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[19 May 2009 | 8 Comments | 4,121 views]
iPhone friendly Pixelpost

Chris, a reader of this website (and a cool photographer, check his website Intelligent Cloud), asked me how I did to setup an iPhone friendly version of ReallyJapan Photoblog and automatically…

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[27 Apr 2009 | 3 Comments | 9,977 views]
10 Great Pixelpost Templates

What’s great about Pixelpost is the wide selection of templates and addons available.. and if you’re not satisfied, creating a new cool template or a useful addon is relatively easy.

So, let’s take a…

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[17 Mar 2009 | 7 Comments | 4,887 views]
Guide to PhotoBlogging – Introduction

Introduction

I’ve started Really Japan Photo Blog and uploaded the very first photo about one year ago.
At the beginning I wasn’t very sure to be able to update the photo blog often,…

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[26 Feb 2009 | No Comment | 3,228 views]
How to Create a Flaming Photo Manipulation

“In this tutorial, we’ll manipulate a picture so it looks like a woman burning in flames. The idea behind this manipulation was to create a nice looking illustration, only by…

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[23 Feb 2009 | 2 Comments | 1,503 views]
Making of a cyborg – Video

Check out the step by step guide too!

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[23 Feb 2009 | 2 Comments | 4,170 views]
Making of a Cyborg in 20 steps with Photoshop

I thought it would be cool to show you step by step how I created the image Steampunk Cyborgs in Hong Kong.

Basically it was quite simple and quick to make,…

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[20 Feb 2009 | 3 Comments | 6,189 views]
Dusty Textures

If you’ve noticed some dust, hair and dirty things on my pictures, like this, this, and this, and yes this one too, well, I can tell you I don’t like…

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[17 Feb 2009 | 2 Comments | 5,140 views]
Non-Destructive Lens Flare in Photoshop

If I say “Lens Flare”, what’s the first thing coming to your mind?

Well, for me it’s something like this:

Yeah, pretty scary, isn’t it? Something from the 90’s.. remember Geocities? Fortunately now…

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[17 Feb 2009 | One Comment | 2,787 views]
Trap Focus on Nikon D80

Do you know what trap focus is? 
Well, I’ve found out this cool technique yesterday and, if you don’t know it yet, keep reading!

Basically trap focus is when, after doing some abracadabra to…

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[15 Feb 2009 | 7 Comments | 6,407 views]
How to Sharpen photos in Photoshop

I’ve been asked many times how I sharpen and color process my photos.
Today I’m going to explain you my technique on sharpening.

STEP 1 – THE CAMERA

Having incredibly sharp photos…

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