tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28916959654533132582024-03-10T00:41:19.685-08:00Mari's Camera - Photography Tips and MoreImprove your photography!
My weekly blog offers tips for beginning to advanced hobbyist photographers.
It's a handy reference about dSLR and Point and Shoot cameras, photography and digital art.Mari Sterling Wilburhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17232646172657479932noreply@blogger.comBlogger76125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2891695965453313258.post-50730986609004082792011-12-16T12:36:00.000-08:002011-12-16T12:36:38.050-08:00This Moment - A Friday Ritual - The Bored Border<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">A Friday ritual. Photos capturing moments from the week. Simple, special, moments. Moments you want to pause, savor and remember. “This Moment” is a
ritual found on SouleMama’s blog which then traveled to Wee Man, Almost There
by Sarah-Jane and Raising Amelie by Alejandro. Join the fun.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">A Friday ritual. Photos –
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by Sarah-Jane and Raising Amelie by Alejandro. Join the fun.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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creative we bloggers can be! Each month a selected video will be
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">This moment – A Friday
ritual. A photo capturing a moment from the week. Simple, special,
extraordinary moments. Moments you want to pause, savour and remember. “This
Moment” is a ritual found on SouleMama’s
blog then borrowed by the Wee Man, Almost There by Sarah-Jane
and Alejandro at Raising Amelie. Thank you all for passing this idea on.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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to photography set your camera on portrait mode. Portrait mode is typically
located on a dial at the top of a camera and is represented by the symbol of
the little lady in the jaunty hat. This mode will help adjust for lighting and
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I received a message from Varina on G+ with a description of how she photographed one of her images. I'm sharing the message with you as you'll find the photography tip as informative as I do. This is definitely something I'm going to try. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Below is a copy of her message. You'll find her image with the original message on G+ at <a href="https://plus.google.com/115105647022907007398/posts">Varina Patel</a>. Once on her G+ scroll down a bit to find #PhotographyTips and her image and message. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;">"<a class="ot-hashtag" href="https://plus.google.com/s/%23PhotographyTips" style="color: #3366cc; cursor: pointer; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none;">#PhotographyTips</a> </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">So, here's something a little bit out of the ordinary from my collection. I took this shot on a beach in Florida a few years ago. It's nothing more than a bit of a branch that I found in the sand, but I loved it's smooth form and the cracked patterns that covered it. I wanted a clean and simple portrait.</span><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">I took the stick and pushed one end into a little hole in a log nearby and set up my camera so that I could shoot the sticks straight on. I used a 180mm macro lens to get nice and close, so I could bring attention to the interesting cracks and details. And I chose a shutter speed carefully - making sure that the background was completely blown out and that the stick was exposed correctly. I wanted it to look as though I had placed the stick in front of a white background... but of course, I didn't have one out there on the beach... so I just set the stick in front of the bright sky. It's a really simple technique, and the finished image looks as though it was photographed in studio.</span><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Obviously, this look won't work for every photo - but in this case, I like it. :) The stick seems to be reaching for something just out of the frame. I wonder what it is reaching for!"</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">Be sure and follow the above link to her on G+. Take a look at her wonderful image and leave comments. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">When you leave your comments on G+ please let her know you found her through #PhotographyTips Blog. You'll love her photography so take a look around while you're there. You'll find lots of inspiration in her work.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Do you have a blown out or the opposite, a silhouette photo to share? If so, be sure and leave it in your comments box so we can all share and enjoy. Or post it on your blog and leave a link.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">I don't have a blown out photo to share so I've shared one of my </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">silhouette photos, textured and layered. </span><br />
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<br />Mari Sterling Wilburhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17232646172657479932noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2891695965453313258.post-78016528847326068032011-11-11T17:39:00.000-08:002011-11-11T17:39:28.434-08:00Changing What's Real Monthly Event By "The Other Side of Anna"<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">At the beginning of each month <a href="http://othersideofanna5.blogspot.com/2011/11/changing-whats-real-month-1.html#more">The Other Side of Anna</a> will be showcasing a photo gallery of her work displaying an original photo and the subsequent photo edits and editions that she has done to it. There will be a linky tool on her blog available for anyone who would like to join in the fun. The event will begin the first day of each month and continue until the last day of the month. There are a lot of creative photographers out there and we'd all love to see your work.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 22px;">I use Photo Shop Elements for my digital art but there are lots of programs available like Picnik, Gimp, Picasa, and of course Photo Shop. Prices vary from free to expensive.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;">The last two are similar to each other but I used PSE with Topaz Labs Filters rather than textured layers. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">In order to pan
successfully set your camera on a slow shutter speed and follow your subject’s
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">The actual shutter speed
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how to pan, don’t slow your shutter down too much. Just keep it slow
