Posts tagged ‘hacks’

Tips, Tutorials, Hacks

Quick Tips for Photographing Autumn

Up here in the Northern hemisphere autumn is most definitely on its way. In my town we went from 90F+ last week to 60F this week and some rain came along too. It's not bad news though because autumn can be the best time of year for photography. The light [...]

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Announcements

Most popular posts of 2008

Photo by: foxypar4 (cc-by) Happy new year! I hope you had a great holiday and got to spend some quality time, as I did, with the people you love. I thought a quick look back at some of the most popular posts of 2008 would be a great way to start [...]

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Tips, Tutorials, Hacks

Thanksgiving weekend photo tips

Thanksgiving is upon us once again. Like many of you, I will be spending time with my extended family, feasting, and of course taking photos. My plan of attack, photo-wise, is to skip posed shots and go light and go candid. That is, I'm bringing only one lens (the 18-105 [...]

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Advice to young photographers from Magnum photographers

Alec Soth asks 35 of his fellow Magnum photographers two simple questions: When did you first get excited about photography? What advice would you give young photographers? One of my favorites: "Forget about the profession of being a photographer... Make the pictures you feel compelled to make and perhaps that will lead to a [...]

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Photography 101

Basic Travel Photography

I've just returned from a little jaunt to Portugal and I have to say there is little else that gets me as eager to get my camera out as wandering around a city I've never seen before. And of course, in the age of the compact digital camera pretty much [...]

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