As soon as I took the inaugural 1 of 365 photo I was instructed that I had it wrong, it’s actually a 366 project this year due to the Leap Year. I’ll just take that as a sign of the surprises to come in 2012. Last year I started a 365. I took a photo a day but…
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Top Ten Composition Tips for Photography
Welcome back photogs to another installment of what makes a photo great. Last week we covered #2 – color and how it impacts a viewers eye. This week we are pulling in the 3rd component, composition. Composition in itself is a rather big subject in photography. Good composition its paramount, it separates the photographs from the snapshots. I could probably write 10…
It’s All About Light
I recently spent a couple hours with one of my favorite food photographers Penny De Los Santos. She held two sessions at BlogHer (a blogging conference with over 3500 attendees). She spoke about finding inspiration and some of the key elements that are found in every great photo. The elements remain basic and straight forward…
Don’t Say Cheese
When it comes to capturing children I have a couple simple rules; don’t ask them to smile, work quickly and give them something to do. If you ask a child to look at the camera they do one of two things, they either stiffen up and grin as hard, scrunching up those wonderful features or they…
Best Places to Share Your Photos Online
So now you have a handle on importing and storing your photos because you read my last post about the dangers of not backing up. If you only learn one thing from that post I hope its the part about not putting all your eggs into one basket, or in my case all your photos…
Me and My Shadow
Last week when I wrote about reflection and many people interpreted that as shadows, so let’s talk about that. Similar to the creative inspiration of a reflection, casted shadows can help you convey all sorts of emotions from drama to playfulness. During the winter months the sun is low in the sky and that creates beautiful…
Reflections in Photography
One way to get creative with your photos is to add some visual interest with reflections. You probably have already tried or maybe you inadvertently ended up with a shot of a reflection without even knowing it, this happens to me all the time. Sometimes the most interesting part of your photo is the actual reflection itself….
My new photo blog at OC Family
I recently joined the OC Family of bloggers with a new photo blog called PhotoSpeak. Its a weekly series that posts a new tip and photo challenge every Wednesday. You can participate by adding your photos to the Group Pool on Flickr. I will feature some of my favorite submissions as they are added. Take…
Growing Your Photo Skills
One thing people ask me all the time is how I developed my photography skills (props for that awesome pun eh?) so I thought I wold start writing a series of posts with Photography Tips. Is it through classes, workshops, seminars, books or e-courses and the answer is all of the above and one other (not…
My Secret White Balance Weapon
I’m all about streamlining these days. Shortcuts, cliff notes, convection ovens… ANYTHING to make my life more efficient. I was talking with Kevin at Calumet Photo the other day about my workflow (the process of downloading photos, editing and finally exporting the finished product). I shared my frustrations with the amount of time I was…