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">When I first tried my hand
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practiced photographing the horses as they made their stately and gracefully
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana;">Check out my prior post on <a href="http://mariscamera.blogspot.com/2011/11/how-to-photograph-fast-moving-subjects.html">photographing fast moving subjects</a> and how to keep the entire scene in sharp focus. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">All photos above are distributed under the </span><a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en">Creative Commons License</a>. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thank you to the photographers for allowing their images to be used by others.</span><br />
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Tiger Time, You Tube Tuesday is a day set aside for sharing your
favorite video. Feel free to join in and let's have fun seeing how
creative we bloggers can be! Each month a selected video will be
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #45818e;">Also add your blog post to the Mr. Linky at <a href="http://holesinmysoles.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Holes In My Soles</a> along with a comment.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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mode. This keeps a moving subject in focus if you hold down the shutter release
button half way before firing off your shot. Most DSLRs have this option and
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Mari Sterling Wilburhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17232646172657479932noreply@blogger.com61tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2891695965453313258.post-67570917097727591732011-10-31T10:33:00.000-07:002011-10-31T10:33:37.592-07:00Rock Out!! - Happy Halloween Birthday from Paul McCartney and Me<div style="text-align: center;">
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<st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Orange</span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> is the color associated with fun, flamboyance, happy days and warmth. Like red, there is nothing calm associated with this color.</span><br />
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<br />Mari Sterling Wilburhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17232646172657479932noreply@blogger.com63tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2891695965453313258.post-39847840978458454222011-10-21T17:46:00.000-07:002011-10-21T17:46:06.741-07:00Please Welcome My Guest Photographer: Sarah-Jane Klemis<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sarah-Jane's photographs caught my eye a while back. Her work has a unique style - and that style is engaging, enticing and full of joy. Her images make me smile and brighten my day. Be sure and follow the links at the bottom of this post to her photography sites and leave comments letting her know how much you enjoyed her guest post.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #45818e; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When Mari asked me if I’d like to guest photog on her blog I had a 101 thoughts and emotions that went through me.<br /><br />Can I do that? WOW she’s asking me! OMG! Panic!<br /><br />You see I’ve only recently started a photography diploma so my confidence in my ability is still a bit shaky. I’ve always loved snapping away and I see things that I think would make a great picture but I was never really any good, I tend to cut off people’s heads or focus on the wrong thing. Nowadays I do cut off their heads but it’s more structured and seems to work better. I had a point and shoot camera and after a little mishap with a bathtub if was never quite the same.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: #45818e; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">At Christmas, Michael (my lovely patient partner) bought me a DSLR, it was the ideal present and one that I had absolutely no idea how to use it. As soon as I opened it I was photographing everything from buttons to random passers by and I was in heaven but I wanted to be able to do more. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: #45818e; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I had no idea about focus or aperture and shutter speed to me was how fast I could pull my curtains. People like Mari inspire me - I see what she creates and I really want to be able to do that myself. There was one snag to that theory - Mari is amazingly talented and I didn’t have a clue what I was doing (I may have a little bit of a better clue but I still have a long way to go.) </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #45818e; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />I love to be creative with my photographs and you could say I’m still finding my style but I see something and I want to capture it. I have a moment, a memory and I’m aware that age isn’t being favourable to me so I want to have something that really signifies that moment, something I can keep.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #45818e; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Portraiture is supposed to be posed but to me when I’m taking photo’s it’s a mixture of candid moments, you could call mine candid portraits (I’ve probably just made a 1000 photographers want to gun me down, or I’ve just guessed at something that is an actual style of photography - who knows but realistically if it’s candid (naturally/unposed) or its portraiture (framed/posed) classically, I think it probably has to be one or the other). </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #45818e; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This one here looks like a candid photo but Samuel (my son) was well aware I was taking it and just refused to look at the camera because he was enjoying his ice cream too much:</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #45818e; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /><br />My favourite subject is Samuel, children have such a way of not letting the camera affect them, whereas adults tend to either over play or become overly conscious as soon as a camera points in their direction. </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #45818e; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This was on the way to the park, we must of passed this wall a hundred times without so much of a second glance but once I had camera fever it became the backdrop of a 5 minute photo shoot. I love how the surroundings we pass by everyday can create something so fun or even magical:<br /></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #45818e; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /><br />For my friends