Fashion Photography Tips and Workflow Strategies – PictureCorrect

Fashion Photography Tips and Workflow Strategies – PictureCorrect: "If you’ve never seen a high-end fashion photo shoot before, then take a look. I’ve seen dozens of other photo shoots of products and models, but never one that shows you that gives you the same sense of hecticness that this one does. It’s obvious that a lot of work goes on behind the scenes to set up a good photo shoot, but many videos only give you a brief glimpse or skip it completely. This video, however, really gives you a feeling of what it’s like being on a real fashion shoot:"

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7 Tips for Photographing at the Zoo

7 Tips for Photographing at the Zoo: "I think it depends on the zoo. I much prefer open range zoos where the animals have tons of space to roam around and live almost as they would in the wild. I can’t stand to see animals in cages especially when they pace back and forth in frustration. But zoos do play an essential role in conservation and education."

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Digital Photography Tips - Eight Lessons from Ansel Adams | Mosaic

Digital Photography Tips - Eight Lessons from Ansel Adams | Mosaic: "Digital photographers can learn a lot from Ansel Adams. In some ways, this may not seem like much of a surprise – after all, Adams was one of the greatest photographers who has ever lived. This American artist made his living photographing wondrous nature scenes, especially in the western part of America, with its majestic, sweeping vistas and stunning contrasts of color and terrain."

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Shutter Speed: Get Creative – PictureCorrect

Shutter Speed: Get Creative – PictureCorrect: "The shutter speed setting on your camera has two purposes. The first is to help you obtain the correct exposure. The second – and this is the one of interest to creative photographers – is to determine the way that the camera records movement."

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Light Painting Photography with Skateboards & Sparklers – PictureCorrect

Light Painting Photography with Skateboards & Sparklers – PictureCorrect: "Lighting painting certainly seems to be the trend lately, and photographer Dave Lehl couldn’t resist from trying it out himself. But instead of waving flashlights and glowsticks around, Lehl decided to grab a bunch of sparklers, tape them to some skateboards, and watch his friends do their crazy tricks as he photographs the whole thing:"

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Quick Tips to Learn How to Use a Digital SLR Camera – PictureCorrect

Quick Tips to Learn How to Use a Digital SLR Camera – PictureCorrect: "If you’re the typical digital photographer, you have to wonder if there is a faster way to learn how to use your camera. The owner’s manual is written by a technical writer often not a practicing photographer."

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Getting Landscapes Sharp: Hyperfocal Distances and Aperture Selection

Getting Landscapes Sharp: Hyperfocal Distances and Aperture Selection: "An important element of landscape photography is ensuring that all of the key elements within your composition are sharp.  This can often include foreground objects that are a matter of meters from your camera as well as background elements that can be kilometres away.  Therefore, to achieve this, you need to ensure your depth of field is large enough to render everything of interest, suitably sharp."

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Taking Sunset Pictures – PictureCorrect

Taking Sunset Pictures – PictureCorrect: Sooner or later we all give sunset photography a shot. It’s almost a rite of passage! In fact, for a lot of us, seeing stunning sunset photos is what got us interested in photography in the first place!

Sony NEX-6 Review

Sony NEX-6 Review: "I usually start a review of a camera like this straight after brekky, while I’m fresh, with an uncluttered mind.

But sometimes it seems I would have been better off by kicking off with a cluttered mind!"

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Photography Tips: Learning ISO, Aperture, and Shutter Speed — Photography Begins

Photography Tips: Learning ISO, Aperture, and Shutter Speed — Photography Begins: "Entry level and amateur photographers learning their first DSLR camera are instantly confronted with the big three: ISO, aperture and shutter speed. And speaking from experience it can be terrifying. These three settings are the make or break functions to every photograph. While the combinations of the three are near infinite it does not mean it is impossible to gain a solid grasp on the concept of each as the learning progresses. With a base level understanding of ISO (film speed), Aperture (light), and the Shutter Speed (amount of time the shutter is open) photographic skills grow."

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5 Great HDR Landscape Photography Tips | Contrastly

5 Great HDR Landscape Photography Tips | Contrastly: "If you’re a serious landscape photographer, chances are you’ve at least experimented with High Dynamic Range photography. In recent years, HDR has become a go-to technique for amateur and professionals alike because of the unique and stunning images it can produce."

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Christmas Photography Tips | Holiday Photography Tips

Christmas Photography Tips | Holiday Photography Tips: "Christmastime (and winter) is the most energetic and exciting time to take photographs for a variety of reasons – the natural elements, the captivating and imaginative decorations (including Christmas lights) and the festive mood that overcomes whole communities. You can photograph during the day, but some of the most evocative images can be found at night. The brilliance provided by the pure white snow adds some challenges, but there are some benefits too. Let’s take a look at how to get the most effective Christmas photos."

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Easter Photography Tips | Holiday Photography Tips

Easter Photography Tips | Holiday Photography Tips: "Easter is a dual holiday, like Christmas, both solemnly religious, but with joyful overtones for children…and that’s where you want to concentrate your photographic efforts. Easter is the first springtime holiday. Depending on where you live, nature may be in bloom, or signs of spring emerging. This time of year offers many opportunities to create some magical and memorable images."

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Top 10 Composition Tips | Top 10 Photography Tips

Top 10 Composition Tips | Top 10 Photography Tips: "One of the first qualities of a photo that catches and captures a viewer’s eye is the composition. Great composition is something that immediately separates the amateurs from the pros and enthusiasts. How you place various objects in the photographic frame determines the composition and works tremendously toward creating a feeling greater than what the object would convey in the real world. Composition is one of the most important elements of the craft of photography, and it is a skill that can be taught and honed through extensive exercise and persistent practice."

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Top 10 Digital Photography Mistakes | Top 10 Photography Tips

Top 10 Digital Photography Mistakes | Top 10 Photography Tips: "There are certain photography problems and mistakes that commonly occur for new photographers as well as the more experienced.The good news is that many of these mistakes are easily corrected with a bit of know how."

