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Advanced Composition

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Before taking a closer look at the photo below. I would like you to review a couple of past Picture This! articles. The first is Barrie talking about Leading Lines. Isn’t that a great photo? The second article is the one I did on the Rule of Thirds. Off Kilter is one of my favorite … Continue reading "Advanced Composition"
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Indoor Flash Photography Tips

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A couple of weeks ago I mentioned a technique called “Dragging the Shutter” when it came to photographing lighting displays at Walt Disney World. This technique is also very useful for indoor photography. First, let me show you what a typical straight on flash photo looks like. The image below of a chef working his … Continue reading "Indoor Flash Photography Tips"
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2nd Annual dSLR Christmas Gift Giving Guide

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Another year, another Black Friday is almost upon us. I’d like to add to the list I started last year giving you some more ideas for gift giving if you own or know somebody who does own, a digital SLR camera. More Great Photography Books Bryan Peterson is back this year with a follow up … Continue reading "2nd Annual dSLR Christmas Gift Giving Guide"
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Photographing Christmas Lights at Disney

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Ready for Christmas yet? Shopping all done? Gifts wrapped? Yeah, me neither. Here is something you can start doing at Walt Disney World today. Taking pictures of the fabulous Christmas decorations in the themeparks and resorts. With more coming by the end of November with the Osborne Family Spectacle of Dancing Lights at Disney’s Hollywood … Continue reading "Photographing Christmas Lights at Disney"
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Metadata Revisited

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When I was talking about adding metadata and how to use it. I seemed to have confused some people about how much work it takes to add captions and keywords. While it does take time to add them, it’s not as time consuming as it sounds. Photo management software like Apple’s Aperture 2, Adobe’s Lightroom … Continue reading "Metadata Revisited"
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Advanced Camera Holding

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When shooting in low light or after dark at Walt Disney World, I have stressed the use of a tripod to get the best results. However, I understand it is not easy to do so when traveling to and at the parks. If you have a digital SLR camera, I have another alternative for you … Continue reading "Advanced Camera Holding"
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Finding Your Star Photos

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After having figured out a photographic naming system, organized digital photographs on our computer systems, learned about metadata and some powerful software to manage our growing library of photos, it’s now time to learn how to edit them. I’m not talking about editing like in Photoshop, I’m talking about selecting the best photos from a … Continue reading "Finding Your Star Photos"
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The Digital Darkroom

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Before I go on talking about organizing our digital library of photographs, I want to introduce you to the new breed of software that were released a couple of years ago I refer to as digital darkroom programs. These programs assist you in organizing, editing and outputting (either files or prints) your digital photos in … Continue reading "The Digital Darkroom"
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Meta What?

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The last couple of entries we’ve gone over naming all the digital photos we take and organizing them on our computer systems. This is all done in preparation of creating a database or library of our images. Anytime you have a collection of data on a computer, as our image files are, they are refereed … Continue reading "Meta What?"
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Organizing Your Photos

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Last time, I went over how I name all the thousands of photos I take each year. Each photographer will come up with his or her own naming system. This week I am going to show you how to organize your image files on your computer systems. In sticking with my boring, yet simple, system, … Continue reading "Organizing Your Photos"
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