Category Archives: Photography

Macro Photography

Posted on March 17, 2012 by

I’m experimenting with Macro photography and I’m using this post to collect ideas. Macro Focusing Rail – allows you to move the camera by small increments to get different DOF shots. 1. Ebay – $38.75 – 2 way 2. Dino … Continue reading →

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Changing Out a Sky in a Photo

Posted on March 17, 2012 by

If you have Photoshop, here’s an easy way to take out a poor, overblown sky and swap in a nice sky background. Open up the photo with the bad sky. Select the sky with the Quick Selection Tool. Open up … Continue reading →

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Camera and Photo Tips

Posted on December 28, 2011 by

Twit Photo is a great show to watch which deals with cameras and photography tips. I watch it on my roku while exercising. Headshots – it’s all about the jaw - excellent.Peter Hurley On YouTube BHPhotoVideoProAudio has some great photography tutorials. … Continue reading →

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Color Correcting Under Water Pictures

Posted on August 3, 2011 by

Since I’ve started scuba diving, I’d like to start taking under water pictures. Unfortunately, unless you’ve got a very expensive setup, it’s hard to get good looking pictures initially because many reds, orange, and yellows are lost as you dive … Continue reading →

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Free Graphics

Posted on October 29, 2010 by

While there are many sites where you can buy graphics, photos and even video for your next power point or video project, Flickr is also a good resource to use. Flickr’s Creative Commons Licensing allows you to use other photos … Continue reading →

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Taking Pictures of People

Posted on April 27, 2010 by

There are a number of things you can do when photographing people to improve your shot. Put them in front of a nice background. If you have a telephone pole sticking out of their head – that’s not good. Test … Continue reading →

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I Hate Red-Eye

Posted on January 28, 2010 by

One of the things I hate doing is going through pictures of people and having to go in and manually fix red-eye problems. It’s time consuming and tedious. Picasa 3.6 seems to have come up with a pretty good solution. … Continue reading →

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Send Lots of Pictures Via Email

Posted on December 27, 2009 by

One of the problems with most recent cameras is that the files they create are enormous. While this is good for getting quality pictures, if you want to send them to friends, that creates a problem. My Yahoo account only … Continue reading →

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Photoshop – How to Lose Ten Pounds

Posted on November 22, 2009 by

If you’ve got Photoshop or Photoshop Elements, here’s an easy way to trim ten pounds off your photos.   Open the file. Ctrl J to create a new layer to work on. 3. In that new layer – Ctrl T … Continue reading →

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Taking Pictures of a Large Group

Posted on November 22, 2009 by

Do you ever take pictures of your family or a large group of people? The problem many times is that the more people you have in the shot, the greater are the odds that one of them will be blinking … Continue reading →

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