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Photography Tips

Family Photo Album Tips {Photography Project}

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Please.  Don’t let your family photos merely live in your computer.  I know we’re living in a digital age, but I still believe that there is just something special about a printed picture.  Or a whole bunch of printed photos all combined together.  In a book.  That tells a story.  That documents YOUR FAMILY.   My [...]

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The 365 Photo Project | Photography Inspiration

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A 365 Project is a great way to get to know your camera and discipline yourself into practicing your photography every day.  Whether you prefer to blog your photos or just post them to your Facebook page or Flickr account, read on to be inspired by one of our I Heart Faces participants who decided [...]

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How to Make Shaped Bokeh

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Making shaped bokeh can add a touch of fun to your holiday photos.  In this free tutorial, our contributor Dana Suggs shows you how to create bokeh shapes.

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How to Capture Holiday Light Bokeh

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Beautiful seasonal photos are taking over the web this month…the holidays are upon us, and one of the best things about photographing the season is the built-in bokeh inside or outside your own house. Bokeh can be defined in many ways, but for the sake of this tutorial, we’re learning about the festive circles of [...]

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Use a Lower Angle to Challenge Your Perspective {Photography Tips}

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Taking photos from a lower angle can produce a much more interesting photograph.  We know this photography tutorial will help you challenge your perspective as you learn to view your subject in a different way.

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Taking Great Indoor Photos without Flash

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Taking great indoor photos without flash can seem impossible, but it’s actually quite doable! We recently took our girls to Gatlinburg, Tenn., and while we were there, we visited the Ripley’s Aquarium. Because Emma wants to be a mermaid, this was clearly one of her favorite attractions.

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Tips for Taking Family Photos

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I was clearing out my computer and found some old and very cherished family photos. These photos of my daughter and me were taken by my friend Pete Lacker exactly 5 years ago. What I think is so cool about these images is that they could have been taken yesterday! I don’t attribute it to [...]

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Tips on How to Take Better Photos with Your Phone

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We’re on My Craft Channel this week with tips for taking a better photo with your phone! We absolutely love our iPhone and wanted to share our photo tips and links to iPhone apps that we talked about in our show. You don’t have to have an iPhone to learn from these tips. Use them with any type of [...]

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