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Top 10 Digital Photography Tips | Top 10 Photography Tips

Top 10 Digital Photography Tips | Top 10 Photography Tips: "Top 10 Digital Photography TipsTake Your Digital Photography to the Next Level!Whether you are a beginner or more experienced with photography, there are some tips that will benefit you and give you better results. Here are some common issues that you may have to deal with and some tips on how you can use them to your advantage."

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Choosing Photo Paper for Photography Printing – PictureCorrect

Choosing Photo Paper for Photography Printing – PictureCorrect: Although the world of photography is enveloped in a digital mist, photographers still print their work regularly. Photos that are printed are often considered special and are cherished. Many find their way to top galleries and make up the décor of many homes and businesses by being hung on the wall. If you intend to further develop your photography skills, understanding the various implications of different photo papers on your work is important.

Direction of Light in Portrait Photography – PictureCorrect

Direction of Light in Portrait Photography – PictureCorrect: One of the main questions aspiring photogrpahers ask professional, Neil van Niekerk is what people can change about their light setups to instantly improve their photos. Having the advantage of being able to draw from years and years of hands-on experience, van Niekerk has deduced the answer would be the direction and quality of light. In the following hour and half long tutorial, he gives an in-depth demonstration on how honing in on those two variants will have you creating the photographs you’ve been trying to take. Take a look:

Weddings Through The Eyes of a “Noob”: Lessons I Learned

Weddings Through The Eyes of a “Noob”: Lessons I Learned: hroughout the first 20 years of my career in photography, I’d photographed a lot of different things- NHL All-Star games, Major League Baseball, NFL Football. I’d photographed portraits, boudoir, model portfolios. Landscape photography became a passion of mine. One thing I never photographed was a wedding.

10 Ways Your Smartphone Camera Can Make Life Easier

10 Ways Your Smartphone Camera Can Make Life Easier: "“Does your phone have a camera on it?” said no one since 2005. Nobody even asks how many megapixels your phone’s camera has anymore. With the ubiquity of smartphones today, and the resolution of the cameras they have in them, why does anyone even sell a point-and-shoot digital camera anymore? All you need is a decent smartphone to take your vacation pictures and click a button to upload them to Facebook, Pinterest, Tumblr, wherever."

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Take your Time and Work the Scene

Take your Time and Work the Scene: "
I recently shared this photo on Facebook, Google+, and Flickr, with a quick tip on how to create a starburst effect. In this article, I’d like to share the thought process behind the image, and a few of the less successful images that led up to this final shot."

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6 Tips for At-the-Scene Photography by Auto Claimants | PropertyCasualty360

6 Tips for At-the-Scene Photography by Auto Claimants | PropertyCasualty360: "Nowadays an increasing number of auto accident notifications submitted by insureds arrive with real-time, at-the-scene photographs of vehicle damage. Such immediate information is often useful; but could it be better?"

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How To Take Memorable Photos by Digital Photo Secrets

How To Take Memorable Photos by Digital Photo Secrets: "Quick, think back on all the photos you’ve seen in your life. What, you can’t remember them all? You can’t even remember most of them? So which ones do you remember? Chances are, there are a few that immediately come to mind. How about Raising the flag on Iwo Jima, by Joe Rosenthal? Or Afghan Girl by Steve McCurry, or Lunch Atop a Skyscraper by Charles C. Ebbets? And now that you can name a handful of unforgettable images, can you put your finger on what it is that makes them so unforgettable?"

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What Specs Really Matter in a DSLR? by Digital Photo Secrets

What Specs Really Matter in a DSLR? by Digital Photo Secrets: "You’ve saved your pennies, make that dollars and a lot of them, and now you’re ready for a new DSLR. Whether it’s your first one or if you’re upgrading, there’s one question that remains the same: What specs matter?"

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How to Photograph Smoke by Digital Photo Secrets

How to Photograph Smoke by Digital Photo Secrets: "If you spend a lot of time on Flickr or just browsing through photography books in search of artsy, eye-popping images, chances are you’ve seen some really cool pictures of smoke – pictures that you aren’t quite sure how to duplicate. While it has its place in scenic photography, I don’t mean the smoke from a campfire or the stuff that comes out of a chimney. The photos I’m referring to are studio shots of smoke. You know the sort of thing I mean: those ethereal images of wispy, swirling smoke shot against a black backdrop–the ones that look like they were created by a computer or an artist rather than a photographer."

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Shoot In The Dark Without Using A Flash And Without Image Blur by Digital Photo Secrets

Shoot In The Dark Without Using A Flash And Without Image Blur by Digital Photo Secrets: "How do I shoot a pic in a dark area with minimal light without using a flash/flashlight and without camera shake?” is one of my most commonly asked questions. In this article, I’ll show you a few ways you can do it."

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How To Take Sharper Pictures by Digital Photo Secrets

How To Take Sharper Pictures by Digital Photo Secrets: "A few weeks ago, we talked about why sharpening is important and what you can do to sharpen your images in post production with software like Adobe Photoshop Elements. Now that you’re armed with this knowledge, why not take it one step further? Why not learn how to take sharper images from the very start so you don’t have to worry about sharpening them later on? Let’s dive into it!"

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The 3 Most Effective Quick Photo Fixes You Can Apply To An Image

The 3 Most Effective Quick Photo Fixes You Can Apply To An Image: "Photo editing is a fine art that you can only learn by experimenting. In the long run you will eventually find your own style, your own preferences and hopefully recognize some of your shortcomings as a photographer while tidying up in the post process."

