I am always on the lookout for graphic editing software that is not too heavy on the pocket ($).  Paintshop has been around for a long time and now it is worth to take a second look at it.    
Here are a few of the key features that I found it to be useful for photographers :    
Organiser   
With the new Organizer we are able to import, manage, search and quickly touchup image files directly into PaintShop Photo Pro X3.  Photos can be tagged and rated, making them easier to find and group. The Organizer …

For those who are not into the heavy and costly Photoshop application can try Photoscape, a handy and simple photoeditor. Moreover it is free although donation is always welcome.  I think it is perfect for those who captured photos and want to post small size photos on the web such as blogs or social networking sites.
Some of Photoscape functions :

Viewer: View photos in your folder, create a slideshow
Editor: resizing, brightness and color adjustment, white balance, backlight correction, frames, balloons, mosaic mode, adding text, drawing pictures, cropping, filters, red eye removal, …

I know the Amazon Kindle 2 ebook reader is not a photographic equipment but I thought readers of this blog might be interested in other electronic gadgets. I always been an avid reader and usually borrow books from the libraries in Singapore.  I  would be quite willing to buy books that are not available in the libraries or books that I would like to keep eg photography books.  Therefore I  was quite interested to know more about the Kindle. The other ebook reader I had tried was a small PDA.  It …

Prof Li Yuan is a US based photographer specialising in landscape photography. I had a face to face encounter with him once in Phaking , Nepal when we were both doing our treks. He was going down while I was on my way up.  In that 1-2hours of conversation, he impresed me with his determination to take good landscape photos in Nepal.

This 113 pages book is his take on landscape photography based on his 3o years of experience. Written mainly in chinese,? he shared his experience on topics like

use of light

atomspheric effects …