Still Journal is a weekly digest of accumulated links, tutorials, news, tricks, ideas and creativity on the culture and art of modern photography.

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Sightings
Monday, December 10, 2007
Best Reuters Photos of the Year | The quality of photojournalists working today always exceeds my expectations when the end of year awards are announced.
funtasticus.com

Tell a story in 5 frames | A nice concept Flickr group I stumbled across - Visual story telling in 5 frames.
flickr.com

25 Photographs Taken at the Exact Right Time | Self explanatory title. Take a look at a few moments captured in time that defy belief.
sawse.com

Top 15 Manipulated Photographs | A look at some of those famous manipulated images, old and new, that have achieved recognition for either humorous or devious intent.
listverse.com

16 Inspirational Portrait Photography Techniqu | Nicely presented post about the various ways you can make portraits more interesting.
blog.epicedits.com

Monday, October 22, 2007
Eight Secrets from the World’s Top Selling Photographer | Some tips on how to improve your marketability as a Stock Photographer.
crestock.com

White Stripes get their own Lomography cameras | Jack and Meg have their own custom branded Diana and Holga cameras. Great innovative merchandising concept, and only the price could dampen my enthusiasm.
whitestripes.com | via: Kingblind

The Secret Camera Accessory I Carry In My Camera Bag | Too true. "I take it for granted, but there is one camera accessory that I carry in my camera bag that has played a central role to my photographic success. The accessory until now was a secret, but I thought after a couple of recent photo trips that I’d share it with those that read my blog..."
jmg-galleries.com

Strictly No Photography | Photo-sharing for pictures taken where you are not allowed to take them.
strictlynophotography.com

Project Bling | MAKE Magazine once again turn up a creative gem with this conversion of an old ThinkPad 560X into a wireless digital picture frame.
awooga.nl | via: makezine.com

#16. Paranormal Blurry TV Effect

An effect frequently used and abused by horror/thriller films these days - now you can give your still images a spooky look.

Something a little different this week. Spotted at PhotoshopBox, this effect will give a photo that paranormal blurry TV effect. It's all done using a linear halftone and blur - but the overall effect has some creative merit.

Conclusion
I'm not sure where this technique has practical use - but nonetheless it's worth filing away for future reference. Could be used for a creative portrait or eerie landscape.

About The Photo
Not much of a subject matter, but for completeness sake this was taken on an overbridge at Rio, Brazil. I just liked the numbers on the road.


Blurry TV (photoshopbox.com)
Turn a normal photo into this paranormal blurry TV effect. The source article for this week's feature technique.

Posted on Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Previous Techniques
#15. That Cross-Processed look
Take a few years of a photograph and give it that nostalgic colour shift.
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#14. Soft Focus for Holiday Shots
The technique of applying Soft Focus to a photo is not just for portraits - give a dreamy look to your holiday photos.
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#13. Black & White Colour Overlay
A distinctive method of bringing out detail and depth in a photo.
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#12. Simulating Light Leaks
Another bygone characteristic of the film age that you can resurrect with a simple layer trick in Photoshop.
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#11. Creating dramatic skies.
Give your skies more punch with a simple Photoshop layer effect.
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#10. Vintage Film Effect
A quick and easy way to transform an image back in time with a vintage film effect.
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#9. Morning Light
Give a dazzling morning glow effect to a photograph.
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#8. Grunge Effect
Give an aged and grungy look to a photo.
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#7. Half Sepia Toning
Give a warm, yet grungy look to a photo by applying a half sepia effect.
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#6. Extreme Contrast (Faux Bleach Bypass)
Punch out the contrast and hold back the saturation of an image in this Faux Bleach Bypass technique.
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#5. Velvia Effect
Add subtle saturation and depth to bring out the best in a colour photograph.
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#4. Digital Infrared Effect
Creating a dramatic infrared effect in Photoshop.
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#3. Lens Blur (Selective Focus)
Give your action shots a visual boost with this selective-focus/lens-blur effect.
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#2. Ray of Light
Adding shafts of light to photos with a single light source.
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#1. Faux Lomo Effect
A modern digital approach to creating a traditional alternative process.
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