10 Photo projects ideas that will make you a better photographer

10 Photo projects ideas that will make you a better photographer: "One of the best ways to make yourself a better photographer is to do projects that will make you focus on a specific thing and allow you to explore all you can within that specific area to make you learn all you can and get you proficient in that area."

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How to buy a digital camera

How to buy a digital camera: "To save your family memories, everyone needs to have a quality digital camera. There are so many choices on the market now it is very hard to choose the best digital camera for you."

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These Lightroom Presets Will Change Your Digital Workflow – PictureCorrect

These Lightroom Presets Will Change Your Digital Workflow – PictureCorrect: "My personal digital workflow has changed a lot this year – I used to start in Photoshop with adjustment layers to do my primary processing. But now I power up Lightroom and go straight to Trey’s Lightroom Presets as a starting point (and I am often surprised to also end with them). We reached out to Trey Ratcliff who agreed to give our readers 25% off until next Friday, simply use the discount code picturepresets at checkout."

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10 Secrets for Better Flower Photography

10 Secrets for Better Flower Photography: "This article should give you the basic understanding of what can be done to get pictures of flowers that will be envied by your friends. It is assumed you already know how your camera works and how to expose ro get decent results. If you follow these easy steps your flower photography will change for the better. Let’s begin!"

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“Continuous Shooting” Mode: A Useful Feature in HDR Photography – From the HDR Photography Workshop Series

“Continuous Shooting” Mode: A Useful Feature in HDR Photography – From the HDR Photography Workshop Series: "With HDR photography, we are often consecutively capturing 3 or more shots with different exposures of the same scene to create a final HDR image. If we are manually capturing the shots in our HDR sequence, the chances of detail reduction in our images will increase as you might cause the camera to shake every time you press the camera shutter (not to mention ghosting caused by a longer duration between shots)."

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Two-Light Portrait Photography with Continuous Lighting – PictureCorrect

Two-Light Portrait Photography with Continuous Lighting – PictureCorrect: "For a long time, strobe units have enjoyed an untouchable place in the world of professional photography. Now, with the improvement of compact fluorescent bulbs, high ISO performance, and the introduction of DSLR HD video, continuous lighting is making a comeback in a big way. More and more, people are combining stills and video in the same shoot, and having a solid lighting setup can facilitate both needs at once. In this video from The Slanted Lens, the team displays the dynamics of a continuous two-light setup:"

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Aperture: Get Creative – PictureCorrect

Aperture: Get Creative – PictureCorrect: "The primary purpose of the aperture setting is to regulate the amount of light that passes through the lens. Along with the shutter speed, it determines the quantity of light that reaches the camera’s sensor (or film) and forms a third of the ‘exposure triangle’. But, of more interest to most photographers is the creative potential of the aperture and shutter speed settings. I wrote about shutter speed a few weeks ago and today I’m going to explore some ways of making the most out of aperture"

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How I shot and edited it: The Second Severn Crossing

How I shot and edited it: The Second Severn Crossing: "The image above is a long exposure taken of the Second Severn Crossing, a motorway bridge that crosses the River Severn, just outside Bristol, England.  I have been asked a number of times how this image was processed, what software/plug-ins were used, so I thought it would be a useful exercise to explain it here."

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How to Use Sunset Light to Light Portraits

How to Use Sunset Light to Light Portraits: "Sunset is arguably the most beautiful time of day for portrait light. But you don’t want to simply take your subject outside and start shooting. Take a few moments to identify “how” to use your light and your portraits will be dreamy."

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Digital Black and White Photography Tips | Web and Graphic Design

Digital Black and White Photography Tips | Web and Graphic Design: "Black and white photography offers usually held a good appeal, particularly for certain situations and settings. In fact, numerous photography instructors focus on supplying black and white photography tips to their students in order to help them obtain the fundamentals without the possibility of getting distracted."

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Professional Photographer to the Rescue: interior photography tips for ideal homes | Digital Camera World - page 4

Professional Photographer to the Rescue: interior photography tips for ideal homes | Digital Camera World - page 4: "Sekonic light meter

“Using a light meter can save a lot of faffing around trying to get the exposure right in-camera,” says Max. “By taking a reading of the light that’s falling on the scene rather than the light that’s reflected, you’ll get a much more accurate exposure setting. I always expose for the ambient light only, with any lights in the scene switched off, and then turn the lights on to add interest, or use reflectors.”"

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B&W Photography Tips From Worldclass Mobile Photographers from Adorama Learning Center

B&W Photography Tips From Worldclass Mobile Photographers from Adorama Learning Center: "Join Oliver Lang, Koci Hernandez, Dutch Doscher, Doc Pop and Christian J. Sweet as they discuss the technigues and apps for shooting B&W phootography with a Mobile Phone.


In today's segment of the Mobile Photography Show, a group of world class photographers share the iPhone photo apps that they use and some tips for shooting Black and White mobile photography. Learn about the Black and White photography apps used by the some of the worlds best artists and apply what you learn to your own style of mobile photography."

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How to photograph a newborn baby

How to photograph a newborn baby: "One of the most special memories there is to save is the birth of a baby, be it your child or grandchild. A baby changes so fast that even a period of 1 week can make a huge difference in the way they look. The things you miss will never happen again, they are going to do things for the first time and it’s nice to have a memory of that time."

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