Saturday, June 28, 2014

Fixing Red Eye - Digital Photo Secrets

Fixing Red Eye - Digital Photo Secrets: "Have you ever had that annoying ‘red eye’ problem with your photos? You’re out at night and take some snaps of your friends, but when you look at the photos the next day, you see a huge red blob in your friends’ eyes. You wonder how that happened and what you can do to fix it."



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Taking Great Photos at the County Fair - Digital Photo Secrets

Taking Great Photos at the County Fair - Digital Photo Secrets: "Funnel cakes, ferris wheels and fun houses – what could be better than a county fair? With all those sights and lights, carnival photos should almost take themselves. Except that they usually don’t. So why is it so easy to capture blurry, chaotic and generally uninteresting shots at a carnival, and so hard to bring home photos that wow?"



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How To Take Sharper Pictures - Digital Photo Secrets

How To Take Sharper Pictures - 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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Converting Photos to Black & White: Topaz B&W Effects 2 – PictureCorrect

Converting Photos to Black & White: Topaz B&W Effects 2 – PictureCorrect: "Topaz B&W Effects 2 is designed to be the most technologically-advanced software available for custom black and white photography conversion. They are offering it at 30% off until the end of the month which means there’s only a few days left, simply remember to use the voucher code JUNEBW at checkout. Deal Found here: Topaz Black & White Effects"



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Weekly Photography Challenge Hills and Valleys

Weekly Photography Challenge Hills and Valleys: "Earlier today I shared a collection of images of hills and mountains. Now it’s your turn.

This week’s photography challenge is to get out and do some landscape photography. Specifically hills, valleys and mountains – get out into some natural landscape.

Some ideas to get started:"



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Using Off-camera Flash to Fix Lighting Problems for Outdoor Portraits

Using Off-camera Flash to Fix Lighting Problems for Outdoor Portraits: "When you’re taking pictures of family and friends outdoors, you are often not in control of the light, and that can lead to poor portraits."



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5 Tips for Creating a Photo Essay with a Purpose

5 Tips for Creating a Photo Essay with a Purpose: "s a photographer, you are a storyteller. The nouns are your subject matter; the verbs are the color and contrast that keep the story moving. A cast of characters all working together to get your point across. Instead of proper grammar, you ensure proper exposure. Instead of spelling errors, you watch for tack-sharp focus. For those times when the story is especially important and meaningful, or for when one image doesn’t say it all, there is the photographic essay. With blogging and social media, photo essays are more popular than ever: humorous or emotionally relevant, sparking debate or encouraging compassion, each with a story to tell."



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Posing Guide for Photographing Women: 7 More Poses to Get You 21 Different Photos [Part II] - Digital Photography School

Posing Guide for Photographing Women: 7 More Poses to Get You 21 Different Photos [Part II] - Digital Photography School: "f you haven’t read the first article in this series, I would kindly recommend you to start with Posing Guide for Photographing Women: 7 Poses to Get You 21 Different Photos – Part I where we started with 7 standing poses.

Let’s continue this time with 7 sitting poses for female subjects and their possible variations in order to get at least three different shots for each pose."



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Learn Tips Digital Photography Success; Tips For Photographing, Glamour Photography Tips - Video Dailymotion

Learn Tips Digital Photography Success; Tips For Photographing, Glamour Photography Tips - Video Dailymotion:



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Photography Tips for Panning {tracking a moving subject}

Photography Tips for Panning {tracking a moving subject}: "Hi friends! I forgot to share with you my most recent article I wrote for the New York Institute of Photography. It’s all about tracking a moving subject, or Panning! It’s tricky, I still struggle with it, but I’ve got tips on how to get started.  If you “pin for later” I’d love for you to pin it here, and help me spread the word!"



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