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Know Your Camera

Camera Settings Don’t Tell the Whole Story

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Camera Settings and Your Photo… Poor Amy & Angie. It was not even an hour after we’d met (in “real life”) and were discussing the next day’s Orange County Photography Workshop, that they told me one of the most asked-for workshop components was that we share our camera settings as we shot during the workshop. [...]

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4 Tips to Help You Love Your Camera’s Kit Lens

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Most Canon or Nikon DSLR cameras come with a lens, we call that the kit lens. Enjoy these tips by Michelle Johnson of Love that Shot as she helps you love your kit lens!

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Creating a Blurry Background with a Kit Lens

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Written by: Drew from Happy Chaos The other day, I got to thinking back to when I was a brand new photographer with only my Rebel, an 18-55 kit lens and the zeal to capture beautiful photos.  I started noticing this really cool “effect” that professional photographers achieved…a blurry background.  No matter how hard I [...]

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Introduction to Through the Viewfinder Photography

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Written By: Maryanne Gobble of New EYEdea Photography The thought of taking pictures with an vintage film camera is sort of romantic.  In the age of digital SLRs and Photoshop it’s easy to forget how imperfections can be beautiful.  I want to introduce a technique in which you can combine the past and the present.  Through the Viewfinder Photography, or TtV, uses [...]

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Tutorial – When You Might Want a Tiny Aperture

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We hear about shooting “wide open” all the time. Truth be told, I usually have my walk-around lens set at its widest aperture. And I do so love a beautiful natural portrait with shallow depth of field. But sometimes it’s really nice to shut down that aperture and be mindful of capturing a not-so-shallow depth [...]

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The Importance of a Lens Hood

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Written by: Rachel Durik A lens hood. Do you need one? My answer is yes. And here’s why: Their original purpose is to keep out sunflare. So if that’s your goal, bingo. Already useful. But most of us like a little flare now and then. So what is their purpose then? Well, if you’re a [...]

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Camera Tutorial – Shooting in RAW

Have you ever heard anyone talk about shooting in RAW or JPEG? Or RAW and JPEG? If you don’t shoot in RAW, it’s probably very confusing. Or maybe you know what shooting in RAW is, but just don’t know if it’s worth it or where to start. I was one of those people about a [...]

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Camera Tutorial – A Lesson on Apertures

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One of the questions I’m most often asked about photography is how I get that “blurry background” in pictures. And the answer is simple – it has to do with the aperture. Chances are you’ve heard of apertures. And if you’re anything like me when I first got my camera, you have no clue what [...]

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