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A RAW Deal…
During a recent seminar and often in photography classes I get questions about shooting RAW files. Some folks even ask with a sense of trepidation. The answer and associated benefits of setting your camera to shoot in RAW are as beneficial as they are easy to understand. Here’s the basic thought process- 1- When you [...]
Photography Tip: Here’s Your Owners’ Manual
Here’s a recurring problem- you’ve trekked out to the Everglades or along a local beach proud as punch about your new DSLR and all its complicated functions. Then you realize you can’t figure out how things work. Sound familiar? I’ve witnessed it as we’ll say too many times while out with photography classes. “I [...]
How To Find Helpful Photography Info
Have you ever wondered where to go for good info before and when you buy a new camera or how about where to look to help de- mystify the settings on the model you’ve purchased? In virtually every photography class I teach these things come up and they did yesterday during a private lesson. So [...]
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: [...]
Nature Photography Class Offered at Rookery Bay
Interested in nature photography? Want to learn to get the most of your camera out in the field? Rookery Bay, famous for environmental research and education will be offering the 2nd of 3 nature photography classes beginning Tuesday at 8:30-11:30 am next week. Camera set up, composition, lighting and more will be covered in class [...]
Have Fun With Photoshop
Ever wish you could paint but are better with the camera? Like the look of something that’s embossed? If the answer is yes to either or both and if you’d like to add a new look to some of your photos, how about applying some of the artistic filters in Photoshop & in Elements too? [...]
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 [...]
A Few More July 4th Photography Ideas-
On Friday we left off with a post on proven techniques for photographing fireworks. Got the day off? Going to try later? Here are a few more ideas for today and a couple reminders before the show: The beach- plenty of [...]
Photoshop Elements For Nature Photographers…
3 Tips For Getting Started- Would you like to confidently and correctly finish your digital photos? Gone for the most part are the darkroom days so today’s photographer has the need for and luxury of utilizing photo editing software like Elements. The newest version is Photoshop Elements 9 but the older versions are very similar [...]
“Is a Photography Class For You”?
… it may be especially if you’ve just purchased a new digital camera, are getting back into photography or are just “feeling lost” about taking pictures. Benefit from a photography workshop- 1- When you understand composition from the old days but feel unsure about setting your camera. [...]
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