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All About Scene Modes | DPmag.com

All About Scene Modes | DPmag.com: "Your camera's Scene modes are for amateurs, right? Not really. Scene modes can be great shortcuts that allow even professionals to make some powerful changes with the flip of a single switch. Here's what happens behind the scenes of each mode, and how you can put them to use in your own pictures. "

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Adapting to Weather and Time of Day as a Photographer – PictureCorrect

Adapting to Weather and Time of Day as a Photographer – PictureCorrect: "Have you ever been in the position where your shutter finger is just itching to take some photos? You look outside and the weather is overcast and the sun is nowhere to be found. Take heart you don’t always need the sun. Here’s why"

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Short & Broad Lighting in Portrait Photography – PictureCorrect

Short & Broad Lighting in Portrait Photography – PictureCorrect: "The photo tip for today is: In your portrait photography, use “short lighting” and “broad lighting” patterns. Flat lighting will ruin your portrait photography! Caution… An on camera flash aimed at the subject will produce flat lighting. Bounce the flash off the walls, ceilings, off a reflector or something else. Never aim it directly at your subject."

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15 Children Photography Tips

15 Children Photography Tips: "Children, with their captivating eyes and radiant smile, are little angels on earth. Everything about them exudes untainted love and happiness. So striking is their innocence that it can melt even the hardest of hearts. Each moment with a child is worth treasuring and what better way to do so than to capture these precious moments. But children photography is quite challenging. So, In this post, I shall give you some children photography tips."

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Tips for Winter Mobile Phone Photography | Walgreens Snaps – The Official Walgreens Photo Blog

Tips for Winter Mobile Phone Photography | Walgreens Snaps – The Official Walgreens Photo Blog: "With a seemingly endless winter, there’s one question on everyone’s mind… Is spring here yet?! Not quite. But that’s no reason to spend the rest of winter trapped indoors. Go outside and capture all of nature’s snowy beauty!"

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Samsung launches Wi-Fi only version of its Galaxy Camera

Samsung launches Wi-Fi only version of its Galaxy Camera: "Samsung has launched a Wi-Fi-only version of its über-connected Android-powered Galaxy Camera. While the original Samsung Galaxy Camera boasted 3G/4G capabilities along with its dual-band Wi-Fi and Android goodness, the new variant will not. Samsung claims the move will make the camera "more affordable" for users who don't always need to be connected."

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Sports Photography Tips and Techniques – PictureCorrect

Sports Photography Tips and Techniques – PictureCorrect: "Victory in sports is about practice and performance – the best athletes prepare better than anyone else, training their bodies and minds to perform when winning and losing matter most."

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Sun Too Harsh? Modify It!

Sun Too Harsh? Modify It!: "I’m big on shooting portraits outdoors.  I love the natural light, the variety of locations available, and the more natural feel.  I think for the average subject, a studio can be an intimidating place.  The problem with shooting outdoors is that you are at the mercy of Mother Nature, for the most part, when it comes to light.  But not to worry.  Just as a simple speedlite can be modified, so can the sun."

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Travel Photography Inspiration Project: Argentina

Travel Photography Inspiration Project: Argentina: "From the seemingly timeless Southern areas to the modern heart of Buenos Aires, Argentina is a lively county with wide spaces, soaring peaks and a unique culture."

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Florida Birds: Photography Tips & Photo Gear, Nature, Wildlife| ApogeePhoto.com

Florida Birds: Photography Tips & Photo Gear, Nature, Wildlife| ApogeePhoto.com: "Without question, bird photography in Florida is simply the best in the United States. There are more species in this state than anywhere else and many are quite comfortable with people approaching them. You will do well without a blind, camouflage, or any sort of difficult camera equipment. Simply get out of your car, go observe all of those birds and have a great time photographing."

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Candid Street Photography – PictureCorrect

Candid Street Photography – PictureCorrect: "Being a great street photographer is not just about being able to compose great photographs. To be a good street photographer, one must know how to be stealthy when needed and sociable when the time calls for it. There is a delicate balance between the two that require an almost instinctive understanding of the nature of people. Growing up skateboarding the streets of SF, Travis Jensen, has fine tuned his street skills and is now using them to document his beloved city from behind a camera. Check out the following profile to pick up a few from tips:

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How to Get Animals to Look At You For Better Pet Portraits – PictureCorrect

How to Get Animals to Look At You For Better Pet Portraits – PictureCorrect: "Today’s photo tip is about pet portraits and how to get the animals attention! Pet portraits can be some of the most fun photography you do. As an added bonus, it’s a great photography training ground!"

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Camera megapixels: Why more isn't always better (Smartphones Unlocked) | Dialed In - CNET Blogs

Camera megapixels: Why more isn't always better (Smartphones Unlocked) | Dialed In - CNET Blogs: "Increasingly, the 8-megapixel smartphones camera standard you thought you knew will ratchet up to 13 megapixels for high-end phones.
In many products -- like this past January's Pantech Discover (12.6 megapixels), last October's LG Optimus G for Sprint (13 megapixels), and even last year's HTC Titan II (16 megapixels) -- we're already there."

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Polarizing Clip On Filter - The Photojojo Store!

Polarizing Clip On Filter - The Photojojo Store!:

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6 Tips for Getting Your Work on Travel Image Libraries

6 Tips for Getting Your Work on Travel Image Libraries: "Getting your photographs onto an image library can be difficult. Most libraries have very strict technical guidelines and very tough editing procedures. However, following the 6 tips below to could increase your chances of getting accepted."

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Welcome to the Newly Updated dPS Forum

Welcome to the Newly Updated dPS Forum: "Within days of starting dPS – back in April 2006 – I began to get requests from readers that they wanted a forum area on the site where they could:"

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20 Captivating Photos Shot At Exactly The Right Moment

20 Captivating Photos Shot At Exactly The Right Moment: "here are some things in life that make me feel dated (notice I didn’t use the word “old” LOL). For example, sending a fax, writing in cursive (with a pen) and talking on any phone with a cord (and twirling it around my fingers) are all things that kids born in 2011 might never have the opportunity to experience."

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Landscape Photography Tutorial, Techniques and Tips | FreeDigitalPhotographyTutorials.com

Landscape Photography Tutorial, Techniques and Tips | FreeDigitalPhotographyTutorials.com: "You’d be amazed how the simple act of including a foreground element within a landscape photo can totally transform a scene. By adding a foreground element to your photo, the image can instantly portray a deeper sense of perspective and depth. Without it, the photo may look too flat for your taste."

