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Daily Archives: November 16, 2010

7 Basic Things Every Photographer Should Know About Flash Photography Read more: 7 Basic Things Every Photographer Should Know About Flash Photography

Pretty much all cameras have built-in flash these days but often using an external flash gun can significantly improve your results.

Shooting with a flash can be really intimidating if you are new to photography.  As if all the variables within your camera weren’t enough to remember, throwing a flash in the mix has the potential to really screw up how you think about photography. Shooting with a flash shouldn’t be scary or overly-complicated but there are some basic skills that will help you get great results.

http://www.lightstalking.com/thflash-photography

Portraits in industry

These fascinating images of people who work hard with their hands in extreme circumstances are worth a few minutes of your time. Most of us never get the opportunity to photograph in these situations so these are a bit special

http://www.cruzine.com/2010/11/15/hard-work-photography/

 

How to Create Portraits that Captivate and Intrigue – consider the background

This little article is about how your portraits can sometimes be improved by use of sympathetic or interesting backgrounds, from the Digital-Photo_School people

http://www.digital-photography-school.com/how-to-create-portraits-that-captivate-and-intruige