they have to put up with it, if they are anywhere in the vicinity, my camera will soon be there in their face. As annoying as I am they love me really! (I love how Vickie was trying to whip off the hat before I snapped her but she wasn’t quite quick enough):<br /></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #45818e; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A few months ago I never thought I would be able to produce anything I was proud of. I’m only a quarter of the way through the course and I’m looking forward to the next year when I (fingers crossed) complete it. Samuel is nearly a teenager now and I really wish I had done this course a lot sooner. </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #45818e; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My advice to anyone who thinks they can’t, you can! Sometimes you just need a little help and advice to point you in the right direction. I didn’t have a camera when he was young so my pictures are from a disposable. I guess that’s why as he’s now getting older, every chance I get I take a picture, some will be portraits:<br /></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #45818e; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">but I’m saving up ammunition for when he really annoys me at 17+.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Sarah-Jane, thank you so much for brightening our day with your post and photography. As you've discovered, it's never to late to start photographing the things you love with style and </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;">pizzazz! Sarah-Jane's work is a real inspiration for us all.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We will be watching your blog and website for more of your images.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #45818e; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here's links to Sarah-Jane, be sure and visit, comment and follow:</span></span><br />
<a href="http://samuelmichaels.com/">Samuel Michaels Photography</a><br />
<a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Samuel-Michaels-Photography/201121503287901">Samuel Michaels Photography on Facebook</a><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #45818e; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The photographer used a magnificent play of light and shadow to grab our attention. The arcs of light draw us in to the center of the image. Notice the welder on the right side of the photo. The rule of thirds!</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ea9999; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All photos were taken with my Point & Shoot Camera set to "action". I'd been out of photography for a few years and was rusty. Most of these are blurred. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But you always have to start, or restart, somewhere.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ea9999; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> So get your camera out, get clicking, and post some photos in your comment box for all of us to share.</span><br />
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<br />Mari Sterling Wilburhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17232646172657479932noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2891695965453313258.post-12877838437671436412011-10-09T15:45:00.000-07:002011-10-09T15:45:38.507-07:00Guest Photographer Michael Long - Tips on Indoor Photography<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Michael, thank you for your guest appearance today. Not only do I love both your blogs,</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px;"><a href="http://michaelinhiskitchen.blogspot.com/" saprocessedanchor="true" style="color: #0000cc;" target="_blank">Michael's Kitchen</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px;"><a href="http://photographybymichaellong.blogspot.com/" saprocessedanchor="true" style="color: #0000cc;" target="_blank">Photography By Michael Long</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6fa8dc;">,</span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">but I have learned much from each of them. Your blogs discuss two of my favorite subjects, food and photography. </span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">First, tell us a little about yourself:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px;">"I retired in 2002. In 1973 got my Degree in Photography, freelanced doing mostly Modeling portfolio's, Beauty Pageants, Country Western Singers, and finally worked for one of the major news agencies. Decided it was time to get into something else so I got into furniture making and did that for a number of years. until my health started down hill. Married to a wonderful lady with a lot of patience. After retiring I got into Gourmet Cooking, and from that French, Italian, and Chocolates. Oh, yes I have my time in commercial kitchens, working as a line cook. And now back into photography, doing mostly still life, photo work for my blog and several small customers, doing mostly catalog type things. And enjoying my retirement to the fullest."</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px;">Michael, you've had a very interesting and varied career and put two of your loves, photography and cooking, to excellent use. I know my followers will enjoy viewing your blogs and following you. </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; font-size: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #45818e; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Michael's description of Photo #1: Vanilla bean sugar cookies done for one of my blogs. The background was peel and stick lino tile, on a piece of particle board, the plate was fiesta ware, and the napkin was paper. Light was from left side window. and a white card reflector on the right. This was photographed shooting straight down. Photo editing was slight, with a darkened corners only. The camera was a point and shoot about 10 years old.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; font-size: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">In photo #1 Michael showed us some great tips. I love his use of the peel and stick lino tile as a backdrop, his use of a while card and the point of view. Very interesting and great ideas.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: #45818e; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Michael's Description of Photo #2: this was a practice photo to test for lighting, reflectors, etc. And just for fun. I know that I should have made a batch of cookies for this, but these were close by. I used defused window light, with black background for the contrast, on the right side was a gold reflector some distance away. I was just trying to get a hint of gold in the reflection fill on the shadows. The main cookie on top was hot glued. I had to do that since that puppy kept falling over. Camera angle was head on at cookie level. Camera was a Nikon D3000.