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Can’t Miss Landscape Tips
Twin Captains in the Columbia River Gorge Scenic Area Every photographer hears the call of the wild at some point. I used to get up at 4 am to haul a Bush Pressman D model 4×5 out into the wilderness...
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Hack Your Camera’s Presets
The Canon Neutral picture style menu - by Canon One of the more amazingly powerful and least understood features of modern DSLRs are the camera image style presets. I’m speaking specifically about...
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Decoding Histograms For Better Photography
The histogram clearly shows the dark elements dominate this photo - Use a fill flash if you're shooting for optimum exposure I do a lot of what’s sometimes mockingly referred to as “chimping”, looking...
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Take Control Of White Balance
Changing the white balance can dramatically alter the look of any photo - by Spiritia The subject of white balance can generate some resistance because some elements of the topic are quite technical....
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Learn To Lie To Your New Camera
This was a tricky exposure with skin tones bracketed by dark and light colors. You can see the fill flash in the sunglasses catch lights which also helped with the shadows under the ball cap Honesty...
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When Does Photo Manipulation Go Too Far?
These retouches are considered minor by today's standards It all started innocently enough; editing out a pimple here, a blemish there, maybe a chipped tooth. It was easy, it made the client feel...
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Hack Your Canon Point-and-Shoot Camera
Owners of Canon point and shoot cameras can have fun with firmware hacks Owners of some models of Canon point-and-shoot cameras have some interesting features that can be added to their cameras with...
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Tips For Shooting Dramatic Silhouettes
Exposing for the daylight beyond the door got the look I wanted in this photo A silhouette can add dramatic flair to an otherwise average shot by providing a bold subject and sharp contrast. A...
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The $8.99 Flash Snoot, Lunch Included
One of my friends at Pixel-Mesh took a few household tools and the leftover pizza box from his lunch and fashioned it into a homemade flash snoot that yielded surprisingly good results. A snoot...
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The $100 Portrait Lighting Challenge
The components of my $100 portrait lighting challenge assembled In the recent past we covered basic three point lighting for portraits and basic five point lighting. That’s all well and good if you...
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