Cris Duncan, demonstrates how he uses several of the Nik Software products to enhance his landscape images that he took during his Find Your Focus workshop in Yosemite. Check out his series of videos on HDR Efex Pro 2, Viveza 2, Color Efex Pro 4 and Silver Efex Pro 2.   Click here to…

By Jimmy Mcintyre (editor of HDR One Magazine) As photographers we inevitably have a style that is uniquely our own. Our tastes are influenced by a myriad of factors, most of which will remain unconscious to us. Conversely, there are people or styles that we consciously aspire to, or allow ourselves to be influenced by. We, as intelligent humans, know…

There is a boatload of bad information, myths, factoids, and half-truths about Copyright and other photo related legal issues floating around. This encore performance includes everything you want to know about these issues but were too afraid to ask. Bringing to life their popular Copyright Zone column from Photoshop User magazine, photographer Jack Reznicki and lawyer Ed Greenberg will both…

One of the things that people ask us about a lot is sharpening. So, here’s a quick tutorial on how we do it. There are lots of different ways to sharpen an image – and lots of tool available. Right now, we’re using a great tool called Nik Sharpener Pro for sharpening images for print and preparing images for web display. Jay used…

By Jon Lysons Since the first appearance of photo editing apps on the iPhone in 2009, the selection has exploded to include several hundred, if not thousands that offer a range of adjustment options to suit different needs. Some specialise in a particular function while offers have features that could almost rival a desktop application. Snapseed is one of the…

By Justin Balog Watch this informative video tutorial by Justin Balog on the basics of using Snapseed. Discover several different filter effects, from converting to Black and White, Vintage and Grunge filters. Share with friends and get inspired with creative ideas on how to enhance your own images! Click to view entire video   Be sure to check out Justin’s other iPhone…

By Ashley McLaughlin Per your request I’ve put together a little how-to for the iPhone app Snapseed.  It’s my very favorite photo editing app on the iPhone. This app has been on my phone for about the past 6 months but it really wasn’t until I started the week of the iPhone where I learned how to use it in more…

By Justin Balog Welcome back to iDownloadBlog.com’s series in iPhone Photography. So far we have covered everything from exposure to composition. One thing we haven’t addressed are the apps. This has been by design. I wanted to make sure we had a solid foundation in photography before we started exploring the digital darkroom. Later in the series we will continue…