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Beware of Cheap Lenses: Five Common Issues

Beware of Cheap Lenses: Five Common Issues: "“You pays your money, you takes your chances,” as the old adage goes. It perhaps perfectly sums up the end result of buying a cheap lens. Whilst you might get conceivably get a great lens, the chances are that by paying less you are going to end up paying more in the long run, by having to upgrade because the lens you bought really doesn’t stand up to close scrutinization. "

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12 Hugely Important Moments in the History of Photography

12 Hugely Important Moments in the History of Photography: "As humans we seem to have an insatiable need to document life — our actions, the actions of other species of animals, anything and everything around us. While the ever present, universally accessible nature of the camera in the modern world makes this all too easy, the drive to produce a permanent record of life’s meaningful — and not so meaningful — events is not at all a concept borne of recent technological achievement."

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31 Photographs of Spiders That Will Make Your Skin Crawl

31 Photographs of Spiders That Will Make Your Skin Crawl: "Spiders are one of those photographic subjects that you either love or hate. Some of us run squealing from the monster in our view-finders, while others stick around and get some unforgettable macro shots. These amazingly beautiful photographs of spiders (if somewhat creepy for some of us) show what can be done if you have patience and vision with these creatures. Personally, I am content to watch from a distance."

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Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX7 Review

Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX7 Review: "It seems to me that the fixed lens, compact camera game has spawned two sub species: ultra long zoom models and those with ultra fast lenses … to some they’re called ‘bright’."

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Museum Photography Tips | Martin Belan

Museum Photography Tips | Martin Belan: "Whether its cold and rainy outside, or you’re taking the family out for some entertainment, a trip to a museum can be a lot of fun. Museums are also a great backup plan if its raining during a vacation.  A museum can also be a great place to practice your photography and also get some great photos."

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7 Tips For Stunning Concert Photography

7 Tips For Stunning Concert Photography: "You always wanted to know the tricks of the best concert photographers? In this blog post I will share my 7 best tips on how you can improve your photography skills to become a better concert photographer."

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Lenses for Nature and Bird Photography (Video) – PictureCorrect

Lenses for Nature and Bird Photography (Video) – PictureCorrect: "When talking about bird and nature photography, there’s one name that irreversibly must be mentioned. Arthur Morris, an inspiring veteran photographer from Canon, teaches and instructs you extensively on a (really) wide range of lenses to use in this kind of shooting."

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5 Fail Proof Portrait Poses

5 Fail Proof Portrait Poses: "When I was starting out as a portrait photographer, I began creating a visual diary and mimicking the images I loved. Some people will tell you that it’s wrong to copy but for centuries, every generation of artist has imitated the masters before them. Once they’ve mastered the technique they move on to develop their own style."

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Winter Photography Tips

Winter Photography Tips: "Winter can be a very beautiful time of the year, especially if you live in a region that gets plenty of snow. We all know how children love the snow – there are endless possibilities for having fun and cold weather is usually not enough to stop them from enjoying it. On one hand, winter poses a beautiful time of the year for photography, particularly landscapes and portraits, and can be equally refreshing for wildlife photographers. On the other hand, it creates certain problems that are hard to figure out for beginner photographers, let alone their cameras. In this article, I will give you tips on how to photograph in winter and end up with well exposed, beautiful color images. I will also provide you with suggestions on when to go out to photograph and how to use snow to your advantage."

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Long Exposure Photography Tips, Tutorials And Videos - 121Clicks.com

Long Exposure Photography Tips, Tutorials And Videos - 121Clicks.com: "A Great deal of Long Exposure Photography tips collected specially for our 121 fans. Shooting long exposure in no more a haunting task for any landscape or fine-art photographer. Go through these splendid tutorials explaining the joy of capturing this interesting technique."

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Tips For Starting Freelance Newspaper Photography – PictureCorrect

Tips For Starting Freelance Newspaper Photography – PictureCorrect: "So you’ve honed your skills to the point where you are confident you can get a good picture in any situation.

Have you thought about freelancing for a newspaper? Photojournalism is one of the most challenging, exciting types of photography"

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5 tips to rock your toddler photo session by Lisa Tichane

5 tips to rock your toddler photo session by Lisa Tichane: "If you read photography forums, you are probably aware that toddlers are supposed to be a photographers nightmare. They don’t listen to instructions, move all the time, run away from you whenever they can, drive their parents crazy, throw your props away and will probably hate all of the brilliant ideas that you had carefully prepared when you planned the shoot.  I have to admit that every single thing in this list is true (and can be even worse in real life)."

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14 Photo Tips for Capturing Your Love this Valentines Day | Me Ra Koh Photography Blog

14 Photo Tips for Capturing Your Love this Valentines Day | Me Ra Koh Photography Blog: "With the help of my fourteen CONFIDENCE Photography teachers, we came up with 14 Photo Tips to help you capture your love!  Whether it’s the love between two sweethearts or the love between two siblings or a love that has lasted forty plus years, we invite you to be inspired!
Here is a BONUS one for our readers only!  See the other fourteen photos and photo tips on my Babble column!"

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Tips For Taking Stunning Aquarium Pictures | Popular Photography

Tips For Taking Stunning Aquarium Pictures | Popular Photography: "Shooting in a massive public aquarium may be your only opportunity to net a sea creature as magnificent as Kyle Ford’s whale shark, above. The project will be fun, if fraught with challenges."

