How to Use Your Camera’s LCD Monitor to Improve Composition – PictureCorrect

How to Use Your Camera’s LCD Monitor to Improve Composition – PictureCorrect: You may own the most expensive photo equipment and have the latest array of software for tweaking your images but it’s all for naught if you haven’t quite figured out the fundamentals of how to put together a suitable well balanced composition.

Impossible Photography by Erik Johansson: TED Talk – PictureCorrect

Impossible Photography by Erik Johansson: TED Talk – PictureCorrect: "


A recent TED TALK by digital artist, Erik Johansson has raised a few eyebrows among the photography crowd for more than a couple reasons."

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Yosemite Time-lapse Photography – PictureCorrect

Yosemite Time-lapse Photography – PictureCorrect: "Yosemite is, without a doubt, a true nature photographers playground. So much in fact, a section of the park is named in honor of famous photographer, Ansel Adams. Colin Delehanty recently spent four days with a fellow photographer, Sheldon Niel, to create this four minute timelapse of the park. This project has now received media attention worldwide and millions of people have seen since it was released a few weeks ago. Take a moment and enjoy:"

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Rembrandt Lighting in Photography – PictureCorrect

Rembrandt Lighting in Photography – PictureCorrect: "Rembrandt lighting was named after of the great master, who often used it in his own portraits. The idea is to create a small inverted triangle of light on the subject’s cheek which is opposite the light source. This is very flattering (especially for people with prominent cheekbone structure) and was often used in old Hollywood portraits. It is important to ensure that you get catch lights in both eyes"

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Want to be a Child Photographer but Don’t have Kids?

Want to be a Child Photographer but Don’t have Kids?: "I just had an excellent question over on my Facebook page. One reader asked, “How easy, or not, is it to get into child photography? I don’t have children, none of my friends have children but I have a growing interest in investigating the child photography side of things.”"

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The Impact of Less

The Impact of Less: "Photography is about choices and decisions. Make the right ones up to the moment the shutter button is pressed and a successful composition will result. This sounds simple enough but we all know how frustratingly elusive this can be. The key to good photography is consistently choosing the right options and we achieve this not through following a magic formula, nor by having the best kit, but by practice."

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Pentax Ricoh and Marc Newson create new K-01 camera with world's thinnest interchangeable lens

Pentax Ricoh and Marc Newson create new K-01 camera with world's thinnest interchangeable lens: "entax Ricoh and acclaimed designer Marc Newson have joined forces to create a new 16 megapixel mirrorless camera and a new pancake lens that's claimed to be the world's thinnest interchangeable lens. The Pentax K-01 interchangeable lens camera (pronounced "kay zero one") is also said to be compatible with over 25 million previously-produced Pentax K-mount lenses."

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War Photography Insights from the Field – PictureCorrect

War Photography Insights from the Field – PictureCorrect: "Probably the most difficult and dangerous job in photography is that of a war photographer. Getty Photographer John Moore is no stranger to working in conflict zones having been on assignments in both Iraq and Afghanistan. In early 2011 he was assigned to Cairo to cover to growing uprising against President Mubarak."

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My Still-Life Photography Adventure

My Still-Life Photography Adventure: "Everyone has photographed still life images at one time or another. It’s usually one of those everyday images that catches our eye such as the sun shining through colored glass bottles on a window sill, fresh flowers in a vase or a stack of old books on an antique table."

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Fujifilm X10 Review

Fujifilm X10 Review: "Described as an ‘enthusiast camera’, this one took me quite by surprise. With a new camera for review I normally take it out of its box, tap a few buttons, power up, then delve deeper."

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