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If you think finding inspiration for complete strangers is hard, try thinking of something new to do with your kids! It would be easy if we went somewhere new every day or even every week like the zoo or theme parks but let’s fact it – most of our lives are spent in our town. Same old park, same old beach, same old playground. Here are some photos taken in the same location and my inspiration to go there with my camera AGAIN when my brain is telling me “been there, done that”.

via 5 Tips for Parents – Same Old Location. New Inspiration..

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Photos taken of me at the Dallas Arboretum by photographer Dana Petresq.

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After I got hooked to smoke photography, the one question that has been constantly running through my mind these past few months has been ‘What else can I do with smoke?’. Smoke, otherwise an unwanted by-product of combustion, is actually a great subject for photography.

via An Introduction to Smoke Photography.

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Many people believe that a polarizer is used to make the sky bluer and the clouds stand out against the blue sky…

via Laurie’s Blog » Blog Archive » Tech Tuesday…Polarizer.

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Late last week I talked about how many of us need to pull back a little on ‘reading’ about photography and actually start ‘doing’ some more of it.

via Why This Photographer Is Better Than Me [My Photography Confession].

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Q. I am interested in colors! I want to shoot vivid pics with personalityA. Excellent! First things first, though. To wrap our brains around producing photos with the wow factor, you have to get acquainted with at least basic post production aka: ‘editing’ methods. You don’t take pictures that pop, you make pictures that pop! Capturing the image on your camera’s sensor is only the beginning. These are the things I would say you should consider to produce imagery which is vivid, interesting and full of personality:

via A Beginner’s Guide to Vivid Shots that Pop.

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Planning to trip or vacation? Here’s 10 handy travel photography tips to get you thinking about how to capture your time away.

via 10 Travel Photography Tips.

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Want to look “natural”? Try looking out of the side of your face.

Ok, the title of this doesn’t do much for explaining what I mean, so let me try again. I’ve noticed over the years, that there is a little something that can make a model’s portrait shot look a little more natural. I use this for testimonial type of portraits, when you need the model at the camera, but not look staged. I don’t always pull this trick out of the bag, but if I’m having trouble posing a model and the model is having trouble looking natural, I give it a go.

via Model Posing guide – Posing tips for models and photographers – Canted head.

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Over-editing in Photoshop is a chronic problem. When photographers first get and learn to use Photoshop, they often are in awe of its capabilities but do not have the skills to use it properly. As a result, many start out playing with filters and plug-ins and over-use them. Sometimes photographers feel Photoshop is all powerful and take images that should have been in a reject pile, and they try to “save” them. As a rule, Photoshop should not be used to save unacceptable photos. If a photo is out of focus, blown out, severely under-exposed, or has really awkward composition, Photoshop will not make it drastically better. Used in excess, it can actually make the image worse.

via Over-Editing in Photoshop: How to Avoid 25 Common Editing Mistakes.

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If you’re stuck for something to do this weekend why not give a new photography technique a try?

via 5 Fun Weekend Photography Projects [Part 1].

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