Here’s a photo project that’s both simple and brilliant. Artist Ken Murphy is working on an exercise called A History of the Sky, in which he uses a digital camera to shoot still images of the sky throughout the day, then assembles an entire day’s worth of images into video clips. You can best understand…
Read MorePhotoshop Breakthrough? Watch Adobe’s CS5 Preview
Adobe is planning to launch the latest upgrade to its flagship software programs, Creative Suite 5, on April 12. They’ve even built a microsite with a countdown clock to get people excited about the announcement. We remember the last upgrade, to CS4, being a bit of a yawn, so we were preparing ourselves to be…
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Putting Bigstock Lightboxes to Work For You
Four easy steps to making the most out of Bigstock’s lightbox feature. A Bigstock lightbox is a free, helpful tool for saving a collection of Bigstock images in one place. (If you used our old site, you might remember we used to call them galleries.) Lightboxes are great for sharing images with clients and friends,…
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Visit Bigstock at SXSW in Austin
Photo © Hank Shiffman/Bigstock Bigstock will be at the 2010 SXSW Interactive conference and trade show from March 12 to 16 in Austin, Texas. If you’re there, we’d love to meet you! Come visit us at booth 516 and pick up an invitation to our party on Saturday night.
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What’s the Difference Between JPG and EPS?
File formats are a part of the daily life of digital creative professionals. If you are just starting to learn about graphic or web design, you might find yourself scratching your head when making decisions about image formats. At Bigstock, all of our images are available as JPGs, and many of illustrations are also available…
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Meet the New Bigstock
We’re pleased to announce the launch of Bigstock’s new redesign. Since December, the team has been focused on a number of exciting improvements to serve you better: An entirely new design focused on clean presentation and ease-of-use A new and enhanced search engine New image sizes with larger previews and thumbnails A “liquid layout” for…
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The Market for Stock Photos: Improvise and Adapt
New Game, New Rules Photo © Aaron R. Whitney/Bigstock By Aaron R. Whitney, Bigstock contributor The world of photography has always been one of evolution. New technology rolled out from the manufacturers at a somewhat predictable, and comfortable (mostly anyway) pace for the pocketbook. The last decade however, has been a major event in the…
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Resolution as Applied to Digital Imaging
By Remy Levine, Bigstock contributor Before I get into the nitty gritty I need to mention that pixels are only part of the story when it comes to digital photographs. You also need to consider optical resolution, essentially the ability of your camera and lens to accurately direct the light onto the sensor and for…
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The Basics of Digital Image Post-Processing
Photo: © Remy Levine/Bigstock By Remy Levine, Bigstock contributor Thousands of pages could be dedicated to just the basics of processing your digital pictures for use, I’m going to use two or three at most and cover just the core aspects related to stock photography.
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Photo Equipment Basics: Home Studios on a Budget
Photo © Remy Levine/Bigstock By Remy Levine, Bigstock contributor Most serious amateurs would love to have a home studio, the freedom to control the environment and create exactly the image they see in their head. The problem is the costs involved are often very high. A set of studio strobes can run many thousands of…
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