How Contrast Affects Your Photos by Digital Photo Secrets

How Contrast Affects Your Photos by Digital Photo Secrets: "If you’ve spent much time working in black and white, you already know how important it is to understand contrast. Contrast is what keeps your black and white images from looking flat. Contrast adds dimension, and dimension can go a long way towards making a photo more engaging. It invites the viewer into the image."

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7 Tips for Getting Razor-Sharp Photos Every Time by Digital Photo Secrets

7 Tips for Getting Razor-Sharp Photos Every Time by Digital Photo Secrets: "Not every photograph is meant to be sharp. There are times you’ll intentionally blur an image, such as in sports photography when you’re capturing a racecar zooming around the track and want to show speed. Then again, there are times you want to stop the action and have a sharp image, like this pooch running on the beach! The majority of the time, you are going to want your pictures to be crystal clear and sharp and n some cases, it’s the camera that makes the difference while in others it’s the photographer and post-processing software. Let’s break this down into 7 helpful tips."

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Creative Color Processing (Part 3/3 – Tone Curve)

Creative Color Processing (Part 3/3 – Tone Curve): "Tone curve is perhaps the most powerful tool in our creative color tool box. Tone curve is usually used for precise contrast control, but with Lr 4, we now have access to the individual RGB channels via the tone curve adjustment. Prior to Lr 4, this type of edit required Photoshop."

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Photographing Dragonflies and Damselflies – PictureCorrect

Photographing Dragonflies and Damselflies – PictureCorrect: "Bright, colorful, alien-like dragonflies and damselflies are some of the most unusual creatures you or I are likely to come across. Moving at seemingly impossible speeds and always seeming to be on the go, these insects can be a challenge to even the most experienced photographer, but there are ways to increase your chances of getting the wall perfect shot. Hopefully, here, you will gain a much better understanding of how you could achieve these shots yourself."

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Fashion Photography Tips: New Tactics For Your Next Photo Shoot | IFB

Fashion Photography Tips: New Tactics For Your Next Photo Shoot | IFB: "f a picture is usually worth 1,000 words, it’s got to be worth at least 2,000 on a fashion blog – don’t you think? Photography and imagery is so important for drawing in readers, entertaining them, and sharing your style. We never want our photos to feel tired, and the start of a new year is the perfect time to give your photo shoots some new flavor. Sooo, what exactly is new? What’s flavor? What will feel fresh at this point?"

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BetterPhoto Instructor Insights: How Can I Preview the Exact Depth of Field?

BetterPhoto Instructor Insights: How Can I Preview the Exact Depth of Field?: "Question: I have some understanding about depth of field, but when composing a photo with my Canon EOS T4i, how can I see what will be in focus and what will not? No matter what aperture I set, the scene looks the same through the viewfinder and also on the LCD screen in Live View. Also do telephoto lenses have less depth of field than wide angle lenses?"

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Learning to See, Part II

Learning to See, Part II: "From the day we are born we start to see the world in colour. Just like taxes and death there is no avoiding it, or at least we should hope not."

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10 Photography Tips To Better Capture What You See | Improve Photography

10 Photography Tips To Better Capture What You See | Improve Photography: "So you have an artistic eye.  You see the world in ways that are unique, interesting, and different.  You want to share this world view through your photography… but one of the greatest frustrations new photographers encounter is that when they get back to their computer and pull images off the camera, the results are nothing like the grand vision they experienced while shooting. "

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99 Common Photography Problems (and how to solve them) | Digital Camera World

99 Common Photography Problems (and how to solve them) | Digital Camera World: "As well as being one of the most expensive hobbies around, photography is also one of the more technical pastimes you can pursue. But it doesn’t have to be confusing!"

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Outdoor Country Engagement

Outdoor Country Engagement: "t’s all about the engagement today. Next up we have one of our Hand-Picked Vendors,  Jeremy Harwell with a completely cute outdoor country engagement session."

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