Photo Editing & Photoshop

"You must have heard about stereographic projection or polar panoramas. Some of the people are familiar with these projections with the name of “little planets”. These are extra ordinary images which are produced with the help of panoramic photos. These images are easy to produce and results of these images are stunning and attractive. Take a panoramic photo, modify it, and in the end with the help of Photoshop filter (Distort > Polar Coordinates) complete the whole process. This is what we can say its basic rule. By following this easy tutorial, you can find further details and necessary information. Following are 50 stunning and eye catching examples of panorama photography." - See-ming Lee 李思明 SML from Bookmarklet

Won't work for every photo I imagine but definitely works like a charm for this guy wearing a blue jean jacket while keeping low contrast on his face. - See-ming Lee 李思明 SML

ok apparently yes. B+W adjustment layers. These #Photoshop icons sucks!!! #smlthankyou! http://vark.com/t/66f8d7 - See-ming Lee 李思明 SML

CS4 does, there is a new black and white conversion tool, and you can drag the colors on the photo for the grayscale mix. - Ryan Dearth

Yes found it. I knew that it's got to be somewhere. Apparently there's an adjustment layer. Thanks for your help! - See-ming Lee 李思明 SML

"I have been on Flickr for quite a while and I have met countless inspiring gay artists on Flickr whom I follow on a daily basis. Here are a few who caught my eyes over the years: 1. flondo™ Sunset Centaur (by flondo™) Red Fan (by flondo™) Demonic Moment (by flondo™) 2. male ® It's Britney bitch (by male ®) Tote bag by male ® (by male ®) madonna by male® (by male ®) 3. centaurpics Tooker: Waiting Room, 1969 - a ReVision (by centaurpics) Moon Kiss (by centaurpics) Correggio: Danae, a revision (by centaurpics) 4. bodirkley b020209 (by bodirkley) 081109 (by bodirkley) 020509 (by bodirkley) 5. Ismael Álvarez Bakala Duo (by Ismael Álvarez) Blonde (by Ismael Álvarez) Melancolía en Londres (by Ismael Álvarez) Do you know of anyone that I have missed? Let me know by leaving a comment below!" - See-ming Lee 李思明 SML from Bookmarklet

"Photoshop is fun to use because we can combine certain elements to create an unique concept, that can look convincing to even the most experienced set of eyes. You can get as creative with your photo manipulation works since the aim is to achieve a realistic view of an unreal picture. Here are the best 80 photo manipulations that I gathered. Click on them to view the enlarged piece." - Jackie from Bookmarklet

http://www.simenjohan.com/ "In his photographs, Simen Johan explores darkly the human proclivity towards fantasy and our attempts, knowing or otherwise, to craft alternate realities for ourselves. Merging traditional photographic techniques with digital methods, Johan creates each of his images from as many as one hundred negatives, having first constructed or discovered each element and photographed it on film. Across his body of work, the viewer is urged to ponder the relationship between the real and the artificial or imagined. (Robert Koch Gallery) www.simenjohan.com" - See-ming Lee 李思明 SML from Bookmarklet

via Shevonne http://friendfeed.com/photogr... - See-ming Lee 李思明 SML

I don't think with keywords. I use geotagger on the Mac with Google earth to geotag my images though and then they are automatically picked up my Flickr. - Thomas Hawk

@Thomas.Hawk 1. Interesting. Seems like a lot of system resources to load up Google Earth just to geotag though? I can't really use it anyhow as I'm on Windows / Linux as my primary now :) 2. URL for my own reference: http://craig.stanton.net.nz/code... #geotag #tools #mac #osx #googleearth 3. Thanks for helping me out! #smlthankyou - See-ming Lee 李思明 SML

In the Library module there's a "Sync Metadata" button on the right side. - Chris Martino

oh ok duh. :P thanks!!! #smlthankyou - See-ming Lee 李思明 SML

Digital Matte Painting / Illustration by Giuseppe Parisi: Hand Painting, 1 Photo reference - Adobe Photoshop CS4 and Wacom Graphire Tablet - Michael Fidler from Bookmarklet

