Photographing Kids: A Walk Through a Shoot

Photographing Kids: A Walk Through a Shoot: "Today we have a video from Jarded Polin from FroKnowsPhoto where he walks us through a photo shoot of a child. Jared did this shoot with a fairly entry level DSLR – a Nikon D3100 and a good but not professional lens – to show you that you can shoot in manual and get decent results even with basic gear."

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How to Take Better Pictures WIth Your Smartphone - Bonnie Cha - Product Reviews - AllThingsD

How to Take Better Pictures WIth Your Smartphone - Bonnie Cha - Product Reviews - AllThingsD: "Here’s something that will put a smile on your face: The cameras on smartphones are getting better, so you no longer have to give up features or image quality for the sake of convenience. Companies like Apple, HTC, Nokia and Samsung are incorporating more advanced technology and functions into their devices. Even so, chances are good that your smartphone camera photos aren’t reaching their full potential."

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The Key To Great Photography Is A Good Lens, Right? by Digital Photo Secrets

The Key To Great Photography Is A Good Lens, Right? by Digital Photo Secrets: "opinion The Key To Great Photography Is A Good Lens, Right? You wouldn’t be the first one to think that. Quite a few inexperienced (and sadly, experienced) photographers seem to believe this, and it’s completely false."

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7 Tips for Photographing Teenagers by Digital Photo Secrets

7 Tips for Photographing Teenagers by Digital Photo Secrets: "When it comes to photographing kids, most photography sites put their emphasis on little kids from chasing toddlers to capturing the crayon holding moments."

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How to Photograph a Lie

How to Photograph a Lie: "A friend of mine in London runs a catering business. She needed some publicity pictures for a new idea: fun bags for children at weddings. Thing is, she needed them well ahead of the start of the summer wedding season."

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Posing Guide: 21 Sample Poses to Get You Started with Glamour Photography

Posing Guide: 21 Sample Poses to Get You Started with Glamour Photography: "No doubt, today’s media and advertising industry heavily exploits “fashion” and “sexy” themes (sometimes indeed too much). Over time public perception of what is acceptable has also broadened. This trend drives the demand and naturally glamour photography is increasing in popularity. Specialized glamour photo studios are opening with photographers working together with professional hair and makeup artists in order to provide a kind of “fashion model” experience for their clients."

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Accenting Faces Using a Grid: Portrait Lighting – PictureCorrect

Accenting Faces Using a Grid: Portrait Lighting – PictureCorrect: "Using grids to accent and smooth out imperfections on a models face is something professional photographers have been doing for quite some time. With a little instruction and practice, the technique isn’t all that hard to do and the results can save you a fair amount of time when it comes time to edit. Take a look at the following instructional video hosted by Mark Wallace, for a few pointer on how he uses a grid in combination with the rest of his studio light setup:"

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Using Natural Light in Landscape Photography – PictureCorrect

Using Natural Light in Landscape Photography – PictureCorrect: "Along with composition, the quality of light is perhaps the most important factor affecting the success of a landscape photograph. Whilst composition can be completely controlled, good quality light on the other hand cannot. We can however control the direction of the light and therefore use the optimum angle of light to enhance the appearance of our main subject and ultimately the success of our landscape photograph."

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The 10 Steps Every HDR Photographer Goes Through

The 10 Steps Every HDR Photographer Goes Through: "HDR. Oh that word. A word that is either famous or infamous, taboo or revered depending on what circle you are a part of or stumble onto. HDR has been through a lot in the past few years no doubt and one thing I’ve noticed is that every photographer seems to go through nearly the exact same stages in their process. I see these stages all the time."

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Syncing And Backing Up Your Lightroom Catalog With Dropbox

Syncing And Backing Up Your Lightroom Catalog With Dropbox: "With all the new ways to sync files across the Internet has come a key Adobe originally did not include with Lightroom: The ability to use one Lightroom catalog on different computers. For technical reasons, Lightroom is not set up like other databases (think WordPress)where multiple users can access the same database at the same time. Lightroom lock control of the inuse library to just one user at time and because of this, they have not allowed locating libraries on network drives."

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