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10 Great (other:) photography blogs

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:18:01 -0600

These blogs are really great and bringing you to the expert level and are updated more than this one is so make sure you check them out.

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Use your photos and drawings to make profitabe products

Sun, 06 Sep 2009 18:29:51 -0500

If you decide not to make a business with one of these sites, you can at least create some great holiday gifts with your unique product. A great reference site for creative, budding artists, photographers, and buisness owners.

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Make your own movie poster and other cool creations

Sun, 23 Aug 2009 14:32:07 -0500

Say you want to send a photo(s) to your friend, Why not make it interesting?

The link below is for 13 different free websites that allow you to make funny creations with your text and/or photos. From movie posters, to magazine covers, to posters, stamps, tombstones and more. Have fun.

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So you want to take great waterfall shots?

Fri, 21 Aug 2009 07:40:00 -0500

This page has samples of some amazing waterfalls and great photography of them.

When you get to the page you will see some links for some good instruction websites on how to get that cool water shot.

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38 stock photo sites 16 of them free-

Sun, 16 Aug 2009 21:31:12 -0500

Suppose you are doing a brochure for a client or yourself, and you can’t get or take the photo you want. Got to a stock photo site. Many of the sites (16), offer free stock photos. Some sites also have nice texture backgrounds 100.

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100 Websites toTeach Yourself Photography

Tue, 11 Aug 2009 09:08:57 -0500

I just found this website which has links to 100 different websites that have photography tips and tricks. Click here to check it out.

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Mon, 20 Jul 2009 01:10:25 -0500

Taking great baby pictures

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 01:08:36 -0500

Here is a New York times article and pictures with Ms Sanduval, and photographer in the San Diego CA area. Very nice work and good tips on taking those, oh, so , cute, baby pictures.

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Become a master at photo retouching

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 09:26:09 -0500

Here are 26, count em, 26 tutorials on different types of photo retouching.

Doing one a day should make you a master at this in less than a month!

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Q. What is one way to learn from the Master Photographers?

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 11:47:00 -0500

Answer- Go to there websites and take in their work. See what they are dong. Figure out if there is anything they are doing that you can also do. Angles, colors, setups, shadows etc. Just go to their websites to get inspired.

To get you started here are links to 35 photographers websites and descriptions and a shot or two from each one on the links page.

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Thinking of giving a photo as a gift or just want to have some fun

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 08:56:58 -0500

These 7 free programs allow you to do some cool image manipulation without much work at all. Your friends will think you spend all day designing something artsy, when you most likely just chose some template and hit “create”. I won’t tell them if you dont

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If you own a mac and you are using it to process photos read this

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:45:00 -0500

A great set of tools, programs and apps for Mac heads that do photography. If you use a pc like me, you are out of luck, but I will let you know if someone comes up with a similar list for PC users.

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Getting people to pose for you and simple background setup

Sun, 28 Jun 2009 10:48:21 -0500

His guy does street portraits, gets people off the street and puts them in front of a simple white piece of paper. Watch his technique as he quickly asks people to pose. It is confident, funny and fast. We all can learn by watching his style.

It is also inspiring to see that you can take good pictures with a single focus lens and no lights. His framining of some of the images is very unique also.

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53 Crazy good digital photography tutorials.

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:09:00 -0500

I saw this site, and I have to agree with them. These tutorials allow you to some very creative things with photoshop. Scan though the titles and examples and if you find one that works for you it will be well worth it.

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The right way to sharpen pictures

Fri, 12 Jun 2009 18:17:53 -0500

Many people think you just hit the sharpen control, but unsharpen mask and some other button pushing is the way to go. A good refresher on the basics and more.

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Create dramatic slide shows for your website,

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 08:21:53 -0500

Here are 15 plug ins for your website that allow you to do creative slide shows with your pictures. I have not tried any of them yet, but if anyone thinks one is much better than the others let me know

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The best places to get classic public domain photos

Mon, 25 May 2009 11:28:26 -0500

Some of these photos, either the copyright has expired, there never was one, or they are from a place like NASA, so the pictures are funded by the taxpayer and thus have to give them to you.

Also look near the bottom of the article for a link to how to make giantic prints (you print from your desktop printer- from your digital images.

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How to photograph you pets

Thu, 21 May 2009 00:01:10 -0500

The NY Times had an interview recently with a Pet photographer. Although you may choose not to make money at this venture, there are still some good tips for pros and amateurs alike.

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Very effective way to enhance contrast with photoshop

Thu, 14 May 2009 00:47:00 -0500

If If you have Photoshop, you want to try this with your pictures. The page also includes some other great tutorials to improve your photos.

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25 places for free or (cheap) stock photos

Sat, 18 Apr 2009 09:08:17 -0500

Suppose you are making up a book or brochure. Sometimes you need a picture of something and you are not in the right place, or don’t have the time, or people to get the shot.

This is where stock photos come in. Some websites have them free or of little cost.

Check out these sites.

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