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; font-size: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">In photo 2, I love how Michael hot glued the cookie so it wouldn't fall over! Another great tip - use your imagination to solve problems.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thank you, Michael, for visiting and sharing your photo tips and photography with us.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Please visit both of Michael's blogs and leave comments. We all love those!</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px;"><a href="http://michaelinhiskitchen.blogspot.com/" saprocessedanchor="true" style="color: #0000cc;" target="_blank">Michael's Kitchen</a> for great recipes and </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px;"><a href="http://photographybymichaellong.blogspot.com/" saprocessedanchor="true" style="color: #0000cc;" target="_blank">Photography By Michael Long</a> for more great photography and tips.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">The exposure triangle is a simple concept
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Exposure is simply the amount
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">How do we control
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">As we learned in the post on <a href="http://mariscamera.blogspot.com/2011/09/shutter-speed-important-series-for.html">Shutter Speed</a> this is a measure of how long the camera’s shutter is open. A fast
shutter speed might be around 1/1000th or even 1/2000th of a second, while a slow shutter speed
can be up to several seconds or longer, plus a series of speeds in
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">*<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;">These are rough figures.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"> These rules typically don't apply with cameras that have built-in anti-shake or vibration isolation mount lenses. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">These lenses work against the movement of the camera when you hold it in your hands.</span></span></span></div>
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effect you want to achieve. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you are
photographing a fast-moving object like a race car, then you’ll need a
fast shutter speed to prevent blurring unless blurring is your intent. For no blurring you’ll need a
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #134f5c;">If you want a deep depth of field, you’ll need to use a
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">ISO sensitivity is a
measure of how fast the image sensor reacts to light. A higher sensitivity
means that the camera needs less light to make an exposure. This allows an
exposure to be made with either a faster shutter speed or a smaller aperture
(f/stop). See-our exposure triangle at work. The specific ISO setting you
choose determines this sensitivity. If you’ve shot film before, then you are already
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without the camera shake that will give a blurred image. If you are using a
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">In digital photography ISO
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film photography – the lower the number the less sensitive your camera is to
light and the finer the grain. Higher ISO settings are generally used in darker
situations to get faster shutter speeds (for example an indoor concert or sport
event when you want to freeze the action in lower light) – however the cost is grainy,
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mood in your shots. I especially like high grain and a raw look in street
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<br />Mari Sterling Wilburhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17232646172657479932noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2891695965453313258.post-82987226023343020952011-10-03T23:23:00.000-07:002011-10-03T23:23:53.944-07:00YouTube Tuesday - Catgroove...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3;">Photography Tips:</span><br />
If you are taking photos using your camera's Automatic setting - Don't. You will be disappointed in your images. The automatic setting can easily misread exposure settings and other important setting information. Don't panic - keep reading.<br />
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Here are some tips using the photos above as examples: (the tips work for Point&Shoot and dSLRs)<br />
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Set your camera to <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3;">manual mode</span> if you are comfortable shooting manual. If not, use your <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3;">landscape mode</span>. The landscape mode will bring out all the bright, glorious colors of nature. It's one of your camera's <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3;">semi-automatic settings</span>. I also took a couple of shots with the semi-automatic mode set to <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3;">action mode</span>. That way, if the horses moved I'd have caught the action without blur. Digital is free - I always take extra shots.<br />
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Check out how to set the various semi-automatic settings in your camera's manual.<br />
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joy to read. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #76a5af; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">You'll find laughter, tears, pathos, bliss. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #76a5af; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> Her photography is an added treat - lovely and creative.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #76a5af; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">1. Thank the blogger who gave you this award by linking back
to their post. Thank you so much, Anna. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #76a5af; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Here's a link to your blog : <a href="http://othersideofanna5.blogspot.com/2011/09/liebster-blog-love-award.html#more">The Other Side of Anna</a>. If you are not a follower, check out her blog and become one. You'll be glad you did!</span></div>
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“This Moment” was introduced to me by Sarah-Jane of <a href="http://almostthere.biz/" style="color: #af8076; text-decoration: none;">Almost There</a> and Alejandro of <a href="http://raisingamelie.com/" style="color: #af8076; text-decoration: none;">Raising Amelie</a></div>
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