Photography

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5 Simple Tips For Composing Your Photographs

Good com­po­si­tion can take a pho­to from look­ing like a snap­shot to a pro­fes­­sion­al-look­ing pho­to, that’s why I am shar­ing 5 tips for com­pos­ing your pho­tographs. Under­stand­ing aper­ture, shut­ter speed and ISO is an impor­tant part of your pho­togr­pahy jour­ney, but so is com­pos­ing your pho­tographs. Pho­tos that use com­po­si­tion rules are more engag­ing. They …

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Beginners Guide To Understanding Manual Mode

Why is under­stand­ing man­u­al mode impor­tant in your pho­tog­ra­phy? Under­stand­ing man­u­al mode will imme­di­ate­ly help you become more cre­ative in your pho­tog­ra­phy. When your cam­era is in Auto mode, AV mode or any mode oth­er than man­u­al, it decides how your pho­tographs will turn out, but when you are under­stand­ing man­u­al mode and choos­ing your …

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Watch Reviews Of Dena’s Photography Class

I am real­ly lucky to pick up my cam­era every day and help peo­ple learn to take bet­ter pic­tures. If you are inter­est­ed in learn­ing to under­stand your cam­era and its set­tings and take bet­ter pho­tos, make sure to watch the reviews of my pho­tog­ra­phy class, then join The Begin­ners Pho­tog­ra­phy Essen­tials Class and let …

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3 Reasons I Choose Natural Light In Photography

The word pho­to actu­al­ly means “light”, and light is the most cru­cial fac­tor in your pho­tog­ra­phy. Before I get into why I choose nat­ur­al light in pho­tog­ra­phy vs arti­fi­cial light, let’s break down the two light sources. Nat­ur­al Light in Pho­tog­ra­phy Nat­ur­al light is sim­ply: “the light from the sun.” It is avail­able in most …

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10 Examples Of A Blurry Background In Photography

We talked about what you need to do to get a blur­ry back­ground in your pho­tos, and how aper­ture and depth of field help you to cre­ate a blur­ry back­ground and bring the focus direct­ly to your sub­ject. Now let’s look at some beau­ti­ful exam­ples of that but­tery, blur­ry back­ground effect. The fol­low­ing are wonderful …

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Are You Confused About Photography Styles?

What is the dif­fer­ence between pho­tog­ra­phy styles and types of pho­tog­ra­phy? Many times I think this can be con­fus­ing. If you look up pho­tog­ra­phy styles, you will often find land­scape, por­traits, family…etc. But those are real­ly types of pho­tog­ra­phy, not so much pho­tog­ra­phy styles. Pho­tog­ra­phy style is more of the per­son­al touch of “flair” that …

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3 Effective Ways To Develop Your Personal Photography Style

Find­ing your pho­to­graph­ic style takes time and effort. Just like find­ing a dec­o­rat­ing style for your home or fash­ion style, find­ing your pho­tog­ra­phy style takes time and prac­tice. If you want to devel­op your per­son­al pho­tog­ra­phy style, you need to shoot every day, and every sin­gle time you pick up your cam­era, you need to …

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8 Landscape Photography Tips

We have talked about the many dif­fer­ent pho­tog­ra­phy styles for you to choose from. We’ve dis­cussed por­trait pho­tog­ra­phy and how to get bet­ter shots of peo­ple… Now, let’s dive into land­scape pho­tog­ra­phy. Today I have com­piled 8 land­scape pho­tog­ra­phy tips for you to prac­tice. Just like we talked about what por­trait pho­tog­ra­phy is, I first want to …

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