Keeping It Real With HDR | OutdoorPhotographer.com

Keeping It Real With HDR | OutdoorPhotographer.com: "One of the most frequent questions I'm asked by students in my landscape photography workshops is, "How do I make my HDR photographs look more realistic?" To answer that question, we first need a clear understanding of the problem. Our eyes can see a range of light intensities, from brightest highlight to darkest shadow, of something like 10,000 to one. A print can only display a range of light intensities of about 50 to one. In that sense, it's impossible for a print to ever look completely "real." But it's possible to get close—close enough that a print evokes many of the same emotions in the viewer that the real scene evoked in the photographer."

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14 Impressive Examples of How to Use Reflections in Photography to Add Depth – PictureCorrect

14 Impressive Examples of How to Use Reflections in Photography to Add Depth – PictureCorrect: "A reflection is an excellent way to instantly create an interesting composition in your photograph. It could involve an expanse of water, a mirror, or even the chrome of an automobile trim! Today we’ve collected 14 interesting examples of reflections in photography for your inspiration and enjoyment:"

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Crop or resize? What happens when you pick a lower pixel count setting by Digital Photo Secrets

Crop or resize? What happens when you pick a lower pixel count setting by Digital Photo Secrets: "Sometimes it helps to select a lower pixel count when taking a photo. It helps to reduce file size, allowing you to take a long continuous stream of photos or simply store more on your memory card. But what happens to the image when you do this? Does the camera crop the image, or does the image simply get resized?"

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Monochrome Mode: Why Use It? by Digital Photo Secrets

Monochrome Mode: Why Use It? by Digital Photo Secrets: "Black and white photography is considered to be classic and expressively emotional. After all this time and technology, it remains quite a popular format among all genres. However, unless you’ve spent time reading your camera’s manual or poking around the settings, you might not be aware that there’s a “Monochrome” option. This setting lets you both preview and shoot in black and white."

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Popular Casual Poses When Photographing People by Digital Photo Secrets

Popular Casual Poses When Photographing People by Digital Photo Secrets: "People make for one of the most popular subjects, if not the most popular subject, photographed. But, obviously they’re quite different to photograph than a mountain or a waterfall. There’s a reason why there’s an art to portrait photography… you can’t just put someone in front of the camera and expect to get great results. Thought and consideration must go into each session."

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10 Tips to Finding the Perfect Background by Digital Photo Secrets

10 Tips to Finding the Perfect Background by Digital Photo Secrets: "Unless you’re a professional portrait photographer, you probably don’t have backdrops for shooting portraits. That’s okay, because there are a lot of ways to exclude or include backgrounds that best enhance your portraits. From blurring the background to finding an appropriate one and more, I’ve got Ten Tips that you can use the next time you’re photographing someone, whether it’s a more formal portrait or a candid shot. The first few speak to post-processing, while the rest are tricks you can use in the field."

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▶ How to Edit Portraits in Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop - YouTube

▶ How to Edit Portraits in Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop - YouTube: ""

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Pocket : Why Analog Photography (Still) Rocks!

Pocket : Why Analog Photography (Still) Rocks!: "We are two professional music and wedding photographers and we shoot digital when necessary. However, we clearly see the point of going back to analog like a lot of pros are doing nowadays. In this post, we would like to discuss the benefits as well as the drawbacks of film photography from our point of view. "

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Pocket : The Magic of Soft Light

Pocket : The Magic of Soft Light: "Soft light is beautiful. It is a gift from nature that helps you create interesting images using high quality light. You’ll find soft light in the shade on a sunny day, during twilight after the sun has set, or all around you on a cloudy day."

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Pocket : Converting to black and white in post processing

Pocket : Converting to black and white in post processing: "Once a photo image has been converted from colour to back and white, the colours which are all still there, need to be manipulated to create the most dramatic effect possible.  Colours which are not too similar work best, for example like in the lion image above.  The tawny colour of the mighty lion face and the green bushes in the background are different enough to work well."

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