Here at Connected Photographer, we like to bring you information straight from leading experts on various photographic topics. This week, Editor-in-Chief David Gewirtz had the opportunity to interview Steve Kozel, President of Pixel Outpost, a company that specializes in creating poster-sized prints from digital images.

If you sell things on eBay, you know that physically small items often sell for good money, especially if they’re collectable. You also know that displaying a picture of what you’re selling is an important tactic, since the photo (or photos) gives buyers a much better sense of the actual item you’re selling. But what if you don’t have a macro lens or a camera that’s got a close-up or macro mode? This article will tell you how to take great close-ups of small objects even if you don’t have a macro mode.

It turns out, you can have fun with your camera whether you’re outside photographing some wonderful nature scenic or inside, photographing something unexpected. This story is about being creative, trying new things, and looking for new perspectives. After reading it, you, too can have rainy day fun with your camera.

Buried deep within the brittle, crumbling pages of the Codex Sinaiticus may well be hidden answers to questions that have haunted historians and religious scholars for centuries. In this fascinating article, Editor-in-Chief David Gewirtz discusses how digital imaging is helping search for a real-life Bible Code.

In response to our recent photo management articles using some "found" Microsoft software, we got a letter in this week, from reader Alicia Carla Simpson: "If you are really looking for a great program for resizing, you can’t beat Irfanview, especially not with a Microsoft product. PhotoFiltre is also a great little program, very easy to use. Both are free, neither has anything to do with Microsoft. Check them out and have fun." In this article, we do just that.

Last week, we showed you a great Microsoft Office tool for preparing your images for eBay or your blog. This week, we’re going to show you another Microsoft tool that’s even easier to use — and is completely free.

If you’re interested in a tool to crop, resize, and prepare images for eBay or your blog, Microsoft Office Picture Manager may be all you need. Read our review to find out.

Be prepared to give up the next three to four hours. In fact, if you can’t spare hours out of your day right now, you probably should avoid reading this article. We’ve found Worth1000.com, our Site of the Month for May.

For years, Senior Editor James Booth has been adamant in his belief that in no way could digital compete with film, but his recent purchase of a Canon EOS 20D has changed all that. High-end digital cameras are clearly superior to film, and in his coverage of the Canon EOS 20D, he’ll attempt to show you how and why.

If you own a mid to high-end digital camera, or pretty much any digital SLR, you can shoot in RAW format. RAW formats capture the raw data off of your digital camera’s sensor and preserve it in a file for you to manipulate outside of the camera. Author John Roling gives us a lesson in RAW format, its benefits, shortcomings, and why it’s the ideal shooting format.