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Photography Tips

Photography Tips
While I was teaching photography at our local technology college, I thought that I would have a brief section on food (and product) photography. I didn't realize how much I would love photographing food! I especially love taking pictures of fresh fruits and veggies. The vibrant colors and textures are just super fun to capture. I wanted so share a few things that I have learned about taking pictures of food. So, in no particular order, here are my 5 Food Photography Tips:

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dig art tutorials Another 38 Amazing Wallpapers Posted on June 12th, 2008 under Desktop Customization After the big success that was my first Wallpaper compilation I’ve decided to make another one. This time several sources were searched, where before I mainly focused on DeviantArt. The release of Desktopography 2008 had a bit of influence on this compilation since it contains some of the most beautiful wallpapers of the year. Photographing Terrain - TerraGenesis A lot has changed since Gary James wrote TerraGenesis' original article on photographing terrain back in 1999. At that time a decent digital camera was a rather expensive piece of kit and even then, its capabilities were laughable by today's standards. Today it is possible to buy a decent digital camera for a very modest sum while last year's models can be picked up at bargain prices on eBay. In the light of this, we thought it was probably about time to update our notes on photographing terrain and, to this end, we have created a number of new articles to deal with different aspects of the subject. Please note that the intention here is not to give a detailed explanation of how to use any given camera or piece of image manipulation software, but rather to give some indication of what can be achieved and, in some cases, why we should try to achieve it.

Using External Flashes in the Manual (M) Mode What is the Manual (M) Mode? In the Automatic (A) mode, the sensor of an external flash takes over the control of flash exposure. In the Manual (M) mode, we return to the basics and do everything about flash exposure ourselves. Understanding Histograms Possibly the most useful tool available in digital photography is the histogram. It could also well be the least understood. In this article we will look at what a camera histogram tells the photographer and how best to utilize that information. Virtually every digital camera, from the simplest point-and-shoot to the most sophisticated digital SLR has the ability to display a histogram directly, or more usually superimposed upon the image just taken.

Photography Tutorials Learn how to take and edit digital photographs using visual tutorials that emphasize concept over procedure, independent of specific digital camera or lens. This is a complete listing of all tutorials on this site; click the drop-down links in the top menu to see particular topics. Photography is going through an exciting transition period as many film photographers are beginning to explore the new capabilities of digital cameras. While the fundamentals have remained similar, other aspects are markedly different.

Digital Photography Tips: Digital Photography School Flickr Guide Flickr Guide will show you how to do everything on Flickr. You can download and backup flickr pictures, set them as rotating wallpapers, browse pictures in 3D, make a screensaver and more. So what do you want to do on Flickr? Q: I want to download all my photos from Flickr and burn them on to a DVD. Capture the Lightning Landscape with the Lightning Trigger! 3.6

Strobist Creative Nerd AWESOME This article features a huge amount of Photoshop web design tutorials, which will teach you simple effects which can be combined together in order to create a great website design. Theses tutorials are perfect for first time Photoshop users because there short and sweet. I hope you enjoy the article and feel free to leave a comment below. 1) Carbon Fiber Layout you’ll learn how to make this sleek layout with a carbon fiber background that would look great as a landing page for a website. 2) Design Studio Layout 15 Coolest Photos You Won't Believe Are Not Photoshopped - Oddee Dean Potter's most recent solo walk at Taft Point in Yosemite by Photographer Jeff Cunningham. Sleeping on Heaven. Apparently, the model was just jumping! (The left-hand side is a mirror, and the right-hand side is clear glass, with another girl standing on the other side).

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