Blurring Reality With Photoshop: When Does It Stop Being A 'Photograph'?

This is a fantastic article by David Pogue, which I came across in the New York Times. The issues/questions it raises about Photoshop and photography are significant. The blog comments following the article are also very interesting, so I recommend you go through these.

The article can be found at:

http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/25/photoshop-and-photography-when-is-it-real/?emc=eta1

Happy reading !

Articles On Tilt-Shift Lenses

For those of you who have battled the sometimes frustrating effect of perspective distortion (e.g. when photographing tall buildings up close) , my advice is that you should invest some time in learning the perspective-correcting techniques in Photoshop, as well as the advantages that a tilt-shift lens has to offer (in terms of the "shift" functionality).

The "tilt" function of such lenses is used to provide more control with the location of the depth-of-field within an image (and therefore, the area(s) that are in focus), opening up a whole lot of creative opportunities (bokeh fans should definitely be interested).

I found two good articles to get you started on learning about tilt-shift lenses. The links appear below:

http://www.lighting-essentials.com/tech-sheet-using-a-tilt-shift-lens/

http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/tilt-shift-lenses1.htm