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Getting Even More Out Of Your Love For Travel Photography
If you like to travel a lot, there is more than a slim chance that you also love to capture images of the mesmerizing and inspiring sights that you see on your way around. A love of photography can enhance your travels a lot. However, there are ways to enhance that love of travel photography, too. Here, we’re going to look at some of the tools and tips that can help you get more gorgeous photos and even help you explore your subject matter in brand new ways. Scout your locations to get ideas on how you can shoot it Being caught off guard by a location that is jaw-dropping…
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Photography Success Tips from Wildlife Photographer David Yarrow
Photography Success Tips from Wildlife Photographer David Yarrow The London-based photographer, David Yarrow, creates stunning wildlife photos. Many of them are shot from a peculiar viewpoint. In his recent book, “Wild Encounters”, you will find several portraits of rhino, lions, and elephants taken from ground level. But how does he capture wildlife from those unique positions that place him ahead of the competition? In this article, we will share some tips from David Yarrow Photography that has made his business successful. 1. Pursue Excellence To be successful, you have to discipline yourself and constantly commit to purse excellence. David affirms that he sacrifices comfort, sleep, and sometimes, safety for quality…
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Use Photographs to Tell a Compelling Story
Environmental activists like Louise Gund use photographs to capture the public’s attention and build awareness by telling a story. Humans learn best through stories and if you want people to support your cause, visual storytelling is a good way to build that support. Through careful planning, use of emotional impact, one-of-a-kind shots and building a story through narrative structure, activists can us their photographs more effectively. Plan Your Shots Just as a novelist creates an outline when planning the plot of a book, photographers need to take time to plan their shots. What is the story that you want to tell, and what images will move that story along…
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New Adventures in Photography
New Adventures in Photography *Sponsored Post* Today while attending a birthday party I was asked about doing some family portraits for my husband’s great aunt. She has taken the task of legal custody of some children in their family and while she is not what we would call a young person, she loves these children with her entire heart. I was touched honestly that I was asked to take pictures for them, but it sent my mind into a tailspin. Not only are these family photos but there is a side shoot for high school senior portraits as well. No pressure at all, right? I always look for inspiration…
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Celebrate Graduation with Shop Backdrop
Celebrate Graduation with Shop Backdrop Graduation season is coming and if you guys are like me you want to go all out to celebrate the end of either a high school or college graduation. When I graduated college which was a huge dream of mine I had a big celebration with family and friends. One thing I always wanted was a way to commemorate the event with something like a photo booth, but they are so expensive to rent! I see now (as always hindsight is 20/20) that we could have purchased a really cool photo backdrop for the party. Being able to have something fun like a…