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Photography Tips

Better colors with Polarizing Filters

January 26, 2010

Photographer (and Photog Friday Alumni) Craig Ferguson has done some great work using a Phottix Cicular Polarizing Filter (C-PL). Photographer Peter Carey used a Phottix C-PL in  stunning panoramic shot of Mount Rainier.
A C-PL filter, which screws onto the end of a lens, is great for removing reflections in your photos from non-metallic surfaces (glass [...]

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Wet-work: Shooting drops of water

November 23, 2009

As the winter arrives and the outdoor temperatures start to plummet (for those in the northern hemisphere) it’s time to consider some indoor photography projects. Shooting water droplets gives both your photography skills a workout and creates unique images. Water droplets are like snowflakes – no two are the same.  With changes in background and/or [...]

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A brief introduction to White Balance

November 3, 2009

Stephen Hawking should probably write about White Balance. It’s more his field, and sometimes seems as complicated. Regardless, let’s soldier on.
You’ve seen it in your camera settings: White Balance (WB). Do you know what it is and how it works? Not many casual photographers do. It’s like voodoo: complicated and fraught with peril.
Let’s make it [...]

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DVD Review: Real World HDR

October 13, 2009

HDR photography or High Dynamic Range  is all the rage. Three files, five, seven, all at different exposures, are combined to form a super-detailed image.
Making an HDR image can be a frustrating process. Photomatix is the industry-standard HDR application, but it can be confusing to a recent HDR convert. Tone-mapping? Micro-smoothing? Sbould I use the [...]

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Improve your photography skills with a 365 Project

September 3, 2009

Taking photos is easy. Taking good photos is hard. There’s so much to learn: Exposure, depth of field, off-camera lighting – if you don’t shoot regularly you will forget more than you learn.
Let’s face it: Photography isn’t a hobby you master overnight. Taking better photographs requires cumulative knowledge. A few weeks or months (or years) [...]

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HDR images are chocked full of details. Follow these tips to take your own.

4 Tips for Better HDR Photos

August 25, 2009

One look at flickr or SmugMug and it’s easy to see HDR photos are all the rage.
HDR, an acronym for High Dynamic Range, is a method of processing digital photographs. Three or more digital images are combined to create a composite with a wider range of tones and detail. One image is neutral, one over-exposed, [...]

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5 Easy Tips for Better Photographs

August 18, 2009

We all want to take better photos. There are some simple things you can do to improve your results. Give these 5 Tips for better photographs a try. A Digital SLR or a point and shoot, these tips can be used by any photographer.

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