Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Houston Center for Photography instructor shares tips on how to create dynamic photos with your smart phone | abc13.com

Houston Center for Photography instructor shares tips on how to create dynamic photos with your smart phone | abc13.com: "HOUSTON (KTRK) -- You don't need to buy a fancy camera. You can create dynamic photos with your smart phone. In fact, one instructor at the Houston Center for Photography now teaches a class on iPhone photography, and she shared some of her favorite apps and tips with us."

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Professional Knife Photography Techniques – PictureCorrect

Professional Knife Photography Techniques – PictureCorrect: "Product photography is one of those specialized niches in the photography world that require a skill set all of it’s own. As professional photographers Michal Tomaszewicz and Maciej Krawczyk have come to find out, photographing knives is especially difficult. Not only are they trying to make a flat, grey piece of metal look sexy, it just so happens that product is also highly reflective which makes lighting it quite complicated. Take a look at the behind the scenes footage below to see how the two were able to tackle the shoot:"

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Night Landscape Photography – PictureCorrect

Night Landscape Photography – PictureCorrect: "Many photographers assume that once the sun goes down, so do the opportunities to take spectacular landscape images. Some of my favorite photographs were taken under extremely low light or nearly pitch-black conditions. In fact, I have found that the darker it is the better results I usually get in my images. You are more likely to pick up unusual colors not typically visible to the naked eye while capturing wonderful streaks in the sky when shooting at night. Here are a few suggestions that will help you capture great nighttime landscapes."

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Learning to See, Part IX

Learning to See, Part IX: "In our last entry we learned that placing the subject at one of the four primary points of impact within the scene would greatly enhance the ease of viewing by way of good composition. We introduced the “Rule of Thirds” as a classic example of guidance by drawing an imaginary template from which to establish the point of impact."

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