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Quick Tips for When to Use Your Flash and How to Avoid It

by Bill Jones

The flash unit of a camera can really come in handy, but it can also destroy an image too. It really pays off to understand the times when the flash will help the final photograph or when it can pose some threats to it. Additionally, it also helps to note that the flash can be tinkered with a bit to create some interesting results.

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Tips for Creating a Photographic Journal of a Single Year

by Bill Jones

We’ve all seen them – the flip-book style animations created by someone who takes a single photograph of themselves every day for a year. These are somewhat impressive, and can actually be a bit shocking because of the dramatic changes in appearance that some people experience.

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Helpful Portrait Photography Tips

by Christopher B. Derrick

One of the easiest things to do with your camera is take a portrait, and the majority of photos we take are images of ourselves, our loved ones, or complete strangers who have an uniqueness about them that we want to capture, save and show other people. The spontaneous or posed portrait is a mainstay of the photographic canon. However, that means 90% of them of boring stilted and uninspired. So how do you increase the punch of your portraits? That’s what we’re going to talk about today, and hopefully you’ll improve your simple snap shots after reading this.

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How to Capture Bold Colors in Your Photography

by Bill Jones

Photography is a great way to “learn by doing”, and in the digital age it is no longer a costly thing to experiment with photographs. Memory cards are relatively inexpensive and taking one hundred photographs costs nothing except the time the photographer dedicated to making them.

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Quick Tips to Help You Take Sharper Photographs

by Bill Jones

There are many reasons that photographs end up a bit less sharp than desired. Sometimes it is an accident such as the subject moving slightly and blurring the scene, but at other times it is something to do with camera settings and the subject.

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Tips For Macro Photography – The Extreme Close-Up

by Christopher B. Derrick

Marco photography has always fascinated me because practitioners of the art/craft continually amaze me with the small details of our gigantic world. Much like a Seinfeld bit, Macro photography typically consists of finding an everyday object and photographing it at such close proximity that the perhaps mundane — now taken out of context — is startling and interest-piquing. Marco photography can be extra enjoyable and elucidating, as you’ll be pleasantly surprised by the myriad of minute details your camera records. Icicles hanging on a tree branch or side of house can become surreal when viewed through macro photography.

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Useful Tips for Shooting in Low Light Situations

by Christopher B. Derrick

Since photography means to “write with light”, it is at one of its most challenging moments when you are shooting in low-light conditions (this could also mean the practical absence of light). Many a photographer has made his or her name from taking provocative and arresting images at night (Brassi immediately comes to mind). And as a practitioner of the art & craft you’ll want to experiment with night and low-light photography. Much like shooting in snowy conditions, you have pay extra special attention to your exposure when shooting at night. Those pockets of darkness will be much more evocative if there is a hint of shadow detail hiding in there, as opposed to uniform chunks of black.

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Quick Tips for Photographing Wildlife

by Bill Jones

If you are like many photographers you will eventually find yourself trying to capture great images of wildlife with your camera. Because you might want to take pictures of hummingbirds, bison, or whales there are no “standard” settings or rules that apply. There are, however, some good tips followed by leading photographers who are known for their wildlife work.

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Quick Tips for Photographing Indoor Sporting Events

by Bill Jones

If there is one thing that is truly difficult to photograph it is indoor sporting events. The lighting is often so poor as to make stop-action photography nearly impossible, and the position of the photographer is usually significantly distant from the action. Additionally, many artificially lit environments can throw off the auto white balance settings which can make colors appear a bit “sickly” too.

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