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Category Archives: Photography
Secret to Sharp Photos III
In Secret to Sharp Photos, I talked about holding your camera steady and linked you to a video to an advanced way to hold a camera when dealing with low light. I did not go into too much detail on … Continue reading
Posted in Photography
Tagged big horn sheep, new york, ram, rosamond gifford, sharp, sharpseries, syracuse, zoo
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Power of Three
The Rule of Thirds is a compositional rule in photography and other visual arts. The rule states that an image can be divided into nine equal parts by two equally-spaced horizontal lines and two equally-spaced vertical lines. The four points … Continue reading
Posted in Photography
Tagged "washington, bath, beaver lake nature center, dc", england, lighthouse, lincoln memorial, moon, new york, off kilter, palladian bridge, rule of thirds, sunset, walt disney world
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Book of the Month: Practical HDR
Practical HDR: A complete guide to creating High Dynamic Range images with your Digital SLR After researching many books on High Dynamic Range (HDR) photography. I settled on David Nightingale’s book. Besides the excellent reviews on Amazon.com and other websites, … Continue reading
Posted in Photography
Tagged book, david nightingale, hdr, high dynamic range, practical hdr
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Bokeh!
It’s Bokeh week over at The Pioneer Woman’s Photography blog so I thought I would join in on the fun. First, what the heck is this bokeh you hear so much about on photography blogs, forums and websites? Bokeh is … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, People, Photography, Travel
Tagged birds, bokeh, child, falcon, mickey mouse, outdoor, portrait, syracuse, walt disney world, zoo
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Book Review: Creative Nature & Outdoor Photography
I finished reading Brenda Tharp’s Creative Nature & Outdoor Photography book last weekend. I closed it up and thought to myself what an excellent book for people who have been doing photography for awhile, understand the numbers of photography and … Continue reading
Posted in Photography
Tagged book review, brenda tharp, improve, learn, Nature, outdoor, Photography, read
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