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3 Easy Steps To Freshen Up Your Photography
It’s a topic that comes amongst photographers- you’ve taken an interest in a certain field, your shots are good but now your enthusiasm for the same scenes is waning. Here are 3 things that always work to rekindle things for me: 1- Go someplace new. A recent invite to visit good friends in their Cleveland [...]
3 Steps to Great Night Photos
Do you put your camera down once the sun sets feeling that landscapes, street scenes and nature photography are over? Last night I taught a class on the subject and attendees learned to use low light and darkness to liven up their portfolio. There are some tricks involved but here’s how to get started: [...]
Hit The Links For Great Pictures
An outing with a client out on a very scenic golf course gave me the idea for this week’s weekend photography tip. With one of the largest number of golf courses per capita Collier County offers a bevy of photography opportunities especially in the Naples/Bonita Springs area: Landscapes- are an obvious opportunity. Look for [...]
Photography in Key West
The last few Mondays I’ve offered ideas on photography in the keys based on a recent trip and today’s entry deals with the less touristy side of Key West. Check out Key West’s historic side: Old houses- Despite centuries of hurricanes, Key west has old homes many converted to B&Bs that date to the mid [...]
Know Your ISO & Take Better Pictures
There’s a photography tip you can get a lot of miles out of. I don’t know if its the change in acronym from the film days (who remembers that?) when it was ASA but I’ve had students confuse the ISO setting with everything from aperture priority to shutter speed. ISO is a measure of your [...]
“How To Digitally Process Night Pictures With HDR Software”…
… Recently we introduced the concept of bracketing a series of photos in an effort to capture both the shadows and highlights of photos which will appear relatively severe then merging those images with a third properly exposed shot. Let’s learn the basics of HDR- 1) Bracket a set of 3 photos identically framed and [...]
“Birds of Florida, Green Heron”…
… our smallest and hardest to photograph member of the Heron family and perhaps the most clever of all our avian subjects. More on the Green Heron: 1- They’re typically found in freshwater habitats and are purely carnivorous with small fish their favorite edible. Unlike their name suggests, they sport bluish feathering over the back [...]
“Part 1-Digital Processing Tips For Night Pictures”…
Earlier in the week we addressed getting started with night photography. Required equipment, basic techniques involving the use of both aperture and shutter priority, ISO setting, focal points and more were explained in easy to understand and act on terms. Today let’s look at how to create artistic nighttime photos via bracketing and effective photo [...]
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