7 Tips for How to Take Close Up Photos of Nature by Digital Photo Secrets

7 Tips for How to Take Close Up Photos of Nature by Digital Photo Secrets: "Considering the billions of photographs out there, few of them have the tendency to stop us in our tracks and to really observe them the way close up nature photos do. There’s something compelling about the details in a micro world that isn’t always visible to the eye. There’s something awe inspiring about seeing a landscape image… the big view. But with macro photography, it’s as though we have zoomed in with a microscope or magnifying glass on a landscape photo to view the finite details."

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Photography Tips: Taking Gorgeous Event Pictures // Hostess with the Mostess®

Photography Tips: Taking Gorgeous Event Pictures // Hostess with the Mostess®: "You’ve put endless hours into planning every last detail of your event. You’ve found the perfect cake, created the most incredible dessert table, and your little one has the best birthday outfit ever. Phew, now you can rest."

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Window Light Portraits: Weekly Photography Challenge

Window Light Portraits: Weekly Photography Challenge: "oday we thought it might be fun to make the exercise this weeks photographic challenge as it’s both simple to do and something that has the potential to teach you a lot (and all you really need to do it is a camera and a window (or even a door would do)."

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Glamour, Beauty & Fashion Photography Tutorial – PictureCorrect

Glamour, Beauty & Fashion Photography Tutorial – PictureCorrect: "Getting started in glamour or fashion photography and need a few pointers on the process of it all? The team over at Tony Northrup‘s studio have put together a great video tutorial that walks through a full spectrum of things ranging from lighting, modeling tips, and post production. Even those with no plans for a future in fashion photography may learn a thing or two to use in other styles. Take a look at the video, here:"

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How Camera Angle Affects Body Shape – PictureCorrect

How Camera Angle Affects Body Shape – PictureCorrect: "Perspective can make a big difference when photographing any subject, but you especially want to be observant when photographing models. Shooting at different angles can drastically affect the way your subject looks and the impact made by the photo. In this short video, photographer Jay P. Morgan shows how changing camera angles can affect the look and shape of a person’s body:

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Painting with Light by Digital Photo Secrets

Painting with Light by Digital Photo Secrets: "You’ve heard me talk a lot lately about inspiration, and about how to find great photos in boring places. Let’s say you’ve tried a bunch of those tips but would really like to break out of that whole reality box and try something completely different. Here’s an idea: get yourself a flashlight, a few glow-sticks from the dollar store and a tripod and try painting with light."

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Electrifying Lightning Photography by Digital Photo Secrets

Electrifying Lightning Photography by Digital Photo Secrets: "There are very few photographic subjects like lightning. Lightning is unpredictable, appears only for a split second and is best captured by pointing your camera at an empty piece of sky and hoping something happens. A good lightning image cannot fail to impress a viewer, though, who will probably think you got that image by engaging in some thrilling, dangerous storm chasing, maybe even in a torrential downpour while riding in an open-topped jeep across a rocky field. Yes, on the coolness scale there isn’t much that rivals a good lightning photo, except maybe a tornado."

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Seeing Double: Learn How to Clone Yourself | Photojojo

Seeing Double: Learn How to Clone Yourself | Photojojo: "Have you ever had a dream where you looked around the room and everyone looked exactly like you?

Wait, was that a dream?

Either way, you can turn your camera into the ultimate cloning device and make like a million clones of yourself!"

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Quick Tips for Great Photography Compositions – PictureCorrect

Quick Tips for Great Photography Compositions – PictureCorrect: "oe McNally is a giant of modern photography. For more than two decades he has been shooting for National Geographic, and in 1994 he was hired on as LIFE Magazine’s first staff photographer in 23 years. He has been intermittently featured in Time, Newsweek, and Sports Illustrated, among other regular publications, and does advertising work for major corporations such as Nikon, Sony, FedEx, and more. In this video, Marc Silber picks his brain about the fundamentals of composition – when to heed the rules, and when to break them:"

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New: Mastering Studio Strobe Lighting, 50% Off This Week – PictureCorrect

New: Mastering Studio Strobe Lighting, 50% Off This Week – PictureCorrect: "This new video training course is designed to help photographers master studio strobe lighting. It’s a complex topic that many struggle with; one of the most difficult elements to achieving consistent professional results for clients. We were able to arrange a 50% discount for PictureCorrect readers on the digital download which expires Tuesday, simply remember to use the discount code PICTURECORRECT at checkout, found here: Mastering Studio Strobe Lighting"

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