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3 Advantages of Capturing RAW Images

When I go out on client shoots, I take images in the RAW format instead of just capturing to JPEG format. The RAW image format takes up a lot of disk space, but it’s worthwhile because you have a greater ability to edit images after the fact. Images are Uncompressed Many lower-end digital cameras only

50mm Prime Lens: Prime Lenses Simply Require Two Steps Forward or Two Steps Back

What’s a prime lens? It’s a lens that has ONE focal length: 28mm, 35mm, 50mm, 85mm, 135mm for example.  A zoom lens on the other hand may have a range like 24-105mm or 70-200mm. So why use a prime lens vs. a zoom lens? 1) Quality – Although the Canon 50mm 1.4 is pictured on

Posing Authentically for Photos: It makes a difference in the final results

Most people aren’t models and don’t know how to pose effectively, but “camera shyness” can be overcome. The key is to learn how to forget that you’re posing for the camera—even if you only forget for one second. That’s one of the marks of a good photographer: the ability to trick people into momentarily forgetting

Leading Lines in Photography – Study the Subject to Create Something Different

There’s an important aspect of photographic composition that advertising firms have known (and taken advantage of) for a long time: the concept of “leading lines.” When human beings look at visual images, their eyes tend to follow straight lines. Web sites are designed around this principle. Usability studies have found that a web viewer’s eye