Photography
This page lists links to sites that:
- help you get started with using your digital camera
- show off photos shot by those starting out and by those who are more expert
- give hints and tips for taking the best photo possible
- offer free software downloads that help you organise, edit and adjust your photos
- offer free online storage of your photos so you can share them with family and friends
- offer free software to create special effects with your photos (e.g. panoramas) and provide free online space so you can share your creations with family and friends
- give more information about how cameras work (e.g. lenses), new cameras, previews and reviews.
Sites are listed below under the following headings:
- Blogs
- Free software. Click here to view links to free photography software.
- Deep Zoom samples at DeepZoomPix and Seadragon Click here to view links
- Photosynth information and links to samples. Click here for links to how-to's and samples from webDotWizards and others.
- Sample photos (mainly by the Rushworth Community House webDotWizards)
Blogs
- HD View Blog - Photosynth, Microsoft ICE, Panoramas: hdview.spaces.live.com
- Microsoft Pro Photo Blog: blogs.msdn.com/prophoto/
- Paint.NET Blog: blog.getpaint.net
- Photosynth Blog: blogs.msdn.com/photosynth/
- The Art of Photography: kevplew.spaces.live.com
- Windows Live Photo and Video Blog: blogs.msdn.com/pix/
- X-Rite Photo Blog - Photography and Color in Harmony: blog.xritephoto.com
DeepZoomPix, Deep Zoom Composer and Seadragon info and samples
Go to the separate page for all the news, how-to's and samples on DeepZoomPix and Deep Zoom Composer and Seadragon.
Photosynth samples and tips
The webDotWizards have created several synths thus far and there are more to come - check out what the latest are on the webDotWizards page.
You can explore the Photosynth site to see what others have created but here are some tips and some samples so you to get some ideas for your own Photosynth creation:
- 10 things you probably never thought of synthing: blogs.msdn.com/photosynth/
- Browse Photosynths from the Obama Inauguration Events: photosynth.net/inauguration.aspx
- Can Photosynth Change The World Of Architecture?: blogs.msdn.com/stevecla01/
- Challenge - Facial Reconstruction with Photosynth: blogs.msdn.com/photosynth/
- Creative Uses of Photosynth in Science: blogs.msdn.com/photosynth/
- Days Mill Model Murchison Photosynth: jbmurch.spaces.live.com
- Glass Vase: photosynth.net
- Helpful Photography Cheat Sheets to Make Your Life Easier: www.thephotoargus.com
- How to Geotag Your Synths: blogs.msdn.com/photosynth/
- How to synth an object: blogs.msdn.com/photosynth/
- I’m a photographer, not a terrorist (or any other kind of bogeyman): blogs.technet.com/jamesone/
- Inauguration photosynthed: www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28661923
- Inauguration Wrap Up - Synths, Posts & Tweets: blogs.msdn.com/photosynth/
- Iris Synth 2: photosynth.net
- Iris Synth 2 in Photosynth Silverlight Viewer: photosynth.net
- Museu de Arte de Sao Paulo Photosynth: photosynth.net/silverlight/
- New Photosynth Features and a Stone Circle: blogs.msdn.com/martharotter/
- Photosynth goes 3D using Silverlight: blogs.msdn.com/lutzg/
- Photosynth Guide - Viewer Keyboard Shortcuts: blogs.msdn.com/photosynth/
- Photosynth Homepage: photosynth.net
- Photosynth Highlight Feature in Action: photosynth.net
- Photosynth New Features - Highlights and Cross-Platform Viewer (April 9 2009): blogs.msdn.com/photosynth/
- Photosynth Now Commercially Available with Microsoft Virtual Earth Integration: blogs.msdn.com/photosynth/
- Photosynth of truck from kite: photosynth.net
- Photosynth Photography Guide - Tips and Tricks: blogs.msdn.com/photosynth/
- Photosynth Update - New Features & Improvements (Feb 11 2009): blogs.msdn.com/photosynth/
- Rub the owl's stomach for luck - fun Photosynth: photosynth.net
- Santa and his donkey photosynthed: photosynth.net
- Seadragon Ajax - Add a Deep Zoom viewer to your site: livelabs.com/seadragon-ajax/
