Tuesday, October 8, 2013

Super Tips and Inspiration for Better Portrait Photography » Design You Trust

Super Tips and Inspiration for Better Portrait Photography » Design You Trust: "Taking portrait photographs is a lot of fun – if you know what you’re doing. While you may get lucky if you don’t have the skills, it’s a great idea to learn and practice portrait photography so that you can get better. The seven tips below will help you get more out of all the photos you take – especially the portraits."

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Texture as a Design Element in Photography

Texture as a Design Element in Photography: "While it’s true that photography is a visual medium, I am always fascinated by images that can suggestively invoke my other senses. Have you ever looked at a photo in a cookbook or magazine and commented that the food looked so good you could practically taste it? What really pulls me into the essence of a photograph, though, is texture. Whether I’m feeling colorful autumn leaves crunching under my feet, the delicate edges of flower petals on my fingertips, or the jagged shards of a broken window– when a photo makes me want to touch it you have me hooked."

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Terrified of Street Photography? Here's How I Do It - Digital Photography School

Terrified of Street Photography? Here's How I Do It - Digital Photography School: "I am truly terrified of street photography. It is such a daunting task to point my camera at a stranger’s face and click. I know in India (and many other places) not too many people mind, but I just completely freeze somehow. Yet I was fascinated by street photography. I would keep reading tips after tips thinking something would unlock the secret for me. In the end I had to discover my own way. I am still far from comfortable but I look forward to street photography as well on my trips. These are the things that got me started, even if tentatively."

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