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by jim on July 18, 2008
If you're an honest person, and I believe I am, you cannot be afraid to tip your hat to persons who do what you do, but better. I found a photography blog that is authored by a highly...
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by jim on March 28, 2008
Most people who have a digital camera use it, among other things, to take pictures of other people. How many times have you heard: "Smile", "Look into the camera", "Hold...
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They say that pictures speak a thousand words. What can you say then for a group of 110 photos that covers a span of one year? Reuters has this Pictures of the Year series that is worth hundreds...
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Making a living as a freelance photographer is a tough racket and a bunch of deep-pocket publishers want to make it a lot tougher. The publishers-who count in their ranks The New York Times Company,...
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by John Mello on September 29, 2007
Like fisherman, all photographers have a story about "the one that got away." Mark LaFlamme, writing for the Lewiston Sun Journal in Maine, had one this week end. He was at the right spot...
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by jim on April 06, 2007
Source:www.canon.com You can never have enough photographic reference material at your disposal and when it's free that's an additional incentive. Canon has made available a free online...
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by jim on April 01, 2007
Source:www.jimippolito.com Many digital camera owners are content with taking pictures of their family and friends and documentary type photos of their vacation locations. Eventually though, as their...
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by jim on March 08, 2007
Source:www.jimippolito.com Conventional, straight on photographs are great, but for real drama and dimension I like to shoot at odd angles. By now I think you can tell that I'm a fan of panoramic...
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by jim on February 28, 2007
Source:www.jimippolito.com For years I've maintained that there's almost always a picture to be taken, anywhere; all you need is imagination. It used to be costly and even burdensome, to take...
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by jim on February 07, 2007
Source:www.photos.com Valentine's Day is close at hand, and since it's winter you're spending more time than usual indoors, so why not take the opportunity to hone your indoor digital...
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moo | we love to print: I forget where I stumbled across these guys (apologies to whoever that was), but I've already ordered my sample cards from them. Moo will print a sample pack of 10 cards...
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Creating a killer composition | DSLRBlog: With a bit of shoe work and some imagination any location can go from "good" to "whoooah!", just take the extra time, and don't...
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Selling Your Digital Photos - How To: MSN Tech & Gadgets: Even if you're not planning on going pro as a photographer, having a bit of money come in now and then can be quite nice (as well...
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How to Use Nikon Strobes Wirelessly, for Free! If you're a D70/70S or D200 user (like me) with an SB600 or SB800 flash (like me), and you haven't yet had sufficient need to delve through...
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Photographing Signs - Travel Photography Tip: Signs can be a much under-rated way of injecting some slightly off-beat local colour into your library - they can invoke a particular set of memories as...
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Instructor Insights: Landscape Lighting: One of the 'rules' of photography in general - Landscape Photography particularly, is that you avoid midday light. It's too harsh, the shadows are...
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Strobist: Reverse Engineering Other Shooters' Light: Over at Strobist, the lighting experts are talking about how to figure out what sort of lighting another photographer used - simply by looking...
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MY PHOTO SETUP: You don't need to spend thousands on pro gear to get pro results. All you need is attention to detail, and a willingness to experiment. Or, if you're lazy like me, you can...
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O'Reilly -- ExpoDisc for Pro (and Easy) Color Capture: Not a tool I've yet had a chance to experience, but from the look of the example shots in the article, something we could all benefit...
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Strobist: Adding (and Synching) a Second Strobe: If, like me, you're looking for ways to improve your lighting techniques, you really should be reading Strobist. Not that I'm trying to tell...
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One Light Portraits An absolutely brilliant (heh) look at a really simple lighting technique, that with a little bit of variation(mostly in the background) can give a wide variety of effects. So much...
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