For over 30 years Petersen's Photographic Magazine has been recognized as the leading instructional magazine for photo enthusiasts. Our goal has been to inspire readers with dramatic imagery, and to offer clear and simple instructional articles to help photographers improve their skills.
To further this mission, we have created the Photographic Faculty; a team of seven...
As an award-winning photojournalist, Lara Jo Regan traveled widely on assignment for magazines like Time, Newsweek, and LIFE to document riots, slices of Americana, and some of the nation's poorest families. Her mother, a former socialite, once...
With the immense popularity of online sales and auctions, the need to show off those goods to advantage becomes increasingly important. In fact, eBay (ebay.com), the most popular site for such activities, provides some basic tips, which focus on proper lighting and suitable backgrounds. While...
What if you had to make an exciting movie but the one thing you wasn't able to do was actually film it? Dialog, music, OK--but no footage. None. That's something the likes of historical film director Ken Burns has had to do many times in...
We've lost a lot of files in our day--mostly by forgetting to back them up--but photo and movie files have always managed to hang around unscathed, probably because we are rather slow with our equipment and constantly charging it, checking...
Although plug-ins are often referred to as "Photoshop Plug-ins," most of them can be used in many photo editors other than Photoshop (such as Corel Photo-Paint and Ulead PhotoImpact). Since everyone doesn't own a copy of Photoshop...
As full featured 5+ megapixel cameras are becoming quite common, a digicam is no longer viewed as something that's intended only for snap shooting. In fact, a growing number of photo enthusiasts are considering one of these models for their "serious" image-making. While some...
As the subject of a photograph, texture speaks to our sense of touch. The way that things feel is very ingrained in our consciousness. Texture tells us about the nature of a subject, whether it's the rough surface of a straw hat, or the silky smoothness of satin. The light that reveals an object's texture also gives us a sense of...
The most prolific manufacturer of digital cameras, Sony was also one of the first to introduce a 5-megapixel model, the DSC-F707 in 2001, later replaced by the F717. The company's latest high-end 5-Mp camera, the DSC-V1, should become more popular, thanks to its smaller size and lighter...