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Reasons you need to use a reflector when shooting outside on a bright day.

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!

Digital cameras can be put in different photo shooting modes. The most used mode is automatic - the only thing you need to do is point and shoot. However understanding and using the other options will allow you to get better photos in certain scenarios.

Making Light II - Advanced Use of Off-Camera Flash by Piet Van den Eynde was released today and is an in-depth instructional eBook on the topic of advanced flash photography.

Learning how to use and love backlight in photos. Are you one of those photographers who fear the sun? I mean downright gets the shakes to even fathom shooting someone in it?

create anything you can imagine - Learn the basic skills and/or refine your existing skills using these tutorials. Be inspired.

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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."

"Move beyond auto mode and gain control of your photographs with step-by-step guidance from Santa Fe Photographic Workshops instructor Rick Allred. Master your camera's features and join Rick in the field as he reveals how to find flattering light and shoot successfully in shade, harsh sunlight and challenging low light. Learn to use shutter speed and depth of field to maximize detail, minimize distractions and create the best photos possible."

The Sigma 105mm f/2.8 EX DG Macro Lens is - as you can discern from the name - Sigma's entry in the fixed short-telephoto focal length macro lens category. And in this case, Sigma means a true 1:1, close-up macro lens. Like most macro lenses (the Canon MP-E 65mm 1-5x Macro Lens excluded), this Sigma lens also can be used as a normal 105mm short telephoto lens.

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!

this tutorial will show you how to create a mystery photo manipulation using Photoshop brushes, different blend modes, and more.

michellinda25 @alophotoshop photoshop tutorials on the web that let you achieve amazing effects using various photoshop techniques. http://illustratorcs6.com

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.

Quite simply put - we need reflectors because they provide a reflective light to our images that lights just can't provide. They are able to be used at that 'other' light you hear photographers always talking about.

Activating RAW Video on Canon 5D Mark III using Magic Lantern

"Step 1 - What Is Aperture? The best way to understand setting your aperture is to think of it as the pupil of an eye.  The wider it gets, the more light it lets in. Together, the aperture settings, shutter speed and ISO produce an exposure. The diameter of the aperture size changes, allowing more or less light onto the sensor. This depends on the situation and the scene being photographed. Creative uses of different aperture sizes and their consequences are tackled in Step 2. Put simply, when talking about light and exposure, wider apertures allow more light and narrower ones allow less."