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The Universal Exposure Strategy | OutdoorPhotographer.com

The Universal Exposure Strategy | OutdoorPhotographer.com: "Menacing gray clouds filled the sky when I arrived before dawn on the crest of Black Face in the San Juan Mountains near Telluride, Colorado. I had wagered a good night's sleep on this sunrise, but my decision to get up at 2 a.m. and hike two and a half hours in the dark looked like a gamble I had lost. Minutes later, however, the clouds to the east began to tear apart, revealing ragged holes rim-lit with golden light from the rising sun. The scene was spectacular, but with both backlit clouds and deeply shadowed, forested valleys in the frame, the contrast was high. "

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Improve Your Photography By Learning to Edit

Improve Your Photography By Learning to Edit: "You might have read the title to this post and thought that I was going to talk about how editing your photographs can make you appear to be a better photographer, but no, I really do mean better – behind the camera."

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My Journey into Long Exposure Night Photography – PictureCorrect

My Journey into Long Exposure Night Photography – PictureCorrect: "Compact cameras, when compared to the high end SLR (which stands for Single-lens reflex for all of us novices) there is absolutely no comparison. It is like trying to compare a thoroughbred with a mongrel"

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6 Ways to Enhance Your Creativity

6 Ways to Enhance Your Creativity: "No matter what your artistic interests, whether photography, drawing, painting, sculpture, etc., the underlying force behind your work is creativity. It’s much easier to talk about technical aspects of photography as it’s a tangible skill, unlike the more mysterious intangible skill of creative thought.  While every art form is unique unto its own, harnessing one’s creativity is a universal skill."

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How To Take Stunning Pictures Of The Moon by Digital Photo Secrets

How To Take Stunning Pictures Of The Moon by Digital Photo Secrets: "The moon is beautiful to look at, but it sure can be challenging to photograph. To start, the moon is much brighter than everything else in the scene, and it’s hard to know where it will be unless you do some research ahead of time. Having said that, the moon adds drama to a photograph in ways that no other background element can. Here is what you need to know to get the best possible pictures of the moon."

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How do you find the GPS coordinates of your photos? by Digital Photo Secrets

How do you find the GPS coordinates of your photos? by Digital Photo Secrets: "Isn’t technology great? More and more cameras have GPS built right into them. The moment you take a photo, your camera records exactly where you took it. "

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5 Creative Photo Ideas to Try in February 2013 @medianovak | InspireFirst

5 Creative Photo Ideas to Try in February 2013 @medianovak | InspireFirst: "As part of our ongoing series to help you get more creative with your digital camera, each month we publish some fun, seasonal, creative photo ideas to help inspire your imagination. Along with some amazing images, we’ve also provided some quick photography tips by both amateur and professional photographers who are experts in these fields."

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Top 10 Mobile Photography Tips – PictureCorrect

Top 10 Mobile Photography Tips – PictureCorrect: "Mobile photography has made huge strides in a short time. We have this great powerful device in our hands or pockets now with all the extra tools and software needed to capture, edit and distribute our images in an extremely efficient and flexible manner. These devices output high enough quality images for commercial stock applications — provided the person looking through the viewfinder understands the fundamentals of what makes an image work."

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Full-size megazoom cameras compared | Reviews - Cameras - CNET Reviews

Full-size megazoom cameras compared | Reviews - Cameras - CNET Reviews: "Call them bridge cameras, longzooms, superzooms, or megazooms (as we do), they're all pretty much the same thing: a large lens slapped on the front of a point-and-shoot camera."

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BMX Action Photography and Sports Portraits – PictureCorrect

BMX Action Photography and Sports Portraits – PictureCorrect: "Craig Kolesky takes us into a behind the scenes journey in which he photographs Professional BMX rider Sifiso ‘Skizo’ Nhlapo. To get a more out of the ordinary experience, he takes the rider out of his regular tracks and places him in a dusty, rugged South African Downhill track. Here’s the insight to what follows"

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Understanding the Limits of Autofocus on Digital Cameras – PictureCorrect

Understanding the Limits of Autofocus on Digital Cameras – PictureCorrect: "
Automatic focus (AF) has come a long way in modern cameras. Leica came out with some of the first patents for AF back in the mid-1970s and some of the early attempts to implement the feature on a wide basis were less than stellar. Most used either infrared light or sound to measure the distance to the subject and were easily confused by glass, rain and other obstructions. You could actually hear the motors whirring as a set of gears in the camera manually turned the lens focus and the old cameras had a tendency to hunt around for focus, a process that could take quite a long time."

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Photography Tips & Tricks | Making your clients feel comfortable | a sorta fairytale

Photography Tips & Tricks | Making your clients feel comfortable | a sorta fairytale: "A while back, I asked if there was anything specific that my readers wanted me to talk about. And one of the topics that came up, was how to make clients feel comfortable during a photo session. I think this is an awesome topic because I remember back when I first started my business, I really struggled with this."

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How to Plan for and Sell a Photography Project Idea – PictureCorrect

How to Plan for and Sell a Photography Project Idea – PictureCorrect: "Have you ever had any ideas or concepts for a photo project, but always felt unsure where to start from or how to make that dream into a vivid reality? Actually, this might be one of the most common issues amongst young photographers, who usually lack of means to perform most of the photography works they idealize. And it also might be an issue as well to experienced photographers who are about to jump off into a different work area, a different and/or opposite concept of what they’re used to doing and working with."

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Five Tips to Improve Your Photography Website | Fstoppers

Five Tips to Improve Your Photography Website | Fstoppers: "A website is one of the most important tools for any professional photographer. A website allows your work to be found through searches, can be used as a great digital portfolio in a pinch, and is an excellent way to interact with your potential clients and fans of your work."

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Photography Tips: Six Must-Have Mobile Apps for Photographers | Pelican Products Blog Site | Welcome to www.pelican.com - Pelican Products is a global leader in the design and manufacture of advanced lighting systems and virtually indestructible cases.

