Following our review of the brilliant Hispstamatic app for iPhone (read the review here) we have decided to take our nostalgic photo processing one step further with SwankoLab. SwankoLab is a traditional darkroom but transformed into a complete digital process with everything you need to turn any image into a retro misprinted masterpiece. SwankoLab follows all the … [Read more...]
Photo Profile : Phil O’Kane
It started completely accidently, with a digital camera that was abandoned by my mother in '04. This camera couldn't do much, soon after I purchased a Digital SLR. Since then I haven't stopped. At the time my friends were in bands, as were all their friends. I look back on the first gig I shot, just a month after my new purchase and cringe slightly. But the week after I went … [Read more...]
Ultimate Noise Control with Noise Ninja
I have been struggling with noise on a number of photos I have taken in extreme light situations. From low light landscapes through to live music performances many of my best captures have been blighted with grain and noise. In an attempt to make the best of a bad bunch I generally spend a bit of time working with the images in Lightroom and Photoshop in an attempt to patch one … [Read more...]
Photo Profile : David Center
Like many photographers that you read about; my beginnings in photography were modest to say the least. Point and shoot; that was about it. Photographs of the kids, or our vacations were things that relatives bugged me about for years to take, and I never really kept up. I never approached them as art, or as something sentimental. I felt I was always too busy. I picked … [Read more...]
Top Ten Photo Posts of April 2010
As we enter our third month of existence I thought I would review the top ten photo posts of April. I have deliberately excluded the main photo theme posts that obviously dominate the popular posts and focused on the creative talent of the community themes. I really hope the Seven by Five Community continues to grow. We are toying with the idea of a monthly mail out … [Read more...]