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. Hello Henriette here with this months photochallenge and we will be talking about how to photograph glass. Words and images by John Gravett of Lakeland Photographic Holidays. Glass – we look...
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Saturday Special-Black & White Photos 09/24/11
Hi everyone! Welcome to this week’s Saturday Special. Have you ever had a picture that you wished was black & white? Maybe you have the perfect kit for your picture but the colors just don’t seem...
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Photos Matter- Tips for a blurry background
I often hear people comment on blurry backgrounds in photos and wonder how its done. If you’ve been wondering the same thing, these tips will help you out! Zoom in. One thing that will help your photo...
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Photos Matter: Six ways to improve your focus
Getting the focus perfect in our photographs is something that we all struggle with. If you are particularly frustrated, or just hoping to improve, these tips should help! 1. Faster shutter speed....
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Photos Matter: Photographing Holiday Lights
The holidays are just around the corner and for most of us, that means lots of pictures! Often, our holiday pictures include beautiful lights. Even if you don’t celebrate Christmas, strands of...
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Photos Matter: Exposure Part 1 | ISO
There are three main camera settings that are responsible for a correct exposure: ISO, aperture, and shutter speed. These three settings are inseparable; if you change one of them, it affects the...
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Photos Matter: Exposure Part 2 | Aperture
There are three camera settings that are important to master if you want to be able to properly expose your images: ISO, aperture, and shutter speed. Last month we talked a little bit about the ISO...
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Photos Matter: Exposure Part 3 | Shutter Speed
For the past couple of months, we’ve been discussing the settings responsible for achieving a correct exposure. So far, we’ve covered ISO and aperture. (Have you been practicing?) The third setting,...
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Photos Matter | Exposure Part 4: Putting it all together
When trying to achieve a correct exposure for your images, it’s important to be familiar with ISO, aperture, and shutter speed. After that, it’s just a matter of how to put them all together!...
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Photos Matter | Rules of Composition
In our last Photos Matter post, we finished up a series on exposure, which contained a bunch of technical stuff about settings and things (you can find those posts here: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, and...
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Photos Matter | Tips for your camera phone
We live in a time when photos are at our fingertips whenever we want them… literally! Camera phones have improved dramatically over a very short time and now, almost everyone has a pretty decent...
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Photos Matter | How to get (real) smiles from kids
When you’re photographing children and you tell them to smile, the result is usually pretty cheesy and fake. Every now and then, you may come across a child who is really great at smiling on command,...
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Photos Matter | White Balance
White balance is one of those things that is super simple, but it can make a huge difference in your photos. The good news is that you don’t need a fancy camera to adjust your white balance. You can...
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