Photography Tips: Six Must-Have Mobile Apps for Photographers | Pelican Products Blog Site | Welcome to www.pelican.com - Pelican Products is a global leader in the design and manufacture of advanced lighting systems and virtually indestructible cases.: "Photography? Yes, there’s an app for that—many, in fact. No, we’re not talking about camera phone photography, the awesome panorama functionality that came with a recent iPhone update, Hipstamic, Snapchat, Vine, or Instagram (although you should follow us @PelicanProducts). "

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Perfecting and Playing with White Balance

Perfecting and Playing with White Balance: "As photographers we often question the strength, type and direction of light, but because most of today’s cameras’ auto-functions are greatly enhanced, it can be easy to forget about the colour of light."

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How to Plan for and Sell a Photography Project Idea (Video) – PictureCorrect

How to Plan for and Sell a Photography Project Idea (Video) – PictureCorrect: "Have you ever had any ideas or concepts for a photo project, but always felt unsure where to start from or how to make that dream into a vivid reality? Actually, this might be one of the most common issues amongst young photographers, who usually lack of means to perform most of the photography works they idealize. And it also might be an issue as well to experienced photographers who are about to jump off into a different work area, a different and/or opposite concept of what they’re used to doing and working with."

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Going an Extra Mile For a Great Photo – PictureCorrect

Going an Extra Mile For a Great Photo – PictureCorrect: "Nature photography classes have taught me a lot as a teacher. They have helped me to evaluate how much emphasis in nature photography should be on technology, and how much on creativity."

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3 Great Instagram Tips from Model Coco Rocha | PCMag.com

3 Great Instagram Tips from Model Coco Rocha | PCMag.com: "Model Coco Rocha has over 300,000 followers on Instagram, where she shares behind-the-scenes shots from her modeling gigs, snaps of her global adventures, and even childhood memories on Throwback Thursdays."

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Five Tips for Taking Great Garden Photos | Care2 Healthy Living

Five Tips for Taking Great Garden Photos | Care2 Healthy Living: "Taking photos in the garden is way harder than shooting indoors because you can’t control all the variables (have you ever seen it snow in a kitchen?). So, we asked Gardenista‘s editors and correspondents to divulge their tips for taking great shots. Here are five of their photo-taking secrets:"

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CUTE: Weekly Photography Challenge

CUTE: Weekly Photography Challenge: "This week your photographic challenge is to take and share a photo on the theme of ‘Cute’."

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Automatic Exposure Remote Flash Photography on a Budget – PictureCorrect

Automatic Exposure Remote Flash Photography on a Budget – PictureCorrect: "Remote TTL flash systems are nice and slick but they are expensive. Each flash can cost hundreds of dollars plus there is the cost of stands, umbrellas or soft boxes and more. But, what if we could achieve something similar without a huge outlay of cash? We can build such a system and it could cost less than a single flash unit of the branded variety."

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The Top 4 Causes of Blurry Photos, And How To Fix Them by Digital Photo Secrets

The Top 4 Causes of Blurry Photos, And How To Fix Them by Digital Photo Secrets: "Nothing is more annoying than getting home from an event and realizing that most of your photos have turned out blurry. There are 4 major causes of blurry photos in digital cameras and unless you know what to look for, it’s hard to tell what is causing the problem. Read on to learn each of these causes, and how to fix it."

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Do more Megapixels mean better photo quality? by Digital Photo Secrets

Do more Megapixels mean better photo quality? by Digital Photo Secrets: "They’re getting better every year. Camera makers and your local Best Buy salesman are always talking about the next model with more megapixels than the one that came before it. The new numbers make your current model seem obsolete. If you bought a camera with six megapixels a few years ago, you wish you could get a new one that gets twelve. But does it really mean anything? Does having more megapixels amount to better photo quality, or is it all just marketing hype?"

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The Idiot’s Guide To Camera Settings by Digital Photo Secrets

The Idiot’s Guide To Camera Settings by Digital Photo Secrets: "Okay. Maybe that’s a bit harsh. Nobody is calling anyone anything, but if you are very new to photography, this article is for you. Your camera can seem like a confusing mess of knobs and settings when you get it for the first time. Don’t worry. You will only be using a few of these settings in any of your shoots. I’ll show you which ones matter the most and how you can use them to get great shots right out of the box."

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Organic Album: Maternity

Organic Album: Maternity:

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Hands on with Instagram.com | TechHive

Hands on with Instagram.com | TechHive: "For the entirety of its two-plus years of existence, Instagram has been a mobile concern. The photo-sharing social network got its start on iOS and eventually fanned out to Android, as users built of a network of friends who liked to take, edit, and share photos from their mobile devices. Sure, there was an website, but that functioned as little more than a home for app information."

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Creative Photography: 10 tips for getting out of your comfort zone | Digital Camera World

Creative Photography: 10 tips for getting out of your comfort zone | Digital Camera World: "One of our goals as photographers – after we overcome the common photography problems and improve our skills – is to make original work. But avoid the traps (and tripod holes) of cliched compositions can be incredibly difficult. To help you along we’ve polled our experts and put together 10 of our best creative photography tips"

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Night Sky -- Photo Tips -- National Geographic

Night Sky -- Photo Tips -- National Geographic: "Contributing editor Jim Richardson is a photojournalist recognized for his exploration of environmental issues and advocacy for the night sky. His photos appear frequently in National Geographic magazine."

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Landscape Photography Tips: Ordinary to Extraordinary in 5 Steps!

Landscape Photography Tips: Ordinary to Extraordinary in 5 Steps!: "We all do it.  We make sure we take our cameras with us when we “go” places.  Whether to a birthday party or far away travels, we typically make sure to grab the camera.  Sometimes on our travel excursions you might become frustrated when you are snapping photos of a truly amazing or majestic scene but then looking at your camera and realizing the photo just isn’t doing the place any justice!"

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Photography Tips and Techniques Archives « i am jmiller. the blog. i am jmiller. the blog.

