Photomerge

This time we are going to descus a new technique for me (Maybe you know it from before ) that i find very cool and can produce great images like this one

PhotoMerge (A.K.A Image stitching) is the ability to combine more than one picture together so that a wide bigger picture is formed (like using a wide angel lens...but for the ppl who can't aford it) like a panorama.

to produce such images you have to follow the follwing steps:

1. take a couple of shots for the view you want, make sure that they form a sequence and try to maintain the same horizone in all of them
2. Now go to photoshop>File>Atomate>Photomerge>Browse>.. then open all the pictures that you want to be included in the merge process.
3. tick the Blend images together, and select the best way you want it to be from the options on the left and press OK
4. now just wait till it's finished and corp the size you want (also make further editing).

and here we go.... it's that easy

see more panorama images and photomerge in the Flickr Photomerge group

Photo Site: Photojojo

I'm gonna start a weekly post about photography websites, to "Spread the knowledge".
"Congratulations. It's your lucky day! You just found one damn fine photo newsletter. "
this what would you find on the first page when you go to the site, then it will ask you to subscribe to the this .. this what i've done and i'm receving now a weekly newsletter full of great photography tips, it's short direct and creative.. keep on learning cuz the world never stops.
htt://photojojo.com
have a look and let me know how do you find it!!?

PhotoShop Express

There was a great issue when you are traviling for photography and you are taking pictures with great idea for editing. but you can't edit it now, you have to waite till you go back home to be able to use your photshop.
Adobe solved this problem by allowing you to edite your pictures online. Also store th edited ones in a 2 GB database for every user. with a site that can enteract with Facebook, Flickr, Photopucket and Picassa. you can import and export iimages between them all.
even if your not familiar with photoshop, this is a user friendly version that anyone can use, to make photo art or just play around with friends face.

The Link Is : http://www.photoshop.com/express
Need Help getting started !! check this video toturials : http://photoshopexpresstechniques.com/
also Check my Account : http://eslambro.photoshop.com/ (it has only one picture)

BlogRush

BlogRush is a "Cooperative Syndication Network।" It's a network of blogs that run a small "widget" on their pages. Each time this widget is loaded it will contain 5 clickable headlines which are the blog post titles to other users' posts. Clicking on any of these links will open a new browser window and load the blog and full post. Users earn "syndication credits" based on each time their blog loads the widget as well as each time any of their referrals (users that signup after clicking the "add your blog posts" link on the widget) loads the widget. They also earn additional credit based on all the activity through 10 generations of referrals. 1 Syndication Credit = having one of their recent blog post titles served inside the widget on another member's blog.

If you wonna increase your blog traffic in a cool easy way, just click the link and folow the video tutorial,

BlogRush

Photo Walk Around Alexandria.

Photo Walk around Alexandria Pt.1

"Stating all good photographing locations"

This is a programe for a quick trip around the beatiful morning of Alexandria

-As we start from the far west first you'll find

The citadel (el qal3a) of qaiet bay: a great location for having a capture of the enourmace islamic archticture, from inside and out. also you can have a look at the marina and whole cost of alexandria from up there.

-as you go east you'll find

Area Of The Mosques (Masajeed): four great mosquea facing each other where a huge amount of muslims pray every day. you are allowed to picture all over the place, and this area at night become on of the busyiest areas of all alexandri, where micro moulid is held up everyday.

-hump back in the car and go more east..

Raml Station (ma7atet el raml): One of the oldest areas in alexnadeia, there you can find alot of great old buildings built by foreign engeneers in the occupatoin ears. and the true spirit of alex citizins. while you are you can have a look at the Roman theater. one of the remaining monuments from the roman empire era.

-now for the great closing...

Bibliotecha alexandria: The famous library that was built at the place of the old library (was built by the roman empire, and was destroid after that), have a look around this enourmance place from the inside at out.

-This is enought for one morning, just enjoy the sea and sun while your going Back home. and be ready for the next Photo walk.

Life is a Moulid

"2850 Moulid in egypt, attended by 37 million egyptians"
This was one of the titles of the Police (el-shourta) magazine issue no 40 released May 2008.

and here is the scan of the real article.(the translation will be posted next week)

Click on any page for a fullsize image

DIY Macro Lab

This is my edition of DIY table-top studio.

Materials:
1- Box with any size (how big do you want it?!!)
2- Sheets of posterboard, a white page with the same size of the box

Ready to Go...!

1- Cut lines parallel to the box edge, (notice leaving 1 cm. to keep a firm foramtion of the box, so it wont break down like mine)

2- Continue cutting as directed by the blue lines.

"as you can see, i've used my blender box"

3- Glue the posterboard in the box (make sure you faroce a curve, not a right angel. so pictures would have smother looks)

4- you can add extra windows from the sides to allow more light to the subject.

Share your edition with us in the comments.