Category: Photography Tips & Tricks

Taking photographs of our children is not just a fun activity. It helps us preserve memories, and share with our friends and families what is happening with our children’s lives. All too often unfortunately we make the photography of our children a boring exercise. This results in photos which are not inspiring, and not particularly memorable.

Let’s be honest. Grandma loves our photos of her grandchildren no matter how Plain Jane they are. And so will we when we dig them out several years later. Nostalgia and memories are far more important than art when it comes to our children.

What we want to do is make some “Wow!” photos of our kids right now. Something we can hang on our wall and inspire conversation with our guests. In this article we will show you a few tricks for making photos of kids a bit more exciting and abstract.

The Wild Angle

Photo by Dan Padavona

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Beaches provide camera owners with many opportunities to take beautiful pictures. The natural beauty and myriad of colors make photos more interesting and impressive. A sunset is a favorite object for many photographers. Here are a few tips on how to capture beautiful sunsets.

Lighting

What makes sunsets really beautiful is the lighting. When the sun goes down the horizon bursts into a fusion of colors: pink, orange, blue, purple. It’s like an artist decided to pour multiple colors on his canvass all at once. To take the perfect photo you have to catch the setting sun at its best. The best time is usually around 3-4 pm. Towards the evening the light takes on a golden tinge.

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‘Twas the night before Christmas and you were still wide awake, thinking about the cool photo effects you can use on the holiday pictures you plan to take. We have more control over every aspect of our photos today than ever before from lighting and camera angle to eliminating red eye and cropping out clutter. The latest technology in picture taking can help you take some of your best holiday pics ever!

Photo by ” KENZI ” Alaa.J “

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As a professional photographer, one of the most stressful things I hear moms talk about with regard to portrait photography is their angst over outfits and clothing. What I hear from moms almost every day is “Goodness� I want to have this beautiful family portrait but I just don’t know what clothing to dress everyone in! Help! What clothing should we choose to make this thing amazing and really timeless?”

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Numerous challenges face the photographer new to shooting the sport of American football. Whether you are shooting for editorial outlets, for stock, or as an event photographer, you face circumstances not normally encountered in everyday photography. In this article I will offer advice on the basics of shooting American football, and how to improve your results quickly.

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