How to Take Great Portraits – PictureCorrect

How to Take Great Portraits – PictureCorrect: "n my opinion the greatest medium for capturing a person’s character is through photography. It may seem odd to say a single shot can capture character while only capturing the moment, but done well it will tell you more about the person than any other medium without prejudicing your views through hearing them etc."

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20 Spectacular Macro Photography Examples

20 Spectacular Macro Photography Examples: "Macro Photography is the technique of photographing a subject up close. Typically the subject fills most, if not the entire, image plane. Stunning macro photography is generally best achieved with special equipment, including a specially designed lens. However, most modern cameras (point and shoot especially) have macro setting options built into the camera; making it a very common, but no less stunning, technique."

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9 Pet Photography Tips

9 Pet Photography Tips: "Pets fill very quickly their place in our hearts and families and we enjoy having their pictures framed on our desk or wall! However taking pictures of your best friend is not always easy. Pets, unlike humans, do not understand what we are trying to do and won’t just pose for the camera! Here are 9 tips that will help you help you get the most of your photo session"

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Focus on Francis Cormon: Photography at the mercy of the wind…

Focus on Francis Cormon: Photography at the mercy of the wind…: "Arial photography has always fascinated me, especially when you rediscover familiar places from above. I first saw Francis Cormon’s work at a photo exhibit near my hometown in Normandy, France. I had often seen paramotors flying over the Normandy coast and countryside; little did I know that one of those pilots was Francis shooting breathtaking images of the beautiful French landscape."

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Don’t Wait for a Smile

Don’t Wait for a Smile: Take photos of your baby — or if you’re a professional photographer, of your client’s baby — in whatever state they’re in. Serious, curious, grumpy, sleepy, silly or sad.

Stolen Camera Gear: Are You Protecting Yourself?

Stolen Camera Gear: Are You Protecting Yourself?: This has been the craziest week in my mad mad world, hence the adapted movie quote. One of the biggest things that we as photographers fear has happened to me. Our home was burglarized and the thieves nabbed my camera gear.

Mini autofocus lens mimics the human eye

Mini autofocus lens mimics the human eye: Mobile phone cameras generally aren't known for their fantastic image quality. One of the reasons for this is the fact that most of them have fixed-focus lenses, as opposed to the autofocus lenses on all but the cheapest stand-alone cameras

Polarizer Filters In Photography – PictureCorrect

Polarizer Filters In Photography – PictureCorrect: If there’s one important digital camera accessory that professional photographers carry apart from the lens, it has to be the polarizer. The pros that use DSLRs or the large-format film normally have various types of this accessory.

Tutorial: How I Retouch A Portrait For A Magazine Cover – Blink 182 Edition – ADVENTURES OF A COMMERCIAL PHOTOGRAPHER / FILMMAKER

Tutorial: How I Retouch A Portrait For A Magazine Cover – Blink 182 Edition – ADVENTURES OF A COMMERCIAL PHOTOGRAPHER / FILMMAKER: This is a follow-up tutorial from my original blog post the other week when I announced the 4 covers Alt Press Magazine was releasing from my Blink 182 photoshoot in Los Angeles. I do a quick and dirty tutorial of how I cleaned up and retouched one of the portraits for the cover of the magazine. As you’ll notice, Photoshop plugin Nik Viveza 2 is an integral part of how I got the desaturated textured look of the final image

Digital Photo - Compact Super Zooms | DPmag.com

Digital Photo - Compact Super Zooms | DPmag.com: For many photo opportunities, compact "superzoom" cameras are the perfect blend of size and performance, combining DSLR features with a versatile, big-range zoom lens. This year's models have had some exciting improvements and technological advancements, which have made them smaller and yet more robust than ever before.