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This little [F2] saves me time again and again and again… Actions, scripts, macros, are all means by which you can execute complex or repetitive tasks quickly and easily for repeated recall. I have recorded, saved, and amassed these time savers for a variety of software packages including Photoshop...
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Using Burst Mode to Capture the Best Instance of the Moment Pictured above is one of my favorite Coyote pictures from Badlands National Park. Waiting for a moment like this and capturing it with pinpoint accuracy is very difficult. The secret to many wildlife photographer’s successes is the burst mode...
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Greetings readers. I am winding up my stay teaching Lightroom, Printing and Digital Photography at the Adobe Photoshop PopUp Store in San Francisco. During a day off I got to roam the storied streets of San Francisco and do a little photography and have a little cake along the way too. I stopped for...
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Take pictures on purpose. Let me back up. Compose your pictures on purpose. Let me back up further. Arrange the elements of your composition on purpose-then compose-then take the pictures. It is easy to become enamored with a dominant feature in a photographic composition and miss the opportunity to...
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…or Zoom With Their Feet I know. It sounds like a Rocky and Bullwinkle ‘stay tuned for next week’ line. This article appeared originally on the Holy Crop! blog… it has been modified slightly for republish in the FGI Blog. If you read it on Holy Crop! already, you can take the rest of the [...]
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Time marches. Tools evolve. Technique improves. We shoot new images every day. Our skills as a photographer naturally evolve with time too. The images we capture get better as time passes. RAW Processing has evolved in the past few years. HDR software has evolved in the past few years. Theoretically...
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I’ve written about this subject before. The previous article was concerned with using fill flash to help illuminate the shadowed portions of wildlife in extremely bright situations. What about when the light is almost gone? This Bighorn Sheep at Badlands National Park conveniently posed at dusk-last...
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At the recent Presentation Summit, I had the opportunity to take 15 presentation professionals/amateur photographers on a field trip to Pacific Beach in San Diego. One of the concepts I hoped to teach was balancing ambient light with flash ala the Strobist. The Pinch: An unsuspecting model strolled...
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Who says you have to hold a camera just one or two ways? Same subject-four consecutive shots-four very different looks If you have ever been bored enough to watch a sundial all day you probably have figured out what is different in these four shots. The rose, shot on a cloudy and rainy day was [...]
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Chasing the sunset across the sky can be daunting. It is a race you can never win. I sped down the back roads of western North Dakota in July, my eyes desperately scanning for a suitable foreground element, as the sun receded in defiance. I am going to have to make something from nothing, I [...]
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People are excited about HDR and, for good or ill, it appears to have some long legs. Until it becomes yesterday’s effect or tomorrow’s standard, you need to understand some basic HDR processes. These will help ensure that you are creating a great image-not just an effects demo. Finished Image Just because...
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6 Images with secret camera-setting info to get your blood pumping Ok, I am spilling the beans. Here are six of my firework images with information about the exposure/equipment used. Hopefully, dissecting this information will give you some insight into capturing your own stunning images. 5D – 17-40...
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Save Time in Software Improve Composition Save Megapixels All by reading the new article at Rikk’s Holy Crop! blog. Crop Rotation: Two Butterflies Rikk Flohr © 2010
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Most serious photographers have at least one macro lens in their arsenal. The problem is that most of us don’t allocate precious room in our bags, or consider it within our weight limits when we pack and travel. In addition, macro lenses are expensive and some photographers might forego the cost...
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The Holy Crop! blog was busy over the weekend. Two new foundational articles covering the concepts of Portrait and Landscape cropping are now ready for your perusal. Learn when to use each and a little about what each family of crop means to your shooting and your composition. These are the first...