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Dana Suggs

A Beginner’s Guide to Low-Key Lighting

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I have a very talented photographer-friend that had an idea for a fun photo shoot with our local photography group:  low-key lighting.   Honestly, I had no idea what that was, so I Googled it. According to my Google search, low-key lighting is the use of shadows to create a mood.  (In contrast, the term high-key [...]

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{Photographers Giving Back} Jasmine’s Heart

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Continuing our Photographers Giving Back Series, we are happy to feature Jasmine’s Heart, a charity dedicated to capturing beautiful photo-journalistic portraits of babies in neo-natal intensive care units (NICU), founded by our very own Creative Team member Dana Suggs. I have always loved babies!   My baby brother came home from the hospital on my 3rd [...]

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Photographing Beautiful Catchlights in the Eyes

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As most of you know, from reading my other photography tutorials, I may be a tad long-winded, and may find humor in everything.  Today’s probably won’t be any different.  If you don’t have the time for the long-winded or humor…..in a nutshell: Find the light. If you do have time for long-winded, humor, and probably [...]

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Using Texture as a Composition Tool

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If you missed Dana’s first three tutorials in this photography composition series, be sure to take a few moments to check them out.  They are inspiring and packed full of photography tips that will help you improve composition in your photos. ‎Photography Composition {The Rule of Odds} Photography Composition {The Rule of Thirds} Photography Composition [...]

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Photography Composition {The Rule of Space}

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This is the third in a series of Photo Composition Tutorials & Tips written by Dana Suggs for I Heart Faces this month.   Follow along with the rest of this Photography Composition Series here: Photography Composition {The Rule of Odds} Photography Composition {The Rule of Thirds} Using Texture as a Photography Composition Tool Rule [...]

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Photography Composition {The Rule of Thirds}

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This is the second in a series of Photo Composition tutorials by Dana Suggs. Follow along with the rest of this Photography Composition Series here: Photography Composition {The Rule of Odds} Photography Composition {The Rule of Space} Using Texture as a Photography Composition Tool I remember when I first started in photography, I had someone [...]

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Photography Composition {The Rule of Odds}

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This is the first in a series of Photography Composition Tutorials by Dana Suggs, I Heart Faces Creative Team member.  Follow along with the rest of this Photography Composition Series here: Photography Composition {The Rule of Thirds} Photography Composition {The Rule of Space} Using Texture as a Photography Composition Tool Rule of Odds – Why [...]

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How to Swap Heads {Photoshop Tutorial}

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Pin It Have you ever taken that PERFECT family photo….only to bring it up in Photoshop and discover a blinker? A tongue-sticker-outer? (Is that even an adjective?) Or you’ve taken roughly a hundred photos and there is at least ONE blinker in every photo? In the beginning, I would normally just banged my head harshly on the [...]

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