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Digital photography landscape projects: To make you a better photographer - Kindle edition by Steve Pease. Arts & Photography Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.: "The difference between someone who takes pictures, and someone who makes pictures is all about how you see the parts of the photos you are making. Practicing with the art of taking great pictures is the way to get them to be great."



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Loving Landscapes - Digital Photography School

Loving Landscapes - Digital Photography School: "If you’ve ever been frustrated that the landscape photos from your camera don’t portray the magical scenes you witnessed, then this is eBook will open up a new world of creative possibilities"



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How Your Camera Gets in the Way of Creating Great Photos

How Your Camera Gets in the Way of Creating Great Photos: "I am the kind of person who loves nothing more than to read a new camera manual back to front. When the Canon 5d MK3 came out the manual was over 200 pages, YUM! It was the thickest Canon manual yet, heaven!"



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How to Shoot a Star Trails Selfie

How to Shoot a Star Trails Selfie: "There are times when planning and patience can result in a killer shot. This nighttime star trails selfie (above) that I captured in the Canadian Rockies was one of those times. I’d planned to shoot star trails over Mount Rundle and the town of Banff, Alberta while hopefully capturing reflections in Vermillion Lake, surrounded by melting ice."



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3 Reasons to Disable Your Camera's Auto-Review Function

3 Reasons to Disable Your Camera's Auto-Review Function: "Whether you have an iPhone, a pocket camera, or a DSLR it’s likely that the first thing you do after taking a picture is peek at the back LCD screen to see how it turned out. Did you capture that flawless sunset glow? Is that flower petal perfectly in focus? Was everyone in the group photo smiling?"



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How to Create a Catch Light in Your Subjects' Eyes in Lightroom 3

How to Create a Catch Light in Your Subjects' Eyes in Lightroom 3: "(The Lightroom video tutorial in this post is just under the introductory text below. The working files for this Lightroom video tutorial can be found just above the video. So that we can keep on providing free paid-quality content, please share these videos and raise awareness of SLR Lounge by Facebooking or Tweeting the site and articles, thank you!)"



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5 Most Common Mistakes in Wildlife Photography and How to Avoid Them

5 Most Common Mistakes in Wildlife Photography and How to Avoid Them: "Animals, especially wild ones, make such beautiful subjects that we cannot resist turning our cameras on them to capture images of these majestic creatures in their natural state."



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The Classic Portrait: How to Build and Use Your Own Portable Portrait Studio - Digital Photography School

The Classic Portrait: How to Build and Use Your Own Portable Portrait Studio - Digital Photography School: "Ed Verosky is a professional photographer and author based in New York. In this article, Verosky explains how to create classic portraits with minimal lighting equipment. To learn more about achieving great lighting in any situation, check out Verosky’s popular eBook, “100% Reliable Flash Photography.“"



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500px ISO » Stunning Photography, Incredible Stories » 10 Portrait Photographers You Should Follow Right Now on 500px

500px ISO » Stunning Photography, Incredible Stories » 10 Portrait Photographers You Should Follow Right Now on 500px: "Looking for new photographers to follow on 500px? Great! We’ve got a set of Top 10 lists in the works that’ll help you do just that. We’ll work our way through the major categories of photography — from wildlife, to landscapes, to street photography, to portraiture, and beyond — listing out 10 of our favorite 500px photographers in each genre."



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Weekly Photography Challenge - Light Rays

Weekly Photography Challenge - Light Rays: "So now it’s your turn to go out and replicate this type of photograph. You may think – that’s impossible how can I create that if it doesn’t already exist? Well there are some things you can do to help it along."



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High Dynamic Range Photography (HDR) – PictureCorrect

High Dynamic Range Photography (HDR) – PictureCorrect: "High dynamic range (HDR) photography captivates viewers through its bedazzling attention to details and its stunning array of color. Rich and beautiful images created using HDR techniques directly responds to the age old problem of not being able to record what the eye can see. HDR overcomes this limitation and more."



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7 Tips to Take Better Family Photos

7 Tips to Take Better Family Photos: "Even if it’s a few emails, a phone call, or an in person meeting at a coffee shop, have a consultation with the family at some point before the shoot. Address things like what the family will wear (use a service like Pinterest to create a board for the family to look at for suggestions on how they might dress), what time of day would be the best for them, and what they’re looking to get out of the shoot (i.e., candids, headshots, or a holiday card)."



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24 Powerful Images With Complementary Colors

24 Powerful Images With Complementary Colors: "They appear often in nature and are called complementary because they do just that, complement one another. They work well and make strong compositions."



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Reversed Lenses: How to Shoot Macro Photography on a Budget – PictureCorrect

Reversed Lenses: How to Shoot Macro Photography on a Budget – PictureCorrect: "Macro photography gives you the opportunity to explore new and exciting worlds on your doorstep. It’s amazing seeing something for the first time, that is otherwise invisible to the naked eye. However, macro photography lenses are typically very expensive, so why not reverse some old prime lenses that you can purchase for under £20? You can reverse any lens, but prime lenses provide much clearer optics and nearly always result in better macro photographs."



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Finding And Working With Available Light

Finding And Working With Available Light: "Let’s be clear on definitions first. As a street photographer my preferred source of light is sunlight, more specifically, natural light. Available and ambient light refer to any and all light sources the photographer did not introduce for their photograph; light bulbs, candles, fire, neon, to name a few."



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Beach Photography Tips – PictureCorrect

Beach Photography Tips – PictureCorrect: "Have you ever been on a beach holiday and thought it would be a good idea to take thousands of photographs to remember how beautiful it was, only to be disappointed with the final result? I’ll bet you took a portrait of your loved one only for the shot to turn them into a dark shadow—or it left them with harsh black shadows on their faces. Don’t worry; you’re not the worst photographer in the world—this problem is quite common."



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10 Macro Photography Tips - YouTube

10 Macro Photography Tips - YouTube: ""



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5 Tips for Doing Candid Wedding Photography

5 Tips for Doing Candid Wedding Photography: "Weddings have changed drastically in the past few years. Couples want more from a wedding these days, they don’t want the traditional, normal photography anymore. They frequently ask for documentary or candid wedding photography because it captures the emotions of not only the couple, but also the guests enjoying themselves without lining them up in front of the camera."



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