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One of the photographers who I most aspire to be like, to emulate, get inspiration from is Kris Krug. I think more than any other person his work, example, and encouragement is one of the main reasons I decided to make the jump to go pro.
Every time a great picture has been taken of me, Kris has usually been the person who as taken it. Even with my own camera.
This past summer at Gnomedex Kris give a short presentation on how to take better pics. Doesn’t [...]
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Over the weekend I went to Seattle for a little shopping and while Sheila was browsing bead stores (she makes amazing jewelry), I took pictures around the stores. At our last stop I was playing with small apertures for some landscapes (f/16 to be exact). I wasn’t really getting what I was looking for so after shooting a few other things, I decided to take a picture of an interesting light pole on the street and got this:
Well “wow” was the next thing out of my mouth.
I have been playing [...]
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Like all art forms, photography is a life-long pursuit. Of course, we all “learned” how to take pictures in a few minutes—especially with today’s point-n-shoot cameras—but for those of us who strive to go beyond the basic snapshot, it takes work. Work and a ton practice, patience, and humility. The practice part is pretty easy. Take lots of pictures. Experiment. Emulate pics that you like and see if you can do the same thing. Humility?
Yes. I don’t think there is a photographer worth his/her salt who can’t learn something new. [...]
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Last night I wrote about cropping pictures to bring that extra something out. Tonight my best friend had me over for dinner and I took some pictures of her birthday cake.
Basic, simple stuff, right? Okay I tried my usual odd angles thing, but I didn’t spend a lot of time on composition on them.
Take a look at these two pics (Nikon D80, ISO 800, 50mm prime lens, f/2.8, shutter 1/25, aperture priority mode):
In the top photo I didn’t even notice until I loaded it on my laptop that I caught [...]
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Tris Hussey is a writer, teacher, blogger, and speