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Have a very macro Christmas

Have you ever grabbed your camera and macro lens at Christmas and captured the tiny, beautiful and sparkly details of your Christmas decorations? Capture the spirit of Christmas in macro — beautiful colors and details. Capture memories of each Christmas to preserve or just share. Get in close Get in

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Adding people in your architecture photography

Adding a human element to your architecture photographs can help to show the scale of a building. It can also be an easy way to add a pop of color, depending on what someone is wearing. Having a person walking in or out of a building will add a bit

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High ISO is not necessarily a photographers enemy

Technology changes. High ISO’s are no longer the monsters we photographers have made them out to be. Increased processing power and camera improvements are removing my objections to noise. Anti-aliasing low pass filters are being removed as well.  As a result, noise is back to being organic and more film-like.

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Getting the most from a photography convention

Take time after the convention to put the ideas you learned about into play. How many times have you gone to the following years’s convention, heard the same idea, and wanted to Gibbs-slap your own head saying that was a great idea but I didn’t do anything with it? You

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Image manipulation can help complete your vision

When working with wide-angle lenses there is the opportunity to get lots of information into a scene. Sometimes part of the story can get lost. Try forcing the perspective. You capture your wide angle scene. Then with a longer lens, or using your zoom, make another image and blend them

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Quick Tip: Use a white card to brighten shadows

When you’re shooting on-location, it can sometimes be challenging to control the light and shadows in a scene. At a recent food shoot, I used a white card to help to brighten the shadows that were visible around the pizza, pepperoni tomatoes and basil. You can pick one up really

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While waiting for a firework to burst in the sky, hold a black card over the lines with the shutter open.

Quick Tip: Use a Black Card While Photographing Fireworks

Firework photos require the shutter be open for long periods. Ambient light can creep in between bursts of exploding visual goodness. Prevent this by holding a black card over the lens until the streak of firework heads into the sky. Remove the card. When the burst is finished cover the

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