Applying the Rule of Thirds in Your Photography – PictureCorrect

Applying the Rule of Thirds in Your Photography – PictureCorrect: "New photographers are taught the ‘rule of thirds’ as one of the first guidelines toward making exciting pictures. This is a technique in which a hypothetical grid (similar to a noughts and crosses board) is utilized to frame subjects. The grid separates an image into nine equal portions with four junction points and four lines."

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Wide-Angle Photography – Broaden Your Horizons – PictureCorrect

Wide-Angle Photography – Broaden Your Horizons – PictureCorrect: "Digital cameras and zoom lenses go hand in hand. When shopping for your new camera, chances are one of the first features the salesman mentioned was the power of the zoom lens."

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Printing your digital photos

Printing your digital photos: "With the invention of affordable digital cameras, people are taking thousands more digital photos than they ever did with film."

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Quick Tips For Spring Color | OutdoorPhotographer.com

Quick Tips For Spring Color | OutdoorPhotographer.com: "After a long winter of bare trees and monochrome landscapes, the cornucopia of colors that erupts in spring is visually overwhelming. We easily can start snapping away haphazardly at anything and everything in a quest to take in all the vivid hues. Here are some tips to consider that will help you gain focus and produce stunning photos that take full advantage of what nature serves up this spring."

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3 Ways to get Better Control of Autofocus

3 Ways to get Better Control of Autofocus: "Sometimes autofocus can be really annoying. For some shots it’ll focus on the right part of your subject, but then the very next shot it may choose to focus on something far and away into the background."

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Edit your photos to make them pop

Edit your photos to make them pop: "One of the most disappointing things about looking at your photos after you take them is finding shots that you thought were great when you took them but look flat and unimpressive when you see them on the computer."

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10 Tips for Improving Your Flower Photos

10 Tips for Improving Your Flower Photos: "For those of us in the Northern Hemisphere who have been hunkered down for winter, enduring the rain and the snow, the time has finally come to get outside and enjoy some long awaited sunshine.

As the flowers start to emerge from the soil, all the neighbours begin emerging from their houses with gardening tools in hand. I, on the other hand, have my camera in hand ready to capture the spring flowers and I hope you do too!"

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Sony Cyber-Shot RX1 Review

Sony Cyber-Shot RX1 Review: "When reviewing this camera’s direct predecessor, the RX100, I remarked that Sony’s claim it was “The best pocket camera ever made” was a bit steep. Part of my scepticism was the company’s claim that its sensor was considerably larger than the rest of the crowd …. In reality, the CMOS’ diagonal figure measured only 15.8mm, packed to the brim with 20.2 million effective pixels."

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How to get started with freelensing - Digital SLR Cameras

How to get started with freelensing - Digital SLR Cameras: "Tilting the lens back and forth gives you an effect that looks somewhat similar to that of a tilt-shift lens or a selective focus lens like a Lensbaby. Expect light leaks and lots of bokeh thanks to the shift in the plane of focus."

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So You Want to Be a Wedding Photographer? A Couple Tips – PictureCorrect

So You Want to Be a Wedding Photographer? A Couple Tips – PictureCorrect: "Okay, so you have decided that you want to be a photographer and what’s more you have decided to be a wedding photographer. You might have come to this conclusion after years of practicing photography and finally settling on a niche. Or, perhaps you might have just done a friend a favor and photographed their wedding and thought that it was an enjoyable, easy way to make some money. Whatever way you have arrived at your decision, I will try to run through things that you can do to make your career a success."

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