Photography Tips and Techniques Archives « i am jmiller. the blog. i am jmiller. the blog.: "Music is one of my biggest passions. I’ve been playing drums since the 6th grade. So naturally, whenever I get the chance to photograph a band jamming on a stage, I’m always pumped to shoot. They can be a little stressful if you haven’t shot at a show before"

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How Exposure Bracketing Works – PictureCorrect

How Exposure Bracketing Works – PictureCorrect: "There are times when it can be difficult to decide on what the ideal exposure should be to get the best image of a scene. It may be that you don’t have the time to think about your exposure, or it may be that there are elements of extreme brightness and shadow within the picture that you want to capture, and you’re not sure whether exposing for the highlights or the shadows will give you the better final image. Bracketing could be the solution."

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Samsung Nx1000 Review: Overview

Samsung Nx1000 Review: Overview: "Samsung has just announced three brand new NX System, interchangeable lens cameras for 2012, the NX20, NX210, and NX1000.  Despite the NX1000's compact size, it has many of the same performance features as the NX20 and NX210.  A huge 20.3 Megapixel CMOS sensor, which will most likely be capable of full HD 1080p movie recording and a host of smart features to make the camera easy to use for photographers of all skill levels. "

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Sony NEX-5R Review

Sony NEX-5R Review: "Now here’s another one: a deliciously tiny, mirrorless, interchangeable lens camera that can almost replace many DSLRs on themarket. Sony was one of the early entrants in this game and, in typical fashion, continues to refine the bloodline with this third generation product in the 5 series."

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Using Fire with Still-life or Product Photography (Video) – PictureCorrect

Using Fire with Still-life or Product Photography (Video) – PictureCorrect: "Mixing fire with anything highly flammable seems like a disaster waiting to happen, but it can add an interesting twist to product or still-life photography if executed correctly. The movement and energy of fire can create several different effects, from light trails to rippling flames. This is photographer Von Wong’s attempt at creating an eye-catching series of images in a beautiful location surrounded by a variety of pyrotechnics:"

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Quick Tips on Landscape Photography – PictureCorrect

Quick Tips on Landscape Photography – PictureCorrect: "Tell a story with landscape photography! By telling stories with your camera, you are forced you to slow down and contemplate the details. This one factor alone could greatly improve your skills as a photographer!"

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New: Tack Sharp Photography Guide on How to Nail Focus – PictureCorrect

New: Tack Sharp Photography Guide on How to Nail Focus – PictureCorrect: "You’d be surprised to know just how much actually goes in to getting consistently sharp images. It isn’t rocket science or physics or anything like that but there are definitely techniques and processes involved that the majority of photographers probably don’t know about. This is a step by step guide designed for any photographer who has ever struggled with getting sharp images."

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How to do Composite Photography – PictureCorrect

How to do Composite Photography – PictureCorrect: "The following video is on composite photography and lighting. The composite being created is one of a Revolutionary War scene. The creators actually traveled to historically significant battle fields, specific to the Revolutionary War, to find the perfect background image. They then visited war reenactments for the fight scenes. The final composite is composed from five different photo-shoots and approximately 22 images:"

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Zen and the art of wildlife photography - IOL Travel Tips | IOL.co.za

Zen and the art of wildlife photography - IOL Travel Tips | IOL.co.za: "Your vehicle lurches over the rough terrain, your driver manoeuvring for an angle while you stage-whisper directions. But now there's a branch in the way. And the light's wrong. Back a bit? Too late: with one disdainful glare the leopard slinks back into the depths of the thicket."

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Von Wong's 7 Tips to Succeed in an Unplanned Shoot Free Photography Tips Tutorials Reviews and Wordpress Themes | Photography tips and photography tutorials and more

Von Wong's 7 Tips to Succeed in an Unplanned Shoot Free Photography Tips Tutorials Reviews and Wordpress Themes | Photography tips and photography tutorials and more: "Showing up to a photo shoot unprepared is like going on a blind date and realizing after the meal (to your horror) that you forgot your wallet. Your ability to make the best first impression and take charge of your situation will determine whether or not your client calls you back for a second ‘date’. Or, third…fourth…well, you get it."

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15 Tips for Sports Photography

15 Tips for Sports Photography: "Sports photography is a lucrative venture to many photographers,however to you must have the skills and the passion to capture the most amazing images"

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Tips for Buying Used Cameras Online – PictureCorrect

Tips for Buying Used Cameras Online – PictureCorrect: "
There seems to be no end to the number of used cameras on eBay or other sales sites like Etsy. Everything from the old 120 and 620 film cameras, plate cameras, and everything in between, up to, and including today’s most advanced digital models. If you’re into film there are literally thousands of cameras to choose from. Nikon’s, Olympus, Canon, Yashica, Minolta’s and Rollei’s, they are all there and so many, many more. Looking for a Daci Royal? Very likely you might find one on eBay as I did. How about an Olympus Pen E-PL1? Got mine on eBay. A Nikon D90?, yep, on eBay. Not only can you find the camera(s) you want, you can find just about every accessory available for that model. It’s simply amazing what you can find."

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How Android Phones Will Change Photography by Digital Photo Secrets

How Android Phones Will Change Photography by Digital Photo Secrets: "Once upon a time, our cameras were big heavy things with interchangeable lenses that we lugged around in bags. OK, for some of us this is still true, but for much of the general population digital cameras are going the way of, well, film cameras."

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How To Create Beautiful Waterfall Pictures by Digital Photo Secrets

How To Create Beautiful Waterfall Pictures by Digital Photo Secrets: "One of life’s simple truths: you can’t walk past a waterfall without taking a photo of it. That would just be wrong!

But you don’t often get a chance to go back and do it over again, either, so you’d better make sure you get it right."

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Photography tips

Photography tips: "We picked up some very useful tips on using photography as a research tool at our workshop with photographer Jonathan Bean yesterday.

Jonathan suggested we use photography during the project to:"

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Tips for shooting portraits at very slow shutter speeds Free Photography Tips Tutorials Reviews and Wordpress Themes | Photography tips and photography tutorials and more

Tips for shooting portraits at very slow shutter speeds Free Photography Tips Tutorials Reviews and Wordpress Themes | Photography tips and photography tutorials and more: "There are a number of different reasons why you might want to shoot a photo of people at a very slow shutter speed. Motion blur from water and other things can be very artistic, but how do you get your shutter speed down that slow, without your photos / subjects starting to blur?"

