Lighting Ratios to Make or Break your Portrait

Lighting Ratios to Make or Break your Portrait: "In a previous article (6 Lighting Patterns every photographer should know) I talked about lighting patterns and how they create shape and dimensions on the face. Another factor that contributes to the effectiveness of a portrait is the lighting ratio. As a math term, a ratio is a comparison of one thing to another. The dictionary definition states, “the quantitative relation between two amounts showing the number of times one value contains or is contained within the other ”"

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Prototype gigapixel camera incorporates 98 microcameras

Prototype gigapixel camera incorporates 98 microcameras: "While digital cameras such as the Hasselblad H4D-200MS and Nikon D800 have pushed the megapixel boundary in recent times, and Nokia’s inclusion of a 41-megapixel camera into its 808 PureView smartphone got plenty of attention, researchers at Duke University and the University of Arizona say the age of consumer gigapixel cameras are just around the corner – and they’ve created a prototype gigapixel camera to back up their claim."

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Creative Tango Dance Photography Tips – PictureCorrect

Creative Tango Dance Photography Tips – PictureCorrect: "Hoping for something a little outside the box, when Montreal based photographer, Benjamin Von Wong, was asked to photograph a pair of tango dance partners, he took to the streets for a guerrilla style photo shoot.  To keep help keep the makeshift “studio” portable, he brought along only a few items: a neutral density filter, a softbox, an umbrella, and of course a couple of assistants to lend a helping hand. Take a look here:"

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Introduction to Editing Photos in Lightroom – PictureCorrect

Introduction to Editing Photos in Lightroom – PictureCorrect: "While Photoshop has some excellent features for editing photographs, it’s not necessarily known as fast way to edit multiple images. That’s where Lightroomcomes into play."

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How to Take Pictures of Fireworks – PictureCorrect

How to Take Pictures of Fireworks – PictureCorrect: "Since the 4th of July is coming up in the U.S., Independence Day, it’s a good time to review the basics of photographing fireworks. It’s easy, it’s fun and a great way to preserve the memories of those wonderful displays."

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Lightroom 4 Cropping Tool in Complete Detail

Lightroom 4 Cropping Tool in Complete Detail: "In this article we will go over Lightroom’s Cropping Tool in complete detail. We will be covering manual cropping, Custom Ratio’s, the Straighten Tool, as well as the Frame Crop Tool and the Constrain to Warp option. We will also touch on Major Crops, and how to compensate to enhance detail.  To get started, you can access the Crop OverlayTool by hitting “R” on your keyboard or by selecting it on the Adjustment Tool Bar."

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Do More With Your Polarizer | OutdoorPhotographer.com

Do More With Your Polarizer | OutdoorPhotographer.com: "If you think a polarizer is only for darkening the sky, you're missing opportunities to enhance reflections, saturate color and emphasize texture in shade or overcast. Many nature photographers are simply screwing on a polarizer without understanding how it works, mistakenly believing that merely having it attached is sufficient. When used properly, a polarizer is one of the most valuable tools in your bag for creating rich, evocative landscape photos. "

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Backlit Landscapes | OutdoorPhotographer.com

Backlit Landscapes | OutdoorPhotographer.com: "Backlight can impart many different looks to a landscape. It can emphasize a strong silhouette, it can rim light a subject with a strong outer glow, it can enhance the look of fog or mist, it can create shafts of misty light, and it can provide a sun star as the sun ever so slightly peeks from behind a portion of the subject. It presents a unique quality of light that is often overlooked by landscape photographers. It presents challenges, but the rewards are worth the effort. Subjects must be judiciously chosen. The more you realize which ones work, the more you’ll add dramatic images to your files."

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8 Tips For Photographing Birds

8 Tips For Photographing Birds: "Photographing birds can be really frustrating. They never seem to sit still for even just a second, and if you get too close, they’ll just fly away"

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Establishing Yourself as a Photographer on a College Campus: A How To

Establishing Yourself as a Photographer on a College Campus: A How To: "My name is Xavier Burgin. I am a recent graduate from The University of Alabama. In the upcoming Spring, I’ll be attending The University of Southern California’s Cinematic Arts Program as a graduate student. During my undergraduate tenure I focused my academic studies within film production, but I worked as a freelance photographer and videographer around the campus and city of Tuscaloosa, AL"

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