Why Your Camera Changes Picture Colors

Why Your Camera Changes Picture Colors With a mind-boggling number of posts about weird colors in your photos, I provide a simple definition and photo tip to help ease your frustrations. If you’ve experienced your camera changing colors and making your photos look weird, I know how frustrating that is. The good news is that the solution is often as close as a simple camera adjustment. In every...

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How to Create Intentional Blur in Photography

How to Create Intentional Blur in Photography When creating abstract-looking images, an essential factor is the camera setting — specifically, the shutter speed and how to slow a shutter speed to begin with. When you intentionally blur a subject, you need enough time to move the camera to capture the scene. If your shutter speed is too fast, you won’t have enough time to scan from top...

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Examples of Poor Composition in Photography

Examples of Poor Composition in Photography Often times we can learn as much, if not more, from what did not turn out quite as we hoped, planned for, wanted, expected……..fill in the blank however you wish.   Let’s compare the Bohemian waxwings feeding on the crab apples as examples of poor composition in photography.   Do you see how it’s obvious one of the Bohemian waxwings...

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What Does Fast SLR Camera Lens Mean?

What Does Fast SLR Camera Lens Mean? What types of situations require a fast lens? Are you considering a new lens, but you’re not sure what to buy? What does a fast SLR camera lens mean, and how do you know if you have one? Whether a lens is fast or not relates to how much light a lens can admit through the opening or closing of the overlapping lens blades, called a diaphragm. What is...

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How to Find Photography Spots

How to Find Photography Spots I have always loved this quote from Mike Litman in Conversations with Millionaires, “you don’t have to get it right, you just have to get it going.” And that’s what this series is all about – creativity as you discover how to find photography spots. Please continue reading below the sunflowers. Do you daydream about what you would like...

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Tips To Photograph The Moon

Tips To Photograph The Moon Photographing the moon tends to challenge and confuse beginner photographers. The reason is that photos are often overexposed or too light, revealing nothing more than a bright white blob in the sky. So why is the moon hard to photograph? Many beginner photographers, including me at one time, have a different mindset when taking pictures of the moon at night. If you...

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The Human Element in Landscape Photography

The Human Element in Landscape Photography In my early days of photography, I adamantly resisted the idea of adding the human element in landscape photography. The fact I learned about this from professional photographers did not sway me. Eventually, I began to change my perspective, deciding to experiment and be open to wherever it took me. My first experiments. In two of the three examples, would...

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Mule Deer Fawns

Mule Deer Fawns I barely believed my luck when this scene unfolded in plain view! What a vacation, relaxing, breathing fresh mountain air surrounded by nature and wildlife. Camping offers many benefits, and two of my favourites are enjoying wildlife in their natural surroundings and taking photos. Mule deer frequented this area, and what a joy to watch the adults going about their day. Aware of...

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