Author: Yves Roumazeilles

  • Free download of Photoshop

    Free download of Photoshop

    This is right that many people feel obliged to use Photoshop to manage their photo images. But in most cases, nearly any other tool would be as good. I think first about the excellent IrfanView which is free and does a lot of digital photo management. But it is also true that if you really…

  • Landscape photograph lesson in Zion National Park

    Autumn in the Utah, Zion National Park: A great location for photo and landscape photo lessons from Brett Higgins. Video link

  • Embargo on Canon EOS 5D MkII, Sony Alpha 900

    Embargo on Canon EOS 5D MkII, Sony Alpha 900

    The DPreview forums are currently providing the latest bit of information about the Canon EOS 5D succession. The EOS 5D is dead, long live the… EOS 7D and EOS 5D MkII. The first would be for a low cost option (around $2000 – I told you that this low price point would be critical in…

  • Confirmation: The Canon EOS 5D MkII will be at Photokina

    Confirmation: The Canon EOS 5D MkII will be at Photokina

    Everybody expects it to happen, but here is a noticia (in Spanish) where the writer informs us that the Canon people at the IFA2008 exhibition confirmed that the Canon EOS 5D will be renewed with the arrival of a new D-SLR camera with a Full Frame sensor within the scope of the next Koln Photokina…

  • Crysis Warhead goes Gold!

    It is the last step before the publishing: The editor of Crysis Warhead decided to give the Gold stamp to the current development of this FPS PC game that is eagerly awaited (it’s tkaing into the footsteps of Crysis, the performance is expected to climb significantly, the images to be as beautiful as before and…

  • WordPress 2.6 and images

    Minor information about using WordPress v2.6 (the latest revison of this great blog/web-site-wrinting tool). I had a few difficulties to ensure that images where correctly aligned and displayed after the improvements in their presentation in WP2.6. For those really interested, I ended up adding the following to my CSS file: /*************************************/ /* Align code for…

  • Nikon D90 – it’s official now

    Nikon D90 – it’s official now

    We are nearing time for the Photokina fair in Koln, Germany. So, photo manufacturer companies areannouncing their new products right now. As expected, here comes the Nikon D90 aimed at the entry-level D-SLR market. It is supposed to replace the Nikon D80. The first presentations and reviews are coming up now everywhere on the Internet…

  • The dots make the disc

    The dots make the disc

    The rock band Soulwax created an album with a nice optical illusion for its cover. You will have a move and squint your eyes a little to fully perceive the effect. Source: Neatorama.

  • Canon EOS 5D-MkII / 6D or 7D: Wait for Photokina

    According to Chasseur d’Images news-bit announcing the Canon EOS 50D, we could have some information about the replacement of the “5D” at the Photokina fair. Il faudra attendre la Photokina pour en savoir davantage sur le prochain “5D” à capteur 24×36. (we will have to wait for Photokina to know more about the next “5D”…