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Self Portraits – 7 Tips for Going Beyond the Basics

October 27, 2009 by Photography Tips · Leave a Comment 

Image by John McNab A lot of photographers have said that while they love to hold the camera and take beautiful photos, they aren’t as fond of the idea of being on the other side of the lens. On the other hand, there’s an enormous group of people who not only enjoy having their photo taken, they actually love to take self-portraits. In fact, if you peruse Flickr you can find a great deal of self-portrait groups, including 365Days, a place where you can showcase – you guessed it – one self-

Sunny 16 – A Rule of Thumb

October 26, 2009 by Photography Tips · Leave a Comment 

“Sunny f/16″, or “Sunny 16″, is a mnemonic to help photographers recall a “rule of thumb” for estimating correct daytime exposure. Initially established for film photography (which is an obvious statement, since most “rule of thumbs” that have been around for a while, such as this one, were based in film photography) to help estimate exposure without the use of a light meter, “Sunny 16″ can also be applied to digital photography. The basic rule states that on a sunny day, the photographer shou

Financial Gain With Landscape Photography Tips

October 20, 2009 by Photography Tips · Leave a Comment 

Photography interest is common, although finding financial gain is rare when finding the ability to profit from your photos. This rare occurrence is most commonly due to either the inexperience of the photographer or the photographer’s inability to market their photos to a desired clientele. Seeking the advice of experienced photographers by searching for landscape photography tips on the internet is a great way to profit from the photographer’s life. Landscape photography is one of the most sou

How to Capture Motion Blur in Photography

October 17, 2009 by Photography Tips · Leave a Comment 

Photo by bikeracer Capturing movement in images is something that many photographers only think to do when they are photographing sports or other fast moving subjects. While there is an obvious opportunity in sports photography to emphasize the movement of participants – almost every type of photography can benefit from the emphasis of movement in a shot – even when the movement is very small, slow and/or subtle. Last week I featured 15 images that capture movement with creative blur

Our Writers’ Monthly Critique

October 16, 2009 by Photography Tips · Leave a Comment 

Hello and welcome to another month’s critique. This month’s photo comes from Lynne Daley who mentions, “I came to serious photography a bit later in life than most photographers as I was busy with my family, but my camera is my constant companion now. I live in Georgia and shoot mostly food and food related photographs which I publish to my blog, Cafe Lynnylu ” While food is her main area of interest, I was struck by the photo above. It’s a combination of two photographs, a process Ji

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