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Composition at Character Meals

Posted on by Lisa Berton
Eight weeks after booking your dining reservations, it’s finally time to lean back and breathe in the warm vanilla and cinammon goodness of your efforts. The character meal is comprised of characters appearing at a restaurant to match its theme and not a meal comprised of characters. Ya know, I just want to spell it … Continue reading "Composition at Character Meals"
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Avoid Wasted Space in Portraits

Posted on by Lisa Berton
This is your captain, Captain Hook and I instruct you to take better photos or you’ll walk the plank. Ha! Now pay attention. Mr. Smee, kindly pose for a photograph. Notice that Mr. Smee is centered, perfectly focused with sunlight coming in from the right giving separation between him and the background as well as … Continue reading "Avoid Wasted Space in Portraits"
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Light Meter: Headroom 102

Posted on by Lisa Berton
Picking up where I left off a few months ago regarding excess headroom, I will now go over what happens when you don’t have enough. While having too much headroom makes it look as though your subject is “falling” or “sliding” down in the picture having too little can render thoughts of decapitation and/or a … Continue reading "Light Meter: Headroom 102"
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Light Meter: Headroom 101

Posted on by Lisa Berton
Happy New Year! Let’s welcome 2008 with open arms and more knowledge about taking better photographs. We begin with fixing one of the most common mistakes people make, too much headroom. What is headroom? It is the empty space above the subject’s head, not the empty space in the subject’s head. You want to fill … Continue reading "Light Meter: Headroom 101"
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