How to Create Realistic HDR Photography – PictureCorrect

How to Create Realistic HDR Photography – PictureCorrect: "There’s an art to creating realistic HDR images. Too often, HDR shots are edited with heavy hands when it comes to tone mapping and saturation, leaving you with an improbable and unrealistic image. The following full-length video tutorial on editing HDR images presented by Tim Cooper will have you on the right track to getting the HDR results you desire:"



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Tips for Shooting and Processing Better Black and White Photographs

Tips for Shooting and Processing Better Black and White Photographs: "Photography, as you know, is fundamentally the capturing of light; you are not taking pictures of objects as much as you are recording the light that is bouncing off of them. In the early days of photography, the only medium available to capture this light was monochromatic film, commonly known as black and white. In the 1930s, the invention of Kodachrome, the first successfully mass-produced color film, ushered in an age of color to the art form."



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10 Photography Tips – Learnt From Professionals

10 Photography Tips – Learnt From Professionals: "I recently had the pleasure of spending a few days on the Gold Coast with a group of professional photographers who also happen to be Instagram super-stars. Learning from the experts, I can now proudly add ‘f-stop’, ‘depth of field’, ‘focal point’, ‘subject’, ‘shutter speed’ and ‘ISO’ to my photography vocabulary."



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15 Beautiful Urban Dance Images - Digital Photography School

15 Beautiful Urban Dance Images - Digital Photography School: " love it when a photographer works on shooting a project over time with a similar theme. One photographer I’ve followed lately who does that is Dimitry Roulland who has been working on a great series of photos of dancers and gymnasts in urban settings."



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The Best Way to Enlarge Low Resolution Images in Photoshop – PictureCorrect

The Best Way to Enlarge Low Resolution Images in Photoshop – PictureCorrect: "
Making images larger often leads to pixelization and noise, especially if the image is low resolution to start with. That being said, it isn’t impossible to upsize an image using Adobe Photoshop and still be left with a usable photo–you just need to know the best way to do it! The folks over at Photoshop have made a helpful video outlining the correct way to do this"



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Natural Light vs. Artificial Light: Can You Really Tell the Difference? – PictureCorrect

Natural Light vs. Artificial Light: Can You Really Tell the Difference? – PictureCorrect: " perpetual question in photography: is it better to use natural or artificial light? Each has its respective pros and cons, but many photographers might feel uneasy when trying to replace natural lighting with a strobe. Felix Kunze and Sue Bryce show us how–when used carefully–strobes can convincingly mimic the look and feel of natural light:"



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How Far Would You Go to 'Get the Shot?' - Digital Photography School

How Far Would You Go to 'Get the Shot?' - Digital Photography School: "It also makes this writer wonder how far is far enough to go for a great image! The two guys pictured sure pushed close to that limit for their shot but I get the feeling that the one who probably got the best shot was the Veselin Malinov who stayed back and shot this image!"



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Easy Steps To Clean Your Camera and Lens - Digital Photo Secrets

Easy Steps To Clean Your Camera and Lens - Digital Photo Secrets: "Let’s say you just got home from The Best Vacation Ever. You’ve got some down time, so you decide to check out all those wonderful photos you took on your trip of a lifetime. You sit down at your computer and open up the first one – it’s a lovely shot of the ocean under a deep, blue sky. But what’s that over there in the corner? It looks like a piece of lint. You’re tempted to try brushing it off but it’s not on your computer screen, it’s on your photo. Damn."



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Pros and Cons of Extension Tubes - Digital Photo Secrets

Pros and Cons of Extension Tubes - Digital Photo Secrets: "Do you want to take extreme close-ups? Whether it is flowers, insects, coins, or any other variety of things, how can you get closer focus than your lens alone allows? I have discussed other aspects of macro photography in previous articles. This photography niche is fun to explore but is very expensive if you purchase a macro lens. There are other options like using a close up lens or lens reversal tricks, but there is also a simple addition to your camera equipment called an extension tube. Read on for the pros and cons of this option"



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Photographing The Perfect Shadow - Digital Photo Secrets

Photographing The Perfect Shadow - Digital Photo Secrets: "Photography is known as the art of capturing light. But did you know that the counterpart of light, the shadow, also plays an important role in the creation of an image? We all know what a shadow is, it’s that stalker that keeps following us on bright sunny days or well-lit places at night! Shadow is more than that though, it is also the darkest area of a scene as opposed to the highlights which illuminate the brightest. The challenge in shooting a scene that contains both highlights and shadows in it is to record the details without washing out the highlights or turning the shadows into unrecognizable black areas."



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