Free Lightroom Online Courses
My gift to the photography community. Starting from today I'll be publishing my complete courses on Adobe Lightroom on Isigma Photo YouTube channel: Lightroom Online 1....
Winners of the NM Calendar 2019 Contest
This is an official announcement of the NM Calendar 2019 photo contest winners, sponsored by the New Mexico State Employees Credit Union. Thanks everyone who submitted...
Photo Contest: New Mexico Calendar 2019
Free annual photo contest for the NM State Employees Credit Union Calendar 2018 with submission due date June 1st 2017. This contest is being sponsored and juried by New Mexico...
Import and Export of Lightroom Catalogs
August 25,2017 / Post-Production / Igor Skibenko
Check out how to automate the process of sharing parts of your Lightroom catalog with other people, or how to split it into sub-catalogs.
How many Lightroom catalogs do we need?
Video Tip #012. At some point of your photography practice you realize (or will realize) how many photographs you have. Even with all the benefits from Lightroom...
Why my pics aren't chosen in the photo contest
June 28,2017 / Photography / Igor Skibenko
Judging photo contests, and helping photographers with image selection/editing for photo contests or exhibitions I hear this question quite regular: Can you assess why my pics...
Winners of the NM Calendar 2018 Contest
This is an official announcement of the NM Calendar 2018 photo contest winners, sponsored by the New Mexico State Employees Credit Union. There were even more interesting...
How to automatically rename photos in Lightroom
Video Tip #011. This video tutorial shows how to create and apply automatic renaming scripts for selected photographs in Adobe Lightroom. This makes the process of applying...
Your personal identity plate in Lightroom
Video Tip #008. Identity plate is a logo in the top left corner of the Lightroom window. By default you can see Adobe Lightroom logo there, but it is very easy to make it...
Photo Contest: New Mexico Calendar 2018
Free annual photo contest for the NM State Employees Credit Union Calendar 2018 with submission due date June 1st 2017. This contest is being sponsored and juried by New Mexico...
How to create watermarks in Adobe Lightroom
Video Tip #007. Watermarks are usually being used in our photos for identity purposes. Partially covering an area of a photograph, watermarks also provide some copyright...
Life stories in Vladimir Rolov's reportages
February 27,2017 / Masters / Igor Skibenko
Vladimir Rolov is one of the contemporary reportage masters whom I often quote to my photography students. The reason is simple - I adore Vladimir's unique sense of...
New Mexico 2017 Calendar E-booklet
I'm glad to announce that the previous year contest calendars are already available at the NM State Employees Credit Union offices.
How to distort images in Photoshop
Video Tip #006. This video shows how to make geometrical transformations, or image distortions in Adobe Photoshop using the Free Transform tool. As usually, I'll be glad to...
Theme's original text strings customization
August 01,2016 / Web Design / Igor Skibenko
Let's say we are working on the WordPress theme customization for a writer's website. It doesn't matter if we are adding an additional language, or staying with a single original...
How to create or delete workspace in Photoshop
Video Tip #005. Creating an own working space (workspace) in Adobe Photoshop improves the workflow and editing speed. This video explains the procedure to adding and deleting...
How to flip an image in Adobe Photoshop
Video Tip #004. Design and creative projects in Adobe Photoshop often require to flip an image. This short video provides important details of the flipping procedure. As...
Composition. Contrast in photography
June 20,2016 / Photography / Igor Skibenko
Contrast is a basis for any photograph, and its mood. Usually we expect that contrast goes along with a natural mood of the photo subject. It creates an easy to read, and 'nice'...
How to translate Wodpress themes and plugins
June 06,2016 / Web Design / Igor Skibenko
In the previous article I introduced you to the WordPress system, allowing to translate themes and plugins. Now it's time to start working on it! Let's consider that your...
WordPress localization 101
May 30,2016 / Web Design / Igor Skibenko
Today it is a common practice to run websites in more than one language, targeting a wider geographical area, and audience. WordPress CMS natively supports localization, but to...
Winners of the NM Calendar 2017 Contest
We're glad to announce the winners of the NM Calendar 2017 contest, which Isigma Photo hosted for New Mexico State Employees Credit Union. This year we had even more...
Shooting in black & white with Nikon and Canon cameras
My camera is set up to shoot to black & white almost all the time. Do not think that I'm a solely black & white photographer. I neither want to loose the benefits of color...
How to batch resize images in Adobe Bridge
Video Tip #003. It teaches how to use Adobe Bridge with Photoshop to automatically resize folders of images in an easy way. As usually, I'll be glad to answer your...
Book: Annie Leibovitz At Work
Annie Leibovitz is famous. Annie Leibovitz is recognizable. Once a while everyone saw her photo, not even realizing that she took it. She not only became a classical figure in...
Photo Contest: New Mexico Calendar 2017
This is a free annual photo contest for the NM State Employees Credit Union calendar with a due date May 10th 2016. Please submit your images for the contest not later than the...
Movie: The Salt of The Earth
There are only few people like Sebatio Salgado not even in the contemporary photography, but in contemporary history of humanity in general. He naturally chose serving people and...
How to resize images in Adobe Lightroom
Video Tip #002. It shows how to set up exporting presets in Lightroom to automatically resize images to a desired size. As usually, I'll be glad to answer your...
How to resize images in Adobe Photoshop
Video Tip #001. This explains how to make a regular routine operation of image sizing in Photoshop, whether you need it for email, web publishing, or lab printing. As...
Fine Printing Workshop Results
August 10,2015 / Post-Production / Admin
Recently the Fine Printing Workshop took place in Santa Fe, and we would like to highlight some unique features of the event. The workshop was supported by industry leading art...
New Mexico Calendar 2016 Contest Winners
Congratulations to the winners of the annual New Mexico Calendar 2016 photo contest! The specifics of the contest made the jury's work more difficult as their goal is to select...
Travel Documentation 101
Travel Writing and certainly Travel Journalism have taken a back seat to travel imagery which is, not necessarily, Travel Photography. Traditionally, the main focus of travel...
Composition. Introduction to rule of Thirds
April 25,2015 / Photography / Igor Skibenko
Rule of Thirds is the most basic rule in art, including photography. The majority of books about photography composition teaches this rule from the beginning. During my classes...
Etiquette in Thailand
April 03,2015 / Photo Tours / Admin
As any other authentic culture, Thai culture has its own important elements. It's always a good idea to know them while travelling in the country. In this case you can expect...
Photography gear for tours
It's not an uncommon situation, to finally got to the vacation destination and to find that some important gear has been forgotten in the preparation rush. It is true as for your...
Personal belongings for a tour to Asia
March 04,2015 / Photo Tours / Igor Skibenko
Okay, you're going to a tour (photography tour) to Asia. The organizers took care of all aspects of your trip, including the route, accommodation etc. The only thing you have to...
Free Photo Contest: New Mexico Calendar 2016
This is an annual photo contest for the NM State Employees Credit Union calendar with a due time near the end of May 2015 and hosted by Isigma Photo. The submission is...
Official Nikon's reply about D750 Flare Issue
It's time to fill the light on rumors and complains about Nikon's recent full frame camera D750 defect. Many users complained about a flare issue, produced by the camera under...