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How to Take HDR Pictures, Photo Gallery, Wallpaper -- National Geographic
This photo gallery features high dynamic range (HDR) photos—images that have a large exposure range, allowing for deeper contrast and detail in both shadows and highlights. The HDR effect can easily be overdone, leaving photos looking overprocessed, but when the techniques are used correctly, HDR pictures can have a stunning, otherworldly quality. Photo Tip: To create a good HDR (high dynamic range) photograph, use equipment that is a bit higher end than a simple point-and-shoot camera. The main items you’ll need are: a camera capable of capturing images in RAW format; a good, sturdy tripod; and software such as Photomatix or Photoshop.
How to Create Movie Star Skin : Shutterstock
One thing we all dream about having is porcelain smooth skin. That is, for the models on our design layouts! Here is a great technique for giving any model that “movie star skin” makeover that doesn‘t require hours with the clone stamp and healing brush. Here is an example of an image for an ad layout.
When choosing a photograph for the tilt-shift effect, bear in mind that you want to give the impression of a miniature model. Miniature models are usually viewed from above so try and choose a photo with an elevated viewpoint. Buildings, roads, traffic and railways are excellent choices but make sure there is a reasonable wide angle of view. Even before the tilt-shift effect has been applied, it's not too hard to imagine the scene as if it were a model. To find an appropriate image, we suggest you browse through the flickr tilt-shift fakes pool .
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see more lolcats I don’t know when or how the “Rockstar” stuff started in this community. I came into it in 2007 and I honestly didn’t know anyone from Adam. After spending some time online I saw some names were thrown around more than others but I didn’t really know one more than the other. I attended my first WPPI in 2008 and I was FLOORED to see girls squee-ing and giggling about taking a picture with Jesh de Rox. I had no clue who he was other than some guy who reminded me of a hippy from the 60s (mind you, nothing is wrong with that, my Dad was one).
Photograph by Daniel Gautreau , My Shot People reveal as much about a destination as its architecture and landscapes. Flip through this gallery for tips on taking the best people photos while traveling. Here, a colorful Havana woman enjoys an enormous cigar. The smokes are one of Cuba’s defining symbols—“Havanas” are renowned worldwide and have special cache among many aficionados in America, where their import remains illegal. Photo Tip: If you are making an outdoor portrait and don’t have the natural light you want, pose your subject in open shade, preferably in a setting that has something to do with the message you are trying to convey.
Photo Gallery: How to Take Photos of People in Places -- National Geographic
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This year’s eagle trip had the usual themes for me. I got to spend time in some of the most beautiful outdoor scenery in the world. I got to spend time helping a friend. I got to spend time with friends.
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Here's a smattering of photo links you may have missed. Fotopedia Magazine — One Week of Colors, Wednesday: Green fotopedia.com - ONE WEEK OF COLORS, WEDNESDAY: GREEN In many folklores and literatures, green has traditionally been used to symbolize nature and its embodied attributes, namely those of life, fertility, and rebir... How to Create High Contrast Portraits [...]
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By David Marx on January 02, 2012 | Comments 27 Adobe Photoshop Lightroom is a wonderful image management tool but it is not a backup system. If you have neglected to prepare for total system failure, then you should expect to lose everything when disaster inevitably strikes. Here is an overview of my three-tiered backup plan.The best thing about street photography is that it is possible for the final viewer of a print to see more than the original photographer. One of the great things about a city is that more things are happening, even within a small neighborhood, at any moment than any human can comprehend. Photography allows us to freeze one of those moments and study all of the small dramas that were taking place. In this photo inside Greenwich Village's French Roast, the photographer was trying to get a picture of the tuned-out New Media exec with the women conversing in the background. The photographer carefully adjusted on-camera flash and ambient exposure so that the lighting is evenly balanced on subjects both inside and outside the restaurant.
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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. This is a great time to get involved with digital photography. These tutorials are rarely influenced by changes in image editing software and camera equipment — due to their unique concept-based approach."The BetterPhoto instructors are friendly, talented, down to earth people that began the journey just like we did.. They are helpful during the courses and even years after a course.I thank BP for everything that they have done to help me achieve my goals. Without them, my dreams may never have been fulfilled."
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Award-Winning Filmmaker & Surrealist Photographer Randy Scott Slavin Bends Reality Beautifully at Artexpo New York, March 22-25 at Pier 92 NEW YORK CITY, (FEB 23, 2012) – Award-winning New York filmmaker and photographer Randy Scott Slavin will present his surrealist photo works from March 22-25 at Artexpo New York, the world's largest fine art trade show for over 33 years at booth #1147. Artexpo New York will be at Pier 92, New York City's renowned “Art & Design Pier” on the Hudson—adjacent to the Architectural Digest Home Design Show at Pier 94. Slavin is widely known for his powerful music videos and branded productions that mash up clever concepts with bold imagery and channel the energy of pop culture. “In my music videos, I’ve continually tried to take concepts to the next level, to push the ideas to be more engaging, moving and stimulating—and I approach photography with the same philosophy,” he explains.