If you’re a stock photographer or you frequently shoot objects on an isolated background, today’s ‘Photoshop Monday’ Video Corner will be of special interest to you as we look at the “Refine Edge” function added to Adobe Photoshop in version CS3 (also available in CS4). Read more »

Today’s ‘Photography Thursday’ Video Corner looks at some tips and tricks when photographing a common toad, then critiques a couple of the photographs taken during the shoot. Read more »

As if winning the 2009 Photograph of the Year contest wasn’t enough, fa1sal picked up his 2nd contest win around the Corner in as many weeks by easily winning the February 2010 Photograph of the Month contest with almost 25% of the votes. In addition, Faisal was featured as the cover story in the February 2010 issue of emel magazine. Quite the way to kick off 2010!!

You can browse through the 15 nominated photographs in the February 2010 Photograph of the Month Photo Gallery, and see the final voting results in the February 2010 Photograph of the Month voting thread.

The contest was sponsored by the New York Institute of Photography - the world’s largest and oldest photography school. Established in 1910, NYIP has grown to become the premier provider of photography training, educating more than 20,000 students in the US and around the world at any given time. NYIP offers 3 home-study courses designed to teach you everything you need to know about photography from the comfort of your own home. Because Faisal is a Premiere Member, he will receive the NYIP’s Fundamentals of Digital Photography Course (a $398 value!!) - the perfect course for anyone looking to take high-quality photographs. The Course is designed to teach you how to take photographs that truly capture the beauty of the people and places around you from the comfort of your own home. This home-study course includes beautifully illustrated lesson books, 8 hours of audio commentary, and DVD video training. In addition, you will have access to a personal student advisor who is there to guide you through the Course.

Make sure to drop by the award thread to congratulate Faisal on another deserving victory - we’re proud of you, Faisal!! Read more »

After 2 months of 2009 Photograph of the Year contest craziness, last week it finally came to an exciting close. Hundreds of entries, thousands of votes, and now we have 9 Runner-Ups and 1 Winner: fa1sal with his photograph “Autumn Resurrection” (pictured right). For winning the 2009 Photograph of the Year contest, Faisal picks up $3,250 of the $10,000 in prizes that will be dispersed to the winners. Almost all of the prizes were supplied by 9 fantastic sponsors: PhotoBook Press, Cotton Carrier, Mpix, Imagevuex, AKVIS, ThinkTankPhoto, Amazon.com, SmugMug and Daymen. You can check out the sponsors here, and browse through the list of prizes here. If you haven’t seen the winner photographs already, you can check them out here on the Photograph of the Year page.

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Today’s ‘Photoshop Monday’ Video Corner looks at using the ‘color range’ feature in Photoshop as a way of selecting an object instead of using the magic wand or the marquee tools. It’s a quick and easy method of selecting objects that could save you tedious hours using the magic wand. Read more »

This week, in our continuing photographer interview series "SmugMug Corner" where we interview a photographer from SmugMug.com, we meet Arizona-based photographer Susan Bronstein-Klein. Enjoy a look into her photography background, experience and advice, and enjoy some of her favorite photographs below.

Twice a week, on Monday and Thursday, the Corner Blog features a new photography or post-processing instructional video (the “Photoshop Monday” and “Photography Thursday” Video Corner videos). We’ve been posting up a new video twice a week for about half-a-year so far, and based on the number of views and reactions, they are consistantly among the most popular blog posts each week. For those that are new to the site or haven’t been following along, we’ve got the first bunch of “Photography Thursday” vidoes listed below for you to catch up on. Everything from how to use lighting properly, to equipment, to tips and techniques for photographing specific animals, insects and birds. Enjoy! Read more »

After a month-long entry period, followed by a preliminary voting round that featured 7 groups of 21 photos each, which was followed by a 1-week FINAL VOTING ROUND, it’s finally time to announce the winners of the PhotographyCorner.com 2009 Photograph of the Year Contest.

The WINNER (1st Place) of the PhotographyCorner.com 2009 Photograph of the Year Contest is fa1sal with his photograph Autumn Resurrection!!! Read more »

After a month-long entry period, followed by a preliminary voting round that featured 7 groups of 21 photos each, which was followed by a 1-week FINAL VOTING ROUND, it’s finally time to announce the winners of the PhotographyCorner.com 2009 Photograph of the Year Contest.

The 1st Runner-Up (2nd Place) in the PhotographyCorner.com 2009 Photograph of the Year Contest is dr bouz with his photograph Violist!!! Read more »

After a month-long entry period, followed by a preliminary voting round that featured 7 groups of 21 photos each, which was followed by a 1-week FINAL VOTING ROUND, it’s finally time to announce the winners of the PhotographyCorner.com 2009 Photograph of the Year Contest.

The 2nd Runner-Up (3rd Place) in the PhotographyCorner.com 2009 Photograph of the Year Contest is johnloguk with his photograph Ghosts of Christmas Present!!! Read more »

After a month-long entry period, followed by a preliminary voting round that featured 7 groups of 21 photos each, which was followed by a 1-week FINAL VOTING ROUND, it’s finally time to announce the winners of the PhotographyCorner.com 2009 Photograph of the Year Contest.

