Is This Your Most Difficult Photographic Assignment?
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Your assignment this time is you. Self portraits that tell your story, told by you. Scary? Shouldn’t be. Challenging? Perhaps. An awesome project? Absolutely.
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The Time After Time Project
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This time I want to introduce the Time After Time Project. It’s very simple but has a long duration.
It definitely requires planning in advance and a commitment to stick with things. Your end result could be an Express presentation, a slide show, a collage or some kind of montage.
Read MoreInfrared Photography with Digital Sensors
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In this article, I give you the knowledge to do infrared photography using your digital camera
Read MoreArchitectural Photography - Care To Give It a Shot?
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Architectural photography involves capturing images of buildings and other structures, both interior and exterior, with an emphasis on accuracy, composition, and aesthetic appeal. Architectural photography sometimes gets buried in street and even landscape work but it is its own discipline, one that you may choose to build expertise within.
Read MoreAI Has Started Killing Photography and Photographers Are to Blame
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AI destroys creative photography. Not sure? Read the article
Read MoreChoosing a Tripod in 2024
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Selecting the right leg set and head for your tripod is not hard, but it’s too easy to select something that is not going to work for you. Learn what goes into buying a tripod kit successfully.
Read MoreWhen Photographers Seek Darwin Awards
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What does one get for being so stupid as to be killed or maimed in pursuit of a picture? A Darwin Award!
Read MoreThe ONE Filter Every Committed Photographer MUST Have
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For digital photographers, there is only ONE filter that every committed photographer should have. Do you know what it is?
Read MoreThoughts from Respected Photographers
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For this article I looked up some quotes from what the web calls famous photographers, and chose quotes from photographers whose work I respect AND enjoy.
Read MoreYou Cannot Trust Adobe - The Latest Terms Scam
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Adobe’s latest change to their Terms and Conditions has professionals in an uproar and so it should and you too could get screwed.
Read MoreThe Point and Shoot is Dead. Or Is It?
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The once dead point and shoot is alive, and committed photographers are buying in, as powerful alternatives to smartphone.
Read MoreAnswering a Sensor Question
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In this article, I discuss camera sensors, prompted by questions from a channel reader
Read MoreIt's Time For You to Make a Video
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I can hear the screams already. Make a video? Are you insane? I don’t know anything about video? I never wanted to learn video!
Read MoreMedium Format Digital - Where Does It Fit?
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In this article I had hoped to test a theorem about the practicality of using a medium format mirrorless camera for closeup and sports. Timing and illness got in the way, but there was still some good learning for your consideration
Read MoreLet's Talk About Infrared Photography with Digital Cameras
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Infrared photography with your digital camera can be great fun. Join me in getting started.
Read MoreThe Spaces that Time Forgot
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Liminal photography is fascinating, and it’s possible that you may have done it without knowing you were doing it. Jump in a learn enough to get engaged with this style
Read MoreDo I Need An Incident Light Meter?
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Learning to use an incident light meter will help you learn to see the light and to see exposure separately from what your camera’s internal light meter will tell you. It’s also a killer tool for manual flash. Every photographer committed to the craft should have one and learn to use it.
Read MoreFlashphobia - I Learned a New Word
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For a long time I have been aware that for some folks, the idea of using a flash is anathema. Honestly I have yet to understand why flash is so disliked by such folks, but I have recently learned a new word, flashphobia. This is saddening to me, being such a flash fan, so I want to understand what it is and how to help folks manage this fear and learn to embrace their flash.
Read MoreSlow Sync and Fill Flash - A Solution to a Vexing Problem
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Managing ambient and flash together is very powerful but requires thoughtful planning, particularly when your primary subject’s luminosity is nowhere near middle grey.
Read MoreSimple Tips for Smoke Photography
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Join me in learning how to photography smoke and steam.
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