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  • Photo Post Processing Tips
    By nancie
    Even wondered what might happen if you explored post processing? Or do you already use programs like Lightroom and Photoshop, but want to take your skills to the next level? Once you start taking great photographs in RAW format using you DSLR, you might like to consider using Photoshop or Lightroom to give you images that extra "pop".Checkout our Post Processing Tips section for articles/ideos on how to use software to get the best out of your images - as well making sure you save and catalogu... See more
  • How to Control the Light in Macro
    By nancie
    Mike Moats provides tips on how to control light in macro photography through the use of diffusers and reflectors, but they are good tips in any situation... https://tinylanscapes.wordpress.com/2017/06/18/how-to-control-the-light-in-macro/ See more
  • Low-Key Photography – Highlighting Darkness
    By nancie
    Black is the new black. Low-key photography is a style where the main elements are darkness and negative space. It’s an excellent way to create a certain mood or to use contrast to highlight a subject, such as an item, gaze, or outline. These dark images might suggest a dark mood – loneliness or danger – but they don’t have to! Darkness can also be used to create a sense of safety or adventure, for instance. You can create a low-key photograph in a variety of ways. It ca... See more
  • How to Photograph Your Museum Visits – Turn Limitations Into Creative Challenges
    By nancie
    Do you feel frustrated that you are not allowed to make selfies in museums? Did a light reflection ruin the photo of your favorite artwork? Are the other visitors always in the way of your perfect shot? Then this article is for you, to help you photograph your next museum visit! Museums are a great place to get inspiration, however, the great teams behind every exhibition have to be more concerned with the preservation of the artworks than about your photo. Therefore, photographing in a museum ... See more
  • 4 Tips for Capturing Beautiful Seascapes
    By nancie
    Seascape photography can be both incredibly rewarding and incredibly frustrating at the same time. The entire process of photographing seascapes is slightly different than regular landscape photography and there are a few extra factors you need to keep in mind. https://digital-photography-school.com/4-tips-for-capturing-beautiful-seascapes/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=May-2517 See more
  • Why Post-Processing Your Water Photos is Different
    By nancie
    Whenever I’m teaching someone in a photography workshop or in a classroom setting, I always try to get them into a comfortable workflow they can follow for every photograph they edit. However, every photograph is different which forces the photographer to make decisions on some extra edits they should make. A workflow is important because it enables the photographer to create a consistent series of photographs that quickly lead to revealing their personal style. The extra edits they choos... See more
  • Photographing Early Blooming Spring Flowers
    By nancie
    Early blooming flowers provide plenty of opportunities to take great pictures in spring. The variety of colors and species available make for endless creative possibilities. We are also more sensitive to colors after a less saturated winter. Of course, there is always an impulse to imitate pictures we have seen and liked, pictures that inspired us to discover nature by trying photography. This is part of the evaluation process, but do not forget those images have been done. If you want your own... See more
  • The Viewer and Composition
    By nancie
    Photographers that teach photo workshops will always include some kind of instruction about composing subjects in the frame. We have the rule of thirds, the golden rule, leading lines, light, depth, and other rules past down over the ages from painters to photographers. When we show our photos to other photographers that know the rules, they try and analyze an image to see if it fits within the rules, and if not maybe throw out a few suggestions to help out a fellow photographer in making prope... See more
  • Let’s Have a Laugh! – Using Humor in Photography
    By nancie
    Go on! You know it is good for you! Let’s have a laugh! This article is about using humor in photography. This article is not so much Five Handy Tips, as it is more a case of Three Gentle Nudges. Maybe you are like me and can be a bit too serious about your photography. I am suggesting that you let go a little. Even one photograph which makes you smile has got to be worth letting go, relaxing a little. It may be that it is only you who is caused to smile, but I absolutely think that is wo... See more
  • The Short Lens Approach to Wildlife Photography
    By nancie
    I was on my stomach in the grassy tundra of the coastal plain of Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. In front of me, some 10 meters away, a Pomerine Jaeger sat relaxed on the tundra. 50 meters beyond it, a small band of caribou, some 20 animals, grazed slowly across the landscape. The light was hot and bright, not ideal, but there was a story to be told here. The bird had flown in with the herd, as did two or three other Jaegers which still cruised about over the caribou. They were n... See more