There is a whole school of art that uses Adobe's Photoshop to create incredible works of art using images.  With tools such as Photoshop and digital cameras artists are really only limited by their imaginations and skills with computers and the tools themselves.  Vertus Fluid Mask has compiled this collection of 40 a

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Photography schools have been around for decades but when the art of making a photograph seems to be getting easier thanks to modern technology, are photography schools losing their importance? In this article the author discusses 10 important reasons why photography schools are more important than ever, especially for those wh

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Have you ever taken a photo of something only to realize later that you missed that perfect shot by a split second? You know, Aunt Betty was the only one with her eyes closed during the family reunion.

What about another event where everything

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If you've been putting off creating a distinctive avatar for your blog, wait no more. This free online application will let you create one in a snap.

This is a great tool if you don't have a lot of graphics skills -- or even if you do. It's fun to play with the various features and the only restriction is that you can only manipulate .

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In November, ProBlogger.net ran a post about using images. In the comments, some people said they won’t even read a post if it doesn’t have an image. I don’t know about that, but I do know images help draw in readers.

But where do you find free, good quality images? The following resources fit those requirements, plus they’ve passed my per

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In July of 1918, 18,000 US Officers and Men at Camp Dodge, Iowa formed a human Statue of Liberty for this picture taken from 80 feet off the ground by photographers Arthur S. Mole and John D. Thomas. rnrnThis picture and the others the photogs took are simply amazing.

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You now know that using images on your blog is a good thing. You’ve probably heard about it before or even tried out using images from Google, but this isn’t a very good method to practice - images you find via Google and other search engines are most likely copyrighted, which means that they belong to someone else and you don’t have the righ

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I ran across this site by deputydog that had a really cool article showing incredible photos taken from space which illustrate a few of earth’s fascinating geographical features and nature’s frightening unpredictability.

These 11 images are all very unique and are all incredibly cool. I don't think I've ever seen them anywhere

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Thinking about some family photos when everyone is together for Thanksgiving?
For many families, it is the time to take the annual Christmas card photo. For other families, it is a time to get a photo of family members that are normally out of town.
I have five tips that can help you get better family photos this Thanksgiving. I did not fol

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A video showing how to crop and resize photos in Photoshop and Photoshop Elements.
If your are going to email a digital photo to a friend you should not send them the whole file. Unless you think they are likely to get a print made from it, sending them a screen sized version of the digital photo will save a lot of time uploading and downl

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If you love photography, one of the ways to make extra money online is selling your photos to micro stock agencies. Micro stock agencies are the companies that store or stock your photos and pay you whenever someone buys your photos from them. The post describes some of the basics you need to know to start making extra money. Have fun taking

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If you want to improve your blog or Web site by adding photography and don’t want to spend money to do it, Stock.Xchng is a great resource. I’ve found many diverse and beautiful photos there over the years. This article details the few very minor restrictions involved, so you'll be ready to search for photos right away when you visit Stock.X

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A really clever Flickr user posted this very cool series of photos that matches up the Washington D.C. buildings depicted on U.S. currency with the real ones in the nation's capitol.

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This is another article from deputydog. For whatever reason there are some extraordinary human beings intent on changing their appearance permanently for reasons that will forever baffle most people. This is a list (complete with disturbing images) of the top 10 most physically modified people you'll ever see.

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Many have asked me on how to take photos of a subject with seamless white background that makes the subject stands out and isolated. Most of the time, this type of photos sell very well since the one buying them can easily cut out the subject from the background. In this post, I'll describe my home made studio setup for creating this type of

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As Tyler Westcott says in his Flickr page, only once per year do they shut down the modern electric light and switch over the the 5 kerosene lamps and frefresnel lens of the original lighthouse as it was 135 years ago. He said the fog was also incredibly heavy that particular night. He only got one shot and this was it. Incredible.

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Anyone who looks for free images for blog posts will enjoy the new Firefox extension called Zemanta. This free software actually delivers free images, keyword suggestions, article links and helpful information linked to specific words in your post, right to your browser.

Zemanta works with WordPress.org, Blogger and Typepad,

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