Valentine’s Day is soon upon us, and we all know that loved ones like to receive homemade gifts. Here’s a simple but fun idea that’s perfect for creating a gift, and you’ll learn a new photographic technique along the way!
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Simon Bray is an amateur photographer from Manchester, UK. He recently graduated from studying for a degree in Music at Manchester University, where he won Manchester Student Photographer of the Year 2009. He currently works at Manchester Photographic, a gallery and photographic school in the centre of the city, sharing his passion for photography alongside professionals and beginners.
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A Step-by-Step Guide on Planning and Completing a Personal Photography Project – Tuts+ Premium
We have another Photo Premium tutorial exclusively available to Premium members today. In this tutorial, we’ll give you look into create what is arguably the most reward thing a photographer can undertake. Learn more at the jump!
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A Beginner’s Guide to Shooting in Low Light
As photographers, we’re always being told that light is the most important element of our work, that the shots we produce are dependent upon the light available and the artificial light that we bring to a situation. Whether we’re tired of hearing it or not, it’s true.
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10 Tips for Making Natural Light Portraits
Learning to use light effectively is essential for all photographers, there is no substitute for understanding how light works and appreciating how to use it to your advantage within your work. For portraits, I always prefer to use natural light, even if I am indoors. Working with natural light isn’t all easy sailing, there are plenty of aspects that need to be understood in order to avoid making mistakes.
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Going Beyond Shooting at Eye Level
As I look back at my photographic history, I can pick out certain points at which my photography changed or developed in some way. This may have been due to the acquisition of some new equipment, the development of a new technique or a opportunity to work with new subject matter. No single step in my journey has been more important than realizing that I need to shoot things differently than how people normally see them.
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Quick Tip: 5 Tips for Getting Great “Bokeh” Shots
I’m sure you’ve seen those eye catching blurry light shots online and many of you have wondered how best to achieve the soft bokeh effect, well if that’s you, then you’re in the right place, as in this quick tip we’ll look to explain what bokeh is and how you can go about achieving it yourself.
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60+ Shots of The World’s Best Roads
For me, the lure of a road trip is often extremely hard to resist. The notion of heading off into the wild, free to explore, has a far greater attraction than my to-do list, although it often never wins. In today’s collection, we’re diving into this very theme.
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Quick Tip: What is RAW and Why Might You Need It
For many photographers, RAW is a term that is familiar, but the understanding of why it is important, how it works, or why it is useful has not come. Hopefully through this brief quick tip, you’ll be able to understand the basics of using RAW and how you can utilize it to enhance your own photography.
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Top Tips for Self Promotion and Why Its So Important
For a photographer, the thing they want to spend most of their time doing is photography, but if you take yourself seriously and want to progress in the world of photography, then time needs to be dedicated to raising your profile and promoting your work. This, admittedly, is no where near as fun as the actual photography, but with regards to furthering your career, it’s almost as important.
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A Beginner’s Guide to Using Filters – Part 2
For professionals, filters are essential tools which will be taken to each and every shoot they undertake. In the past, before the digital era, filters were used as one of the photographers primary creative tools and with the introduction of digital photography, it could have easily been perceived that post processing would take over that dominance for creative manipulation of photographs. In reality, filters are still as popular as ever, because they offer the photographer means for creativity in-camera that cannot be as effectively replicated in post processing.
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