A couple of budget photography tips

Tools, Techniques, and Reference Materials Tools
1

Hey Guys, I wanted to drop a few tips for photography on a budget.

First, Camera:

I highly recommend Casio’s offering. 7.2 megapixel, small, compact, built in flash, and can also film movies. It is currently on sale. Suggested retail is $379, its on sale for $240… but if you use Google checkout, its $220.

http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=203530822&adid=17662

Software:

Well, most of you know I am a product designer at Microsoft and one thing is that photography software is expensive!!!

I recommend paint.net. Its almost as powerful as Photoshop and its free. It was designed as a replacement for Microsoft Paint.

http://www.getpaint.net/index2.html

Download the new version and give it a try. You will be happy.

2

Thank you for the software link, i am downloading it as we speek. I hope it is an equal to Nikon Capture that i had untill it failed.

3

I think you will be very pleased with paint.net

4

there’s also the Gimp. it’s free and built to be an alternative to Photoshop. i still prefer photoshop myself (i have elements that came with my drawing tablet) but the Gimp is more than adequate for the price.

5

This just brings back pulp fiction flashbacks. [:O] Great movie, super bizarre character. I’ve heard gimp is good too but I’m a PS guy myself…

Jon

6

Cool Tips and Links

Thanks

Bud