Going the Extra Mile to Get the Image you Envisioned

Going the Extra Mile to Get the Image you Envisioned: "fter a recent assignment to Central Turkey I uploaded some images to my website and Facebook page. Since then I have had several people asking me how I managed to capture some of my shots. This particular photo of the inside of a hot air balloon had the most questions."



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10 Great Ways to Save Time & Money And Get Great Results From Your DSLR

10 Great Ways to Save Time & Money And Get Great Results From Your DSLR: "When you are doing something you love, time and money doesn’t really matter. Now, go and tell that to someone who wants to join a photography class. The good ones cost good shekels.
Photography is an expensive hobby, and it doesn’t get easier on the pocket as you graduate upwards with better skills. Don’t worry, the Internet is a burgeoning school for learning photography thanks to the trigger-happiness around the world."



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Tips For Better Waterfall Photos – PictureCorrect

Tips For Better Waterfall Photos – PictureCorrect: "Like any subject in nature photography, waterfall photos also come with their own set of challenges. A beginner can be disappointed with their results time and time again, simply due to simple mistakes that can be easily overcome. Really good waterfall photography is not about expensive equipment or hi-tech methods; just a decent camera and a basic understanding of a few manual settings."



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Fine Tune Your Exposures With Spot Metering - Digital Photography School

Fine Tune Your Exposures With Spot Metering - Digital Photography School: "The metering systems of today’s digital cameras are light years beyond cameras of just 10 to 15 years ago. What this means is that in many situations, the camera’s meter, left to its own devices, is going to do an excellent job at getting a good exposure. While evaluative (or matrix) metering and center-weighted average metering take into account the entire scene, albeit in different ways, spot metering mode provides a tool for metering only the part of the scene you as the photographer consider most important."



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Beginning in Photography: Understanding the Light – PictureCorrect

Beginning in Photography: Understanding the Light – PictureCorrect: "Understanding how different lighting affects an image is half the work of creating better photos. This article aims to give a brief overview of the different types of light you might encounter as a photographer and how to use each type to your advantage."



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How to Remove a Bra… in Photoshop, Of Course (Video) – PictureCorrect

How to Remove a Bra… in Photoshop, Of Course (Video) – PictureCorrect: "It takes a tremendous amount of time and patience to nail every aspect of a photo shoot at once—sometimes you’ll catch the smile but the lighting will be off, or the lighting is great but the framing is wrong. If you’re lucky, everything will turn out perfectly—but you’ll have missed a few details, like a sneaky bra strap poking out of the shirt. The video comes from the fine people at Phlearn and takes a quick and witty approach to solving the problem using Photoshop:

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Do You Take Photographs or Make Them? – PictureCorrect

Do You Take Photographs or Make Them? – PictureCorrect: "Each year 100 million Americans also take some pretty good photos. OK, admittedly not all of them are that good . . . but with auto focus and extremely high mega pixels, it is fairly safe to say that more people are taking better pictures than ever before. So the obvious question is where does that leave us “serious” photographers?"



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Crop Factor: Why Does Your Camera’s Sensor Size Matter? – PictureCorrect

Crop Factor: Why Does Your Camera’s Sensor Size Matter? – PictureCorrect: "If you’re shopping around for a new camera or lens, you’ve got to consider the crop factor—how much of what you see in the viewfinder is actually being cropped out of the final image. Unless you’re shooting with a full-frame camera, you’re going to suffer some degree of cropping. This video breaks down the effects—and how to bypass them—pretty effectively."



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Does Your Camera Offer These Scene Modes? The New Ones You Can’t Afford To Miss! - Digital Photo Secrets

Does Your Camera Offer These Scene Modes? The New Ones You Can’t Afford To Miss! - Digital Photo Secrets: "Camera technology just keeps improving year after year. It’s amazing where it’s gotten. Not too long ago, you had to tell your camera everything, and now there are more automatic scene modes than ever to make snapping pictures a breeze. You’ve seriously got to check out some of these new point-and-shoot models. They might not give you the same versatility as a DSLR, but when it fits in your pocket, who cares? Does your camera feature these unique scene modes?"



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Where do you put the focus in the picture? - Digital Photo Secrets

Where do you put the focus in the picture? - Digital Photo Secrets: "Photography is the art of deciding what you want to emphasize and what you don’t want to emphasize. When it comes to pointing out what’s interesting, there is no better practice than focusing. Whatever is in focus tends to be emphasized more than what is not in focus. To create emphasis, we need only know where to place the focus. Here are a few pointers."



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