Concert Photography Tips from a Newbie

Concert Photography Tips from a Newbie: "It’s always good to hear tips and techniques from seasoned photographers. But sometimes they forget about the “simple” things that beginners need to know, opting for more advanced topics."

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Time-lapse Photography: Landscapes by Dustin Farrell – PictureCorrect

Time-lapse Photography: Landscapes by Dustin Farrell – PictureCorrect: "The field of time-lapse photography takes a substantial amount of research and testing to master, especially with variable lighting conditions. Dustin Farrell recently released his second video focusing on amazing landscapes of Arizona and Utah which has collected 2.5 million views in the last month. Every frame of this video is a raw still from a Canon 5D Mark II DSLR and processed with Adobe After Effects. Take a moment and enjoy:"

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Using the ‘Dark Side’: Thinking Outside the Box with Darkness

Using the ‘Dark Side’: Thinking Outside the Box with Darkness: "Photographers have spent years studying light, how to use it, manipulate it, hey, I’m sure some have even tried to bend it! Don’t get me wrong, light is our best friend in the photography world. But what about crossing over to the ‘Dark Side’ for a different effect? Use darkness to your advantage! How do we do this?"

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Go B&W In Winter - Outdoor Photographer | OutdoorPhotographer.com

Go B&W In Winter - Outdoor Photographer | OutdoorPhotographer.com: "

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Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Go B&W In Winter
More than just a solution for bleak scenery, converting your images to black-and-white can give winter landscapes and sports action tremendous impact
Text And Photography By Adam Barker
Labels: How-To, Camera Technique, Black & White

This Article Features Photo Zoom

Black-and-white adds a fine-art impact to nature photographs, and the unique properties of winter are especially exciting for beautiful monochromatic photos and prints.
Winter is a wondrous season for photographers, with its own unique challenges and triumphs. For many of us, the landscape changes shape and character entirely, covered in a blanket of Mother Nature’s finest frozen concoction. While there are certainly fleeting moments of inspiring color, winter, it seems, is a season well suited to monochrome imagery. "

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Short Lighting Photography – PictureCorrect

Short Lighting Photography – PictureCorrect: "Short lighting by definition is when the main light illuminates the side of the face that is turned away from the camera"

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Lessons Learned From My Trip To Italy

Lessons Learned From My Trip To Italy: "Back in September I was fortunate enough to go and shoot a wedding in Italy for a long time client and now friend. I brought my wife along with me and made a nice little extended vacation out of the trip and it was incredible. I’ve picked up quite a few travel tips over the years and I learned a few more on this most recent trip. So, I thought I’d compile a short list of some of the more important ones here. This list (in no certain order) will help not just anyone traveling to Italy but anyone traveling period."

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Help Me Photograph a Friends Cafe [dPS Community Workshop]

Help Me Photograph a Friends Cafe [dPS Community Workshop]: "Today I’d like to invite you to participate in a dPS reader workshop. We’ve done a few of these in the past and they’ve always been fun. In short we take a reader submitted question and throw it open for some discussion in the comments below."

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Photo Fabric Dye: Make Multicolored Sun Prints! | Photojojo

Photo Fabric Dye: Make Multicolored Sun Prints! | Photojojo: "What do you call dye that uses sunlight to develop photos on fabric? Frakkin’ amazing, that’s what."

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Kitten Photography Tips – PictureCorrect

Kitten Photography Tips – PictureCorrect: "Some people feel the same way about their pets as they do about their kids. When the kids are gone the focus turns to pets, and if you have a brand-new kitten, the photo opportunities are practically endless. As an amateur photographer, you may take lots of pictures of your new pet, but unless you learn to take better kitten pictures, you will probably wear out your welcome at family gatherings."

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How to Shoot the Night Sky (Introduction to Astrophotography)

How to Shoot the Night Sky (Introduction to Astrophotography): "Several people asked me to post a simple tutorial on how I took some night sky pictures. I am not an astrophotographer in any way, shape or form, nor do I have any expensive equipment. I simply read several tutorials, picked a dark spot on the beach and tried to do my best."

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