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Top 12 Photo Tips All Bloggers Need to Know | Tips for Taking Pictures

Top 12 Photo Tips All Bloggers Need to Know | Tips for Taking Pictures: "Are you interested in photo tips that will drive readers to your blog?
Or perhaps you just want to enhance the blog posts you are creating so that you are able to tell your story not only with your words, but also with your images."

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The 10 Best photography sites - Features - Art - The Independent

The 10 Best photography sites - Features - Art - The Independent: "Edit, store, share, manipulate - here are the all the sites you’ll ever need for your snaps, whether you’re an amateur or a David Bailey."

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How To Keep Your Memory Cards Healthy

How To Keep Your Memory Cards Healthy: "In this post, Steve Berardi from PhotoNaturalist explains how to keep your memory cards healthy.


Memory cards are one of the most often neglected parts of digital photography. But, they’re extremely important because they’re responsible for safely storing your photos until you get them to your computer."

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How To Get The Perfect Golden Sun by Digital Photo Secrets

How To Get The Perfect Golden Sun by Digital Photo Secrets: "I only have one word for this shot. WOW! Of course, I am a sucker for a great sunset photo. The way the bright orange just bursts forth and diffuses itself through the clouds will always take my breath away. We discussed how you can take pictures like this in a previous tutorial, but I would like to use this critique to discuss it in more detail. It takes a lot of playing around with camera settings to get something like this. The more patient you are, and the more you enjoy trying out different settings, the more likely you are to stumble upon a shot like this one."

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10 Ways to Direct a Portrait Shoot like a Pro

10 Ways to Direct a Portrait Shoot like a Pro: "Have you ever been served by a rude shop assistant or waiter that was in a bad mood? How did it make you feel?

Your mood on the day of your shoot is going to have a huge impact on the people around you. If you want the people you photograph to look and feel relaxed then you should look and feel relaxed too."

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Landscape Photography For the Serious Amateur

Landscape Photography For the Serious Amateur: "I’ve been into landscape photography for a couple of years now. It’s a fantastic hobby and hugely rewarding, but also has a bit of a learning curve. While I would not consider myself anywhere near a pro at this stage, I’ve picked up on a few useful things here and there. Below are some tips which I hope others who are just starting out in the world of landscape photography will find useful."

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Bokeh: Weekly Photography Challenge

Bokeh: Weekly Photography Challenge: "We want to see you grabbing your camera over the next day or two and setting out to take some wonderful shots with Bokeh in them (i.e. some lovely out of focus areas in your shots)."

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Night Sky and Star Movement Timelapse Photography in Namibia, Africa – PictureCorrect

Night Sky and Star Movement Timelapse Photography in Namibia, Africa – PictureCorrect: "Photographer Marsel van Oosten has one the most extensive portfolios of Namibia out there. His night photography is especially stunning and is the main subject of his latest project, Namibian Nights. For two years, Marsel has captured over 16,000 images to put together an amazing timelapse of the Namibian landscape at night:"

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How to Take Great Photos Using Any Light Source – PictureCorrect

How to Take Great Photos Using Any Light Source – PictureCorrect: "Because lighting is the number one concern of us photographers, we should be concerning ourselves with understanding how to utilize it whatever capacities it is available to us. While it’s nice to have a studio full of equipment to give us complete control, all is not lost if we do not have those things. In just under two hours, Jerry Ghionis, gives viewers an informative lesson on using what you’ve got to create interesting, well executed images in any kind of lighting. Take a look:"

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Sylvie Blum: Natural Beauty | DigitalPhotoPro.com

Sylvie Blum: Natural Beauty | DigitalPhotoPro.com: "In her work, you can see the mark of Sylvie Blum’s fine-art influences, like Mapplethorpe, Lindbergh and Gorman. She works with her camera, lights and models like great sculptors work with clay."

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How To Take Breathtaking Images Of The Coastline by Digital Photo Secrets

How To Take Breathtaking Images Of The Coastline by Digital Photo Secrets: "The coastline is full of photographic opportunities. There is an entire world where the ocean meets the sand. You can zoom in and photograph starfish and other finds, or you can bring your wideangle lens and create dramatic landscapes. The next time you head to the coast, try out these digital photography tips."

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How to Create a Wall of Fire with Light Painting Photography – PictureCorrect

How to Create a Wall of Fire with Light Painting Photography – PictureCorrect: "t seems that everyday photographers are coming up with new ways to experiment with light painting. It is certainly one of those things that has a lot of potential for creativity and for those who think outside of the box. But fire painting has to be one of the coolest (and most dangerous) ideas I have seen yet. In this tutorial, Barry Elder shows you how to use fire as a tool in light painting:"

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Sunset Silhouette Photography – PictureCorrect

Sunset Silhouette Photography – PictureCorrect: "We previously discovered that the pretty colors in a sunset aren’t always enough. A winning sunset photo needs a star. In today’s lesson we’ll discuss adding silhouettes to get better photographs of the sun."

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Four Tips on Your Image Data Safety Procedures

Four Tips on Your Image Data Safety Procedures: "I was attending a workshop last year in Los Angeles where the instructor talked about the importance of having backup gear for an important shoot. His mantra was that during a shoot, “something always goes wrong.” Gear redundancy is important, especially when you are on the client’s clock. Without a doubt, not having a backup to your gear can potentially derail a photoshoot if something were to break."

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Create an Image Watermark in Photoshop

Create an Image Watermark in Photoshop: "In a recent post I talked about using an image watermark in Lightroom to apply to your images. This post I’ll show you how to create the watermark image to use."

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Street Photography: Exploitative vs Respect

Street Photography: Exploitative vs Respect: "Over the last couple of years we’ve seen a rise in interest by many dPS readers (and around the web) in the topic of street photography and street portraiture."

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