Photoshoot and Beyond
Understanding Photoshop is a biweekly column that takes an in-depth look at how digital photographs are built and manipulated. It is a college-level course in plain English for free at Photofocus. To learn more see this article. Don’t Skip Column 19 The Content-Aware scaling feature is a way to intelligently scale an image that allows for certain […]
“If I had a camera like yours I could take great photos like you!” is what my son’s coach said to me. Learn why the public is conditioned to accept just good enough photos and what we can do to stop it.
“If I had a camera like yours I could take great photos like you!” is what my son’s coach said to me. Learn why the public is conditioned to accept just good enough photos and what we can do to stop it.
Category: Commercial Photograph ” On the Lookout” by Irwin Scott I see this one as the anchor photograph for a hospitality campaign. The chairs beckon the view to come visit. Originally shared with the Photofocus Flickr community right here. To learn how your work can be featured on the Photofocus, please read this article. This Post […]
Welcome to the first of six posts focused on topics found in my newest book, The Visual Palette. Each of these posts will include a free sample download from my book for you to download and enjoy. You can learn more about my first published book by clicking on the button at the bottom of […]
I often spend a lot of time at a wedding wrestling with light. Different sources, color temperatures, intensities are all over. Often, I find I like to shoot into the light to create a dreamy, open, bright feeling to my images because those are all qualities that typically go along with weddings. However, sometimes, I […]
Have you ever wanted to make a timelapse movie with your Nikon camera? Most of them have a great feature built-in to do just this. Check out this movie from lynda.com on the D610 (but you’ll find this in most Nikon cameras). Rich Harrington is a photo and video pro based in Washington, DC. He […]
1. There is no magic camera that makes you a great photographer – no more than there is a magic set of golf clubs that will make you a pro golfer or piano brand that will make you a great muscician. 2. Well-known travel photographer David duChemin says “Gear is good – vision is better.” […]
Sometimes we come across great things in the archives. This one is just fascinating. It actual has some useful information, but its a wonderful slice of history too. US Army Training Film TF19-3582 “Covers the use of photography in military police work and criminal investigations.” In the course of this, includes some general photography instruction. […]
In the first part of my thoughts on aesthetic judgments I introduced the first two considerations on my list of five that inform my work. This post discusses the rest of them starting with… Composition Composition is the pleasing expression of the elements in a space. I prefer to lock the camera on a tripod […]