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10 Tips for Better Macro Photos
Without a doubt, macro photography has been an unexpected joy for me with photography - it allows you to see the world in a whole new way, and appreciate the beauty that can be found everywhere if you get close enough! Although it is certainly fun, macro also brings a whole new set of challenges to the table too.
If you are just starting out into the world of macro, here are 10 tips to get you going...
An Example Lightroom Workflow (with free checklist!)
Lightroom is an absolutely amazing program for image editing and image organisation. It has saved me countless hours in post-processing, due to the fact that I can do so much in one little program! (If you don't yet know the full beauty of Lightroom, check out this post with 8 Reasons to Love Lightroom Even As a Hobbyist)
One thing that does also help save you time is making sure that you have a solid workflow in place. A workflow is simply a series of steps that you do each and every time to an image, and in a specific order. Of course you will not do exactly the same steps all the time, but a workflow simply allows you to have a framework so you don't feel like you are starting right from scratch the whole time.
Top 15 Tutorials of 2015
I truly want to help you grow in your photography journey, so you are ready and able to capture the moments that mean the most to you. I've written a LOT of posts over the last year that hopefully have helped you to do just that: some of them informative, and some that were intended to simply inspire you to pick up your camera and document your days. Today I thought I'd share 15 of my favourites from 2015.
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How to Add a Vignette In Lightroom
A vignette is an affect that many photographers apply to some images to make their subject "pop" - it works by darkening just the edges of the photo, so that the centre of the image is correctly exposed, and the brightness gradually falls off towards the edges of the photograph. You might want to apply this affect for two reasons: firstly, because this affect actually mimics the way we naturally view scenes with the naked eye, so it feels quite natural, and secondly because a vignette acts a little bit like a very subtle frame, drawing the viewers eye to the subject. (You might also naturally get some vignetting with certain lenses too - so it's not just an editing affect!) Vignettes don't work with every type of image, only some, but are a useful tool in you editing arsenal nonetheless!
Beginner Photography Tips: Your First Steps with a DSLR
Did you get a brand spanking new DSLR this year? Yay for you!
It can be quite disconcerting to pick up your camera for this first time and realise you don't know how to work it except on AUTO! As tempting as it is, you don't want to stay in AUTO too long, as in order to get the best out of your DSLR - and get those images you dream of - you need to take a little bit of control. Here a few tips and tricks that will get you started off on the right foot.
10 Tips For Capturing Christmas Day
I know we all like to capture the holiday season, and Christmas Day in particular! So, today, I've put together some tips for you especially for photographing Christmas day, to help you be prepared and get the shots you want.
Please bear in mind that it's not about getting perfect shots, or making sure you capture every little thing, it's more about ensuring that you get the one or two shots that are important to you, and some that help you tell a story or simply freeze moments from the day. So once you have taken a few, put the camera down for a while and join in the day too - or at least go and get the dinner on :)
So, here's 10 Christmas Photography Tips for anyone wishing to capture their festivities at this time of year.
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It's been quite a few years now since I made the switch from Aperture Priority Mode to shooting in Manual Mode, and it was one of the BEST things I ever did to improve my photography skills.
It was like a whole new world opened up to me, and I started TRULY understanding exposure, and in turn, getting the images that I wanted.
Of course, there was a lot to learn, and there are some things I wish I had known before I started!
So, here are 10 things about shooting in Manual Mode that you might just wish you knew…