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Photography: easy techniques

A lot of us take photos with our phone, so it’s easy to use tools from things like Instagram to make any modifications or changes.  But what if you want to use a digital camera and you don’t have access to Photoshop?   I take a lot of photos with my digital cameras, and since we don’t have Photoshop at the library (and I don’t have it at home, either), I’ve discovered some other tools that are free and easy to use.

For example, iPiccy is a free, web-based tool that is super easy to use, and which has a ton of different effects (my original photo is in the upper left):

Image Collage

I’ve also used PicMonkey. And, if you’re looking for free software to download and use, there’s always Picasa or GIMP. If there are any other you’d like to mention, please feel free to put that in a comment below!

If you’re looking for tips on photography technique, we’ve got a wealth of books in our collection.   Here are a few examples:

The art of iPhone photography : creating great photos and art on your iPhone by Bob Weil (778.8 WEI)
Complete digital photography by Ben Long (770 LON)
Gimp 2.8 for photographers : image editing with open source software by Klaus Goelker (006.686 GIMP 2.8)
Digital photographer’s handbook by Tom Ang (770 ANG)

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