- Synthing in a Winter Wonderland: blogs.msdn.com/photosynth/
- Synthing tips - How to synth a room: blogs.msdn.com/photosynth/
- Synthing to sell - using Photosynth to help sell a house: blogs.msdn.com/photosynth/
- Washington Post launches Photosynth series: arstechnica.com
News, how-to's, photography-related sites and tutorials
- 20 Photography Twitters Worth Following: www.popphoto.com
- 50 Photography Techniques and Tutorials: www.smashingmagazine.com
- 1001 Noisy Cameras: www.1001noisycameras.com
- Aperture Priority mode (and how it works): www.ephotozine.tv
- Bing Photo Contest: apps.facebook.com/bing_photo_contest/
- Computer imaging & vision projects from Microsoft Research: research.microsoft.com/en-us/groups/vision/
- Create Great Panning Photographs Without Moving Your Camera: www.diyphotography.net
- Deep zooming photo collections: www.webdotwiz.com
- Digital Photography Resources: listas.labs.live.com/user/Brianjo/
- Genie's Microsoft Word, Pictures and Clip Art Tutorial: cheniechene.spaces.live.com/Blog/
- Do I Really Have to Use a Tripod?: www.windowslive.com/Connect/
- Free Applications from Microsoft Make Your Workflow Easier and More Fun: blogs.msdn.com/prophoto/
- Guide to Depth of Field: www.berniecode.com
- HD Photo and Colour Spaces: blogs.msdn.com/billcrow/
- How many digital photos do you have on your PC?: twtpoll.com
- Image Deblurring using Inertial Measurement Sensors: research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/redmond/groups/ivm/imudeblurring/
- Insight into the Life of a Professional Sports Photographer: blogs.msdn.com/prophoto/
- JPEG XR for Digital Cameras Nears Completion: blogs.msdn.com/billcrow/
- JPEG XR is Now an International Standard: blogs.msdn.com/billcrow/
- Lens - Photojournalism Blog of The New York Times: lens.blogs.nytimes.com
- Live Photo Gallery - from camera to panorama: www.webdotwiz.com
- May the synth be with you: webDotWiz Online
- Michael Stewart Photography - Digitizing Creativity: www.stewartimage.com
- Microsoft Deep Photo Zoom at DeepZoomPix.com: blogs.msdn.com/prophoto/
- Microsoft hopes scRGB will improve photo colors: www.news.com
- Microsoft Image Composite Editor (ICE) and Panoramas: blogs.msdn.com/pix/
- Microsoft Photo Twitter Followers (Includes webDotWiz): blogs.msdn.com/prophoto/
- Microsoft Photography: www.microsoft.com/prophoto/
- Microsoft Pro Photography - Introducing the Monthly Theme Assignment – July is “Places”: blogs.msdn.com/prophoto/
- Microsoft Pro Photography Monthly Theme Assignment on Flickr: www.flickr.com
- Mobile phone photo publishing: blogs.msdn.com/pix/
- Multi-Image Fusion: research.microsoft.com
- One HEART in Tibet by Phil Borges, Microsoft Icon of Imaging: blogs.msdn.com/prophoto/
- Panoramas - Tree in the way? No problem!: blogs.msdn.com/pix/
- PDNOnline Photography Magazine: www.pdnonline.com/pdn/
- Photographing old documents: windowslive.com/Connect/
- Photo Story 3 from Beginning to End - a Tutorial: cheniechene.spaces.live.com/blog/
- Photo Story tips and tricks: www.webdotwiz.com
- Photobucket Visual Search: photobucket.com/visualsearch/
- Practice Makes Perfect – Even for Professional Photographers: blogs.msdn.com/prophoto/
- Print Your Own Camera: on10.net/blogs/larry/
- Publishing Photos from your Mobile Phone: windowslive.com/connect/
- Rule of Thirds: www.windowslive.com/Connect/
- Safeguard and organize your photography with Windows Home Server: www.microsoft.com/windows/products/
- Salvage Your Images When Media Fails: www.microsoft.com/proPhoto/
- Shake Your Tree Today - 22 Things for Photographers To Do: blog.chasejarvis.com
- Take spectacular holiday photos: www.msnbc.msn.com
- TechFest 2010 - Microsoft ICE - Image Composite Editor: channel9.msdn.com/posts/LauraFoy/
- Top 50 photography websites: photocritic.org/top-50-photo-websites/
- Travel Photography Tips – How To Take Great Pictures: book-a-castle.com/great-travel/
- Ultimate PC for Photos - The Force: stewartimage.smugmug.com
- Video Capture on Nikon D5000 and Canon EOS Rebel T1i D-SLRs: blogs.msdn.com/prophoto/