Light levels

1. Sunny day outdoors - 1/2000 sec
2. Hazy bright day - 1/1000 sec
3. Bright cloudy day without shadows - 1/500 sec
4. Overcast day - 1/250 sec
5. Heavily overcast - 1/125 sec
6. Deep shade (eg. woody area) - 1/60 sec
7. Before thunderstorm or heavily overcast - 1/30 sec
8. Brightly lit store interior - 1/15 sec
9. Well lit storage or sports arena - 1/8 sec
10. Well lit home interior - 1/4 sec

Photoshop tips

I recently started using photoshop. Selecting an object using the magic wand or the pen tool in order to be able to change the background is one of my least favorite tasks. I spent a week exploring this option and wondered to myself...do people really do this type of thing...when I came upon a tablet+pen tool. Enter...the Intuos3 professional pen tablet...one of the most easiest ways to edit and create digital artwork. Check it out at www.wacom.com. It's a cool one!