The 3rd Runner-Up (4th Place) in the PhotographyCorner.com 2009 Photograph of the Year Contest is MAAQ with his photograph Lemon Splash!!! Read more »

After a month-long entry period, followed by a preliminary voting round that featured 7 groups of 21 photos each, which was followed by a 1-week FINAL VOTING ROUND, it’s finally time to announce the winners of the PhotographyCorner.com 2009 Photograph of the Year Contest.

The 4th Runner-Up (5th Place) in the PhotographyCorner.com 2009 Photograph of the Year Contest is jaharris1001 with his photograph Tiny Bubbles!!! Read more »

After a month-long entry period, followed by a preliminary voting round that featured 7 groups of 21 photos each, which was followed by a 1-week FINAL VOTING ROUND, it’s finally time to announce the winners of the PhotographyCorner.com 2009 Photograph of the Year Contest.

The 5th Runner-Up (6th Place) in the PhotographyCorner.com 2009 Photograph of the Year Contest is SNiedzwiecki with her photograph Nice Ice!!! Read more »

After a month-long entry period, followed by a preliminary voting round that featured 7 groups of 21 photos each, which was followed by a 1-week FINAL VOTING ROUND, it’s finally time to announce the winners of the PhotographyCorner.com 2009 Photograph of the Year Contest.

The 6th Runner-Up (7th Place) in the PhotographyCorner.com 2009 Photograph of the Year Contest is Garry with his photograph Blue Hour Magic!!! Read more »

After a month-long entry period, followed by a preliminary voting round that featured 7 groups of 21 photos each, which was followed by a 1-week FINAL VOTING ROUND, it’s finally time to announce the winners of the PhotographyCorner.com 2009 Photograph of the Year Contest.

The 7th Runner-Up (Tied for 8th Place) in the PhotographyCorner.com 2009 Photograph of the Year Contest is nrshapiro with his photograph Garden of Eden!!! Read more »

After a month-long entry period, followed by a preliminary voting round that featured 7 groups of 21 photos each, which was followed by a 1-week FINAL VOTING ROUND, it’s finally time to announce the winners of the PhotographyCorner.com 2009 Photograph of the Year Contest.

The 7th Runner-Up (Tied for 8th Place) in the PhotographyCorner.com 2009 Photograph of the Year Contest is masoud with his photograph Catch Me If You Can!!! Read more »

After a month-long entry period, followed by a preliminary voting round that featured 7 groups of 21 photos each, which was followed by a 1-week FINAL VOTING ROUND, it’s finally time to announce the winners of the PhotographyCorner.com 2009 Photograph of the Year Contest.

The 9th Runner-Up (10th Place) in the PhotographyCorner.com 2009 Photograph of the Year Contest is cup4tml with his photograph Morning Fog!!! Read more »

Twice a week, on Monday and Thursday, the Corner Blog features a new photography or post-processing instructional video (the “Photoshop Monday” and “Photography Thursday” Video Corner videos). We’ve been posting up a new video twice a week for about half-a-year so far, and based on the number of views and reactions, they are consistantly among the most popular blog posts each week. For those that are new to the site or haven’t been following along, we’ve got the first bunch of “Photoshop Monday” vidoes listed below for you to catch up on. On Thursday, we’ll do a recap of the first bunch of “Photography Thursday” videos, and we’ll start back in with new videos next week. So open up Photoshop and Lightroom (or other equivalent post-processing programs), and start learning some of the great techniques listed below! Read more »

The last week of the first month of the year is upon us, and the last week of the month around the Corner always means one thing: time to vote on the best photograph from the past month and decide which photograph will be displayed on the homepage of PhotographyCorner for the upcoming month (that’s why the February Photograph of the Month takes place the last week of January, and the November Photograph of the Month takes places on the last week of October, etc). Nominations have been made by the Premiere Members (one of the perks of being a Premiere Member), and from that list we’ve narrowed down the field to 15 photographs (which you can browse through and thumbs up here in the February 2010 Photograph of the Month Photo Gallery).

The contest is sponsored by the New York Institute of Photography - the world’s largest and oldest photography school - and, if the winner is a Premiere Member, they will receive the NYIP’s Fundamentals of Digital Photography Course (a $398 value!!) - the perfect course for anyone looking to take high-quality photographs. The Course is designed to teach you how to take photographs that truly capture the beauty of the people and places around you from the comfort of your own home. This home-study course includes beautifully illustrated lesson books, 8 hours of audio commentary, and DVD video training. In addition, you will have access to a personal student advisor who is there to guide you through the Course. If the winner is not a Premiere Member, they will receive a Lifetime, Level I Premiere Membership.

Once you’ve checked out the photographs in the February 2010 PotM Photo Gallery, you can cast your vote in the February 2010 PotM Voting Thread. Voting ends at 8pm EST on January 31st, 2010. Read more »

Amidst all the voting and discussions around the 2009 Photograph of the Year contest, the regular, monthly newsletter somehow found a way to be written and sent out. For those that are members (free!) of PhotographyCorner, you should have it waiting for you in your inbox. For those that are not yet members of the Corner (register here) or choose not to receive emails from PhotographyCorner, you can read the entire Volume 7, Issue 1 - January 2010 Edition of the Corner newsletter in the Corner Newsletter Archive in the forums.

The newsletter was sponsored by the New York Institute of Photography - click here to learn more about their courses and sign up for a Free Course Catalog (we have numerous NYIP grads here around the Corner - don’t you think it’s worth it to improve your photography too?). Read more »