More Photo & Video Opinion

  • 03 May 2011

  • Opinion: 5 Tips for Shooting Dramatic Silhouettes

    As any horror movie director will tell you, what you don't see is often scarier than what you do. And while filmmakers know that the unseen can certainly be scary, photographers rely on the fact that often it's just plain dramatic. That's the idea behind silhouettes, which engage you by masking details in inky black shadows. By coyly hiding important elements of the photo in plain sight, silhouettes are some of the most iconic elements you can add to your photography repertoire. In the past, I've covered the basics of shooting silhouettes. This week, let's look at five things you can do to take better silhouettes.

  • 21 December 2010

  • Opinion: PC Advisor's winter photo competition

    Send us your best winter photograph to be in with a chance of winning one of five prizes, sponsored by Corel. The best five photos will be published on our website. Each winner will either receive one of two copies of Corel PaintShop Pro X3 or a copy of VideoStudio Pro X3, WinDVD Pro 2010 or Painter 11.0.

  • 30 November 2010

  • Opinion: All that you see, all that you hear...

    Sound and vision permeate consumer electronics. And computers, too – from the day that the graphical user interface arrived, and a workstation's built-in speakers went beyond the sporadic 'blip'.

  • 11 November 2010

  • Opinion: Getting over gadget guilt

    A gadget used to be a mere plaything; a toy. Diverting for a while, if unlikely to take over your life in the way that iPhones and BlackBerries command their owners’ attention. But the gadget’s role has changed.

  • 25 March 2010

  • Opinion: Fix 'Low Bit Rate' error in Windows Media Center

    I've made no secret of my love for Windows Media Center, but for months I've been tormented by a glitch that I call the 'Blue Screen of Signal-Death'. At random intervals, while watching live TV, the screen suddenly turns blue and displays a 'Low Bit Rate Error' message.

  • 09 November 2009

  • Opinion: Find your stolen photos online

    A friend recently sent me a link to a site that was prominently using a photography I had taken of some wolves. The problem? I hadn't given the owners permission to use my photo, which they had 'borrowed' from my Flickr page.

  • 17 October 2009

  • Opinion: Turn your torch into a digital paintbrush

    We don't usually often think of it this way, but photography is really about drawing pictures with light - which means that you can literally draw your own pictures by adding light to a photo in a controlled way.

  • 20 July 2009

  • Opinion: Palm Pre vs iPhone: smartphone camera showdown

    I'm something of a grumpy old man when it comes to camera phones. For years, I've resisted them, complaining that I just didn't see the point. "Using a cameraphone dumbs down photography," I'd say, citing poor image quality and lack of control. But things are looking up.

  • 30 May 2009

  • Opinion: Digital photography FAQs

    We round up the month's most interesting questions about digital photography, ranging from use of a polariser and face recognition to Picasa 3, plus the best reader tips.

  • 07 May 2009

  • Opinion: PC Advisor reader photo competition

    Send us your best summer photograph and be in with a chance of winning one of five star prizes, sponsored by Corel.

  • 02 May 2009

  • Opinion: Photo FAQs: improve your digital photography

    We round up your most interesting questions about digital photography, from photo-recovery software and editing packages to scene meters and posting photos to the web.

  • 11 August 2008

  • Opinion: Microsoft uses Olympics to push Silverlight

    Olympics fever has taken over the world, and Microsoft has come up with a clever idea to boost the use of Silverlight: partner with NBC to show clips of Olympic competitions with the Silverlight player.

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