- Flexible Power at Minimum Size: Why You Need Nikon Speedlights in Your Camera Bag
- Sep 14, 2015
- Alan Hess, author of Mastering Nikon Speedlights: A Complete Guide to Small Flash Photography and the Creative Lighting System, shares examples of two portrait shoots. Where traditional lighting could have worked, Speedlights had more flexibility. In another situation, Speedlights were crucial to getting the right image when both time and subject had limitations.
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- Food Photography & Lighting: Creating "Natural" Daylight
- Oct 29, 2012
- If you want your images to look like they were shot using natural light, then you need to study what you see, and consider how you can then re-create it in the studio. Some of the best ideas are out there waiting for you.
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- Food Photography Styling & Props
- Sep 19, 2011
- Creating an amazing-looking dish is an art, whether you eat it or photograph it, and you can do a lot of little things to enhance the look of the food and (hopefully) make people salivate when they view your photographs.
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- For Stronger Photographs, Consider Your Color Palette
- Apr 10, 2015
- A consistent color palette creates a flow when the images are presented together, creating a common mood or emotion through the work, even when the gesture within the images changes dramatically. In this excerpt from The Visual Toolbox: 60 Lessons for Stronger Photographs, David DuChemin shares how he works with color palettes in his photography and suggests some other resources for inspiration.
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- For Stronger Photographs, Forget the Camera
- May 11, 2015
- David DuChemin, author of The Visual Toolbox: 60 Lessons for Stronger Photographs, explains that photography is about stories, and life, and photographs that say something about those things. It is not about cameras.
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- For Stronger Photographs, Think Cinematically
- Apr 17, 2015
- The way we approach a photo essay is very similar to the way a cinematographer tells a story. In this excerpt from The Visual Toolbox: 60 Lessons for Stronger Photographs, David DuChemin explains how to use the technique to to think in terms of a consistent style, an intentional sequence, and the use of establishing, wide, and detail photographs to give both information and impact.
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- For Stronger Photographs, Understand Optical Filters
- Apr 24, 2015
- In this excerpt from The Visual Toolbox: 60 Lessons for Stronger Photographs, David DuChemin explains why and how he uses optical filters for his landscape photography.
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- Four Really Cool Things About Lightroom on Your Mobile Device
- May 1, 2015
- Scott Kelby shows you how handy Lightroom mobile is, letting you do a lot of the same things you can do on your desktop version, in this excerpt from The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom CC Book for Digital Photographers.
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- Four Things You'll Want to Know Now about Getting Around in Lightroom
- May 1, 2015
- Ready to get started with LIghtroom? Scott Kelby gives you an overview of what you'll need to know to get up and running, in this excerpt from The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom CC Book for Digital Photographers.
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- Frame It: How to Frame Digital Images with Photoshop
- Aug 4, 2006
- A good picture deserves a good frame. Just as you frame the artwork you hang on your wall, you can also create frames for your digital photos and art. Photoshop has plenty of tools to help you make wonderful frames that complement and enhance your photos. Helen Bradley shows you how to create a range of frame effects in Photoshop. In the process, you'll learn some handy ways for working in Photoshop and discover practical applications for styles and filters.
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- From Desktop to Laptop: Syncing Catalogs on Two Computers in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4
- Aug 23, 2012
- Scott Kelby shows you how to take the edits, keywords, metadata, and of course the photos themselves from your laptop at your location shoot and add them to the Lightroom catalog on your studio computer. Lightroom does all the hard work for you, you just have to make a few choices about how Lightroom handles the process.
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- From Photo to Drawing
- Sep 1, 2001
- by Janet Ashford, author of The Arts and Crafts Computer
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- From Photo to Drawing
- Sep 1, 2001
- by Janet Ashford, author of The Arts and Crafts Computer
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- From Snapshots to Great Shots: An Interview with Photographer Jeff Revell
- Apr 7, 2014
- Jeff Revell answers our questions about his favorite camera, the most overused photography tool, and what's so great about photowalks.
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- From Snapshots to Great Shots: Lines, Shapes, and Patterns
- Jan 4, 2011
- Laurie Excell discusses how lines, shapes, and patterns make up the visual path that leads your eye through the frame to the point of interest.
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- From Snapshots to Great Shots: When to Convert an Image to Black and White
- Sep 12, 2011
- When do you convert an image to black and white? Thereโs no magic formula, but the best black and white images do share some similar characteristics. John Batdorff offers a short checklist of things to be on the lookout for and explains how to train your eyes to see in monochrome.
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- FuelBooks Holiday Tip: Compose a Photograph with Multiple People for Your Holiday Card
- Dec 10, 2013
- In this excerpt from his FuelBook, Composition for Portraiture: Creating Compelling Headshots, Group Shots, and Senior Pictures, Dan Ablan shows you that the way you can be more creative with group composition is to photograph them in small groups.
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- FuelBooks Holiday Tip: Get the Best Picture of Your Pet for Your Holiday Card
- Dec 13, 2013
- Alan Hess, author of FuelBook Pet Portraits That Stand Out: Creating a Classic Photograph of Your Cat or Dog, offers tips for getting the best picture of your pet.
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- FuelBooks Holiday Tip: Get the Most from Your Food Photos, Even When on the Road
- Dec 14, 2013
- Heading over the river and through the woods? Well, you've got to stop and eat at some point. If you want to capture your culinary journey on camera, Nicole S. Young, author of FuelBook Tips from a Pro: Travel Photography, has some tips for you.
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- FuelBooks Holiday Tip: Less Is More for Your Holiday Card
- Dec 9, 2013
- Khara Plicanic shares a tip on how to get the most out of your holiday card in this excerpt from her FuelBook, Design Your Own Holiday Cards: Three DIY Projects with Photoshop & Photoshop Elements.
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