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Wednesday, September 8th, 2010
Tip of the Week #9 – Learning the Camera? Try Automatic.
by Steven Sawusch
When you are trying to learn how to use a camera, start off with the automatic setting. Not only will this give you the best chance not to miss a shot while learning, but it will allow you to analyze the settings and photos after the fact to learn from. You will be able to see the settings that the camera thought were correct and see what effects some of the changed settings do. The next step up the chain is shooting in the aperture priority mode (Av).
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Wednesday, September 1st, 2010
Tip of the Week #8 – Take Notes in the Field
by Steven Sawusch
When you go out into the field to shoot, take a small notepad with. Your notepad can be one of your greatest resources if you let it. To help jumpstart your note taking, here are a few items you can note for future referace:
- How long it takes to travel to the location (e.g. how long it takes to drive to the location from the hotel you are staying at)
- How long it takes to get from the parking lot to the spot where you should take your photo
- What time of day should the photo be shot (e.g. sunrise, sunset)
- What season or date range would be best to shoot
- What other spots are nearby that could yield good shots (GPS locations could be useful here)
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Wednesday, March 31st, 2010
Tip of the Week #7 – Talk to Others
by Jordan Thunquest
Talk to others in your field. A great way to better your skills in photography is to talk to other photographers and even go out and shoot with them. They’ll see things a little differently than you will. It could open your eyes to things you wouldn’t normally notice.
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Wednesday, March 24th, 2010
Tip of the Week #6 – Master Your Gear
by Jordan Thunquest
It’s not the gear, it’s the skill. It’s much more important to polish your photography technique than to just buy a new piece of gear. Master what you have before you upgrade it. There are plenty of great images out there made with old film cameras, or even the iphone camera (only 2.7 megapixels).
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Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010
Tip of the Week #5 – Photo Challenges
by Jordan Thunquest
Want to better your photography? Try taking up one of the many photography challenges. Whether it’s an A-Z, picture a day, or a little more targeted like a self portrait a day, you’ll be glad you did when you’re done. Not only does this get you shooting, but it gets you thinking about what you’re taking a picture of, instead of just shooting what you see. There’s plenty of them floating around, just search Flickr or Google for one that fits you.
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Wednesday, October 28th, 2009
Tip of the Week #4
by Steven Sawusch
This tip is an additional tip when entering a contest. Research who the jurors will be (if possible). The reason you want to do this research is because everyone is biased in one way or another. If a juror is a studio portrait photographer, they will more times than not be biased towards photos with people in them (a animal photographer will be biased towards photos with animals, etc…). If no information is given on who the jurors will be, look at who is running the contest. A studio photography company will again be less likely to select a landscape photo or animal photo over photos with people in them.
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Monday, October 19th, 2009
Tip of the Week #3
by Jordan Thunquest
When entering a contest, read the rules carefully before submitting. Some contests will claim full rights to your image the moment you enter it (win or not). Make sure that you’re keeping the rights to sell your image instead of handing it over to them.
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Wednesday, October 7th, 2009
Tip of the Week #2
by Steven Sawusch
Read your camera’s manual. It is always good to read your camera’s manual because there are a lot of features that they build into cameras these days. I tend to find that many features are not highly marketed on many cameras and tend to be some pretty cool features. For example, in the Canon G10 there is a built in neutral density filter function or in the G9 they had a time lapse movie feature. If you have read your manual many months ago, read it again. Often there are features that we have forgotten about and would be cool to play around with now.
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Wednesday, September 30th, 2009
by Steven Sawusch
Each week we will try to give a photography related tip to help you improve your photos. Topics will range from photoshop tips, in the field tips, equipment tips and much more.
Tip of the Week #1
Shoot. Just like anything, the more you practice the better you get. Keep your camera with you and take pictures when you can.
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