Sunday, November 2, 2014

Tips to Emphasize Your Subject in Photography – PictureCorrect

Tips to Emphasize Your Subject in Photography – PictureCorrect: "When you watch a movie there is one element that never changes: a leading character. The whole movie centers around this leading player and the story is created around this subject. It is no different with a still image, like a photograph. Each photo should have its lead character, called the subject, around which the image is created."



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Dealing with Difficult Lighting Situations - Digital Photo Secrets

Dealing with Difficult Lighting Situations - Digital Photo Secrets: "In the Photographer’s Perfect Paradise, the golden hour would last all day long. The light would forever be soft, your subjects would never squint and raccoon eyes would simply be markings on the face of a common North American procyonid."



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3 Steps to Better Interior Photography – PictureCorrect

3 Steps to Better Interior Photography – PictureCorrect: "With any good photography, you need to decide beforehand what the purpose is of the image that you are about to make. Is the picture intended to show the interior design, the build, the finish, the furniture, or perhaps the floor or ceiling? Perhaps the lighting company hired you to cover its latest project? Try to look with the eyes of your clients and see what they want to communicate with the pictures. It makes a tremendous difference if you photograph with a wide-angle lens from a high viewpoint to give an overview of a space or from a low viewpoint to draw the attention to the furniture or the ceiling."



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A Quick Way to Make your Autumn Photos Pop (Video Tutorial) – PictureCorrect

A Quick Way to Make your Autumn Photos Pop (Video Tutorial) – PictureCorrect: "If you love capturing the bright hues of autumn, chances are many of your attempts had ended with heartache. Modern cameras, even with all the latest technology, are not nearly sensitive enough to capture all the dynamic range in a typical autumn landscape scene. So, how do you make your autumn photos pop? Hopefully you haven’t thrown away those unprocessed RAW files, because in this video tutorial, photographer Serge Ramelli shows us exactly how to salvage them in Lightroom:"



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4 Tips for Taking Better Holiday Photos

4 Tips for Taking Better Holiday Photos: "With the holiday season just around the corner, many of us will be toting our cameras to festivals, parties, and family gatherings to preserve our precious memories for years to come. Unfortunately, you might look back at some of your pictures and wonder why they were blurry, out of focus, or just not all that interesting. Whether you have a smartphone or DSLR, here are a few simple techniques you can use to make your photos not only stand out, but help you learn a bit more about photography along the way."



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7 Things That Keep You From Charging What You’re Worth (and how to get over them)

7 Things That Keep You From Charging What You’re Worth (and how to get over them): "Charging people money is scary. Having people I’ve never met ask me to produce something I have metaphorically promised the world I can do at a professional level, that may or may not meet their expectations, is terrifying. There is so much I can’t control – the weather, the mood of everyone involved, my camera suddenly deciding to jam without warning,"



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How Lighting Affects The Mood Of Your Photos - Digital Photo Secrets

How Lighting Affects The Mood Of Your Photos - Digital Photo Secrets: "Good photography, just like any art, should tug at our heartstrings. Images should make us feel one way or another, and if they don’t, we tend to ignore them. What you photograph is important. We’ve shown how subject selection can seriously impact the mood of your photos. But there’s something else that goes beyond this. As you’re about to learn, lighting is just as important. I’ll show you why."



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Why Do Cloudy Day Photos Seem Flat? - Digital Photo Secrets

Why Do Cloudy Day Photos Seem Flat? - Digital Photo Secrets: "If you’re like most beginners in photography, taking photos on a cloudy day is almost often a challenge. It seems no matter how much you try and how often you hear well-meaning advice from professionals, the tips don’t seem to work. The photos you take almost always come out darn flat! What could be wrong?"



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

Shoot In The Dark Without Using A Flash And Without Image Blur - 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 Capture Motion and Blur in Photography – PictureCorrect

How to Capture Motion and Blur in Photography – PictureCorrect: "The fans are screaming; the Bulls have the ball, and you are following number 23 as he approaches the basket. He jumps, he shoots … you score! You did get that picture just as the ball left his fingertips, didn’t you? If you got that Sports Illustrated cover shot, the ball would be frozen just past the tip of his fingers."



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Tips for Creating a Candid Street Photography Project – PictureCorrect

Tips for Creating a Candid Street Photography Project – PictureCorrect: "At some point in the life of a photographer, they start to think past the single image. They start to think of their work in terms of themes and ideas. They start to classify their images into groups. This is not the case for all photographers, but for some of them. Others only think in terms of individual images and there is nothing wrong with that."



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How to Photograph Swimwear – PictureCorrect

How to Photograph Swimwear – PictureCorrect: "When shooting at the beach, there are a lot of elements to keep track of. The wind, the water, and the sun can all have huge effects on a swimwear photoshoot. Michael Grecco has created an instructional video to show how he shoots stunning and smoldering swimwear photos while overcoming these obstacles:"



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