1. DON’T Rely Solely on Clone Stamp Tool for Your Dirty Work 2. DO Use the History Brush. 3. DON’T Expect Gaussian Blur to Do All the Work, or Even a Clean Job 4. DO Give the Pen Tool Some Love 5. DO Experiment With Other Tools You Wouldn’t Normally Use 6. DON’T Neglect the Many Selection Tools at Your Disposal 7. DO Let the Liquify Filter Work Its Magic. 8. DON’T Overlook Quick Masks. 9. DO Heal Away the Pain 10. DON’T Be Bashful With Creating Clipping Masks 11. DO Eliminate Backgrounds With the Magic Eraser Tool 12. DON’T Stop at Brightness and Contrast to Color Correct 13. DO Choose an Adjustment Layer Over an Adjustment - See-ming Lee 李思明 SML from Bookmarklet

Flickr hat "People in Photos gelauncht, ein neues Feature, mit dem ihr dem Flickrversum ein Gesicht geben könnt, indem es euch erlaubt, Mitglieder die ihr fotografiert habt, auf vollkommen neue Weise hervorzuheben" - Hans Kainz from Bookmarklet

Amazing! - See-ming Lee 李思明 SML from Bookmarklet

like - ariiio!!

I feel like fav'ing her entire stream!!! http://www.flickr.com/photos... - See-ming Lee 李思明 SML

Next time I shoot panoramas I'm just gonna place them together like this. No more seamless nightmare! - See-ming Lee 李思明 SML from Bookmarklet

<333 - Live4Emma (L4S)

ohhhhhh...that's disturbing lol - stanleyyork

....Forever :-* <333 - Live4Emma (L4S) from Bookmarklet

quote: "Gelled flash behind the balloon on camera right. Gridspot and gobo to prevent flare. Softbox on camera right to light the hand. Manual exposure on camera, iTTL on the flashes. Needle in the left hand, trigger in the right hand....push the trigger when inserting the needle. There were no problem synchronizing the event since the water is quite slow and the flashes pretty much freezes the water. I got the action in over 90% of the attempts. " http://www.flickr.com/photos... - See-ming Lee 李思明 SML from Bookmarklet

<333 - Live4Emma (L4S)

"The same day we reported that the UK and France were pushing legislation to help eradicate altered images in ads aimed at the kids, BoingBoing posted the startling Ralph Lauren shot above. Fashion disaster aside, uber-thin model Filippa Hamilton as Yahoo's Shine blog puts it is "so emaciated that her waist actually appears to be smaller than her head." Apparently, Ralph Lauren didn't get all the backlash and went so far as to file a Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) complaint against BoingBoing and Photoshop Disasters, the original poster, for using the image. While AdAge reports that German pub Brigitte is supplanting models for "real women", it seems the problem is still rampant here and in Europe, which pushes out ads such as this. As one commenter on BoingBoing puts it, it seems the "[Photoshop] body dysmorphic filter" is "all the rage in teenie mags." Jezebel editor-in-chief Anna Holmes meanwhile tells Yahoo, "I don't see any point in retouching anymore...The cat's out of the bag." Parliament liberal democrat Jo Swinson must be working overtime to fast-track her legislation." - See-ming Lee 李思明 SML from Bookmarklet

Agata Olek talks about her 100% Acrylic Art Guards public installation (sculpture / wearable / performance art) during the annual Art Under the Bridge Festival in 2009. "I think crochet, the way I create it, is a metaphor for the complexity and interconnectedness of our body and its systems and psychology. The connections are stronger as one fabric as opposed to separate strands, but, if you cut one, the whole thing will fall apart. Relationships are complex and greatly vary situation to situation. They are developmental journeys of growth, and transformation. Time passes, great distances are surpassed and the fabric which individuals are composed of compiles and unravels simultaneously." Agata Olek was born Agata Oleksiak in Poland and graduated from Adam Mickiewicz University in Poland with a degree in cultural studies. In New York, she rediscovered her ability to crochet and since then she has started her crocheted journey/madness. Olek's work has been presented in galleries from... more... - See-ming Lee 李思明 SML from Bookmarklet