By Patrick Arseneau – A lot of people assume that they are the rightful owners of every picture they took. This is usually true up until they share those pictures on social websites or photo contests. When sharing pictures online, you should always pay close attention to the site’s terms and conditions. While most of them are being fair to the creator, some are a little surprising.
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By Patrick Arseneau – There’s a lot to think about when composing your photographs. Lights, background, foreground,
rule of thirds, etc. One thing people often forget is the shadows. We don’t think about it often but shadows always exist and should be considered when composing your pictures. Especially when the light source is strong and the shadows are hard and dark. Of course the most important thing to think about is the subject, but if your subject creates a hard shadow, it can be a little distracting if the shadow falls out of the frame.
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By Patrick Arseneau - Children are probably the most popular subject in photography. I think the reason is because they grow up so fast and we all want to freeze them in time. They make great models because they don’t worry about anything. They look completely natural. They don’t care about how their hair looks, if they blink or not, what they wear, etc. It’s a pure capture of how they feel in the present moment. Even if they don’t want to have their picture taken, take it anyway and see how their expression ‘talks’ to you through the picture.
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By Darren Rowes from digital-photography-school.com – One of the wonderful things about digital photography is the creativity that you can engage in once you’ve got your image on your computer and in Photoshop. All kinds of effects can be achieved to make your shots look any number of ways.
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By Karsten Stroemvig on www.diyphotography.net -
Bokeh is an adaptation from a a Japanese word meaning blur. In photography this term is used to describe the quality of the areas in the picture which are not in focus. When referring to Bokeh, we can distinguish some of it characteristics:
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