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There are a plethora of ways to treat a portrait for a myriad of uses, but that is for another feature. Let's tackle adding drama or a cinematic quality to a regular, humdrum portrait. Let's even throw in a little bit of faking HDR. That way if you work on a project that requires a stunning shot without the stunning photography, you'll be able to cobble something together using your mad skillz!

photoSIG is a community of photographers and photography enthusiasts, ranging from amateurs to working professionals. photoSIG members who submit photographs are expected to write three critiques for every photo they ask for critiques on . photoSIG is designed to be self-maintaining. The worthiness, or unworthiness, of photos and critiques submitted by users is determined by the user community. Users have the opportunity to comment, favorably or unfavorably, on photos and on critiques submitted by other users. In addition to the editorial control exerted by the community via the rating system, photoSIG itself also attempts to encourage high-quality critiques by only allowing critiques that conform to photoSIG's quality standard to affect a photographer's rating.

Lightenupandshoot and creativeLive have joined forces for what is going to be the most memorable weekend in the history of photography! (was that a little over sold?) In our efforts to bring the lightenupandshoot philosophy to everyone around the world, the great people over at creativeLive have given us the opportunity to give an amazing 3 day lightenupandshoot style workshop and transmit it to everyone around the world for FREE! How incredible is that!

Welcome to lesson two! The next two lessons are going to focus on camera basics. First off, we're going to talk about aperture - also called f-stop - and shutter speed. Those two things alone put me off for a very long time when I was a beginner and considering learning more about photography. All the years I spent growing up while I was young, I had a camera in my hands. I have boxes full of photographs of school events, slumber parties, the poodle I had growing up and all of my friends acting goofy. I figure some of that will make good blackmail material later on in life, but I digress… The point is that I was born with a love for taking pictures, but all of the crazy technical sounding stuff was very scary to me. If that's where you are, I'm here to tell you that you have nothing to be scared of. It takes a while to get the feel of how to know exactly what you're doing, but the basic concepts are quite easy, and I'll give you some tools you can use to help you along until it all comes naturally to you.

"Have you ever finished a shoot thinking that your images are perfectly sharp on your LCD screen, only to find that, once they are on your monitor, they aren't quite as sharp as you thought they were? Here are a few tips to help you achieve sharper images."

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"One of the most frequent questions I have received in the last month has been about back button focus and how to use it on Canon and Nikon DSLR cameras.  In this article you'll learn what back button focusing is, and how to back button focus for Canon and Nikon cameras."

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PictureSocial is a social media site that is specific for photographers. Here they can share their work as well as view others' work.

A camera bag is essential equipment for photographers as it allows them to have a place where they can arrange their equipment as well as protect them from the elements. Not only are camera bags more stylish today, they also are integrated with the latest designs and materials allowing them to be lightweight and durable.

Small Aperture? What kind of a silly name is that? Well, when you take photos with a small aperture, you get a greater depth of field, so you get a feel for what's going on in the background. That's what this site is about: a slightly deeper, more overall approach to photography - and all the fun things that comes with it. And besides, we rather like the name.

We are a growing company with many, many ideas and too little time! As a result, we are always looking for talented photographers, designers and vendors to join our Cafe team!