Tag Archives: Photographs

Getting the Right Timing for Great Outdoor Photographs by Planning Ahead

There is more to taking great outdoor photographs than a pleasing composition and the correct exposure. There is another important aspect. One that is too often overlooked when trying to capture a beautiful scenic subject or vista. The right timing is … Continue reading

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Watch This: Neal Slavin Photographs People in Prayer

How To The famous photographer takes on a very personal project Iconic people photographer Neal Slavin’s latest project captures people where they pray. Popular Photography

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How to Use a Reflector and Diffuser to Enhance Flower Photographs

Learning to see and use light is one of the most important steps to creating great photographs. As you become more aware of what nice light really looks like, you can start to manipulate even the harshest conditions with some … Continue reading

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How to Enhance Urban Night Photographs Using Luminosity Masks in Photoshop

As the sun sets on a city’s skyline, thousands of lights come flooding the concrete jungle, turning every urban scene into a photographer’s paradise. Every corner around the city suddenly seems too irresistible not to be photographed. Urban night shots … Continue reading

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#CreativeFriday – Re-size your photographs to a larger size using Lightroom

Have you ever wanted to export your processed images from Lightroom, but at a much larger size than the original size. Above is a typical RAW file with some adjustments made within Lightroom. I would like the exported file to … Continue reading

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5 Steps to Increase the Sharpness of Your Photographs

Here are five steps you can take which help to increase the sharpness of your photographs: 1) Keep your lenses, filters, and camera sensor clean Somewhat of an obvious point, but a very important one nonetheless. If your lenses and/or … Continue reading

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Six Essential Steps to Taking Great Photographs

Whether you have been creating photographs for years, or only for few weeks, your goals and dreams are to create great photographs that everyone will admire. You may notice this is not an easy task, and I’m sure that most … Continue reading

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USPS Celebrates National Parks Centennial With Stamps Featuring Epic Photographs

News Art Wolfe and others will be featured on the honorary stamps A series of stamps celebrating the 100th anniversary of the US National Parks Service will feature majestic landscape photos and paintings… Popular Photography

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Do You Take Photographs or Make Them?

In October 1978, the cover of National Geographic showed a self portrait of a gorilla using a camera. I’m serious—you can look it up if you would like. The cover shot was a self portrait, taken by a gorilla, and … Continue reading

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11 Photographs from the Streets of Tokyo

Traveling is a great opportunity for photographers to surround themselves with new subjects and an unfamiliar environment where at every corner something new awaits! Street photography during travel is a way to capture the feeling and the atmosphere of a place, through photos … Continue reading

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Photographer Hoshi Yoshida Photographs Mountain Bike World Cup Races With a Leica M6 Film Camera

It’s not secret that I’m kind of a mountain bike nerd, and I have even been lucky enough to be a credentialed photographer at a couple of World Cup races here in the USA. It’s an intense assignment, that’s physically … Continue reading

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Carol Walker’s Tips for Taking Majestic Horse Photographs

Having photographed equine subjects professionally for more than 15 years, Carol Walker can tell at a glance whether a pictured horse is domestic or wild. “The domestics are usually very clean and shiny,” she says. “Their manes are untangled, and … Continue reading

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