Monthly Archives: February 2014
Macro Portraits
IMG class=bracketarticleopen src=”http://www.photo-natural.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/wpid-bracket-left31.gif”How-ToIMG class=bracketarticleclose src=”http://www.photo-natural.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/wpid-bracket-right31.gif”BRIMG src=”http://www.photo-natural.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/wpid-lead26.jpg” width=645 height=429 PA portrait by any other name or modifier is still a portrait. If I simply add the modifier of MACRO, it doesn’t change rules of composition, light, creativity, depth of field, etc. … Continue reading
Straighten That Horizon and Keep Those Pixels
IMG class=bracketarticleopen src=”http://www.photo-natural.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/wpid-bracket-left30.gif”How-ToIMG class=bracketarticleclose src=”http://www.photo-natural.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/wpid-bracket-right30.gif”BRBREvery once in awhile a grab shot comes along where everything works but the horizon is askew. To fix a crooked horizon, the standard procedure is to access the Ruler Tool (bundled in Photoshop CS6 with … Continue reading
Silhouettes In Nature
IMG class=bracketarticleopen src=”http://www.photo-natural.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/wpid-bracket-left29.gif”How-ToIMG class=bracketarticleclose src=”http://www.photo-natural.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/wpid-bracket-right29.gif”BRIMG src=”http://www.photo-natural.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/wpid-lead25.jpg” width=645 height=429 PI love to photograph at dawn and dusk. I also love the light when the sun hovers near the horizon. If there are clouds in the sky, the color can be magnificent. … Continue reading
Photo of the Week: 4 July 2012
PSTRONGJust a Little Closer/STRONGBRIMG border=0 hspace=0 alt=”Photo of the Week, July 3, 2012, by Kate Brown” align=center src=”http://www.photo-natural.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/wpid-katebrown4july12.jpg” width=300BRPhoto ? Kate J Brown with permission to About.com, Inc./PClick on the photo to see the original post in the forum. PEach … Continue reading
Street Photography Contest Winners
Part of what I love about being the Photography Guide here at About.com is virtually meeting so many different folks from around the world. This street photography contest gave me another interesting look in to your world. PAfter much deliberation, … Continue reading
Tic-Tac-Toe
What does a game of tic-tac-toe have to do with photography? The grid this simple child’s game is played upon is key to composing your image in a dramatic way. In photography, this grid works with the “rule of thirds” … Continue reading
Design Your Photography Web Page
Finding a nice template for a photography website is difficult. Overuse of Flash (that won’t reach anyone on iPad or iPhone), blaring music, and far too long on load times seems to be the norm. Learn to program for the … Continue reading
Photo of the Week: 18 July 2012
PSTRONGIntricate Worship/STRONGBRIMG border=0 hspace=0 alt=”Photo of the Week, July 18, 2012, by mahashakes” align=center src=”http://www.photo-natural.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/wpid-maha18july12.jpg” width=300BRPhoto ? mahashakes with permission to About.com, Inc./PClick on the photo to see the original post in the forum. PEach week I select a photo … Continue reading
Back to Basics – Controls
Sometimes it is necessary to take a step back and review the basics. Camera controls are all about modifying light, either how much light strikes the film or how sensitive the film is to light. The two primary ways to … Continue reading
Free Photo Prints
Free is one of my favorite words and right now Ilford and Canon are teaming up to offer a free photo print so you can see the quality of both Ilford papers and Canon’s professional PIXMA printers. PThis offer is … Continue reading
How to Photograph Lightning
IMG border=0 hspace=0 alt=”Lightning Photo by snowpeak, published on About.com Photography” align=right src=”http://www.photo-natural.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/wpid-lightningphotobysnowpeak.jpg” width=170 How to photograph lightning, how to photograph storms like tornadoes, and other storm chasing questions are frequent ones in photography. Today I’m focusing on how to … Continue reading
Gorillapod Review
There are tons of full size tripods to chose from but what about pocket cameras? Most of the time you don’t want a full size tripod with a smaller camera but there are times when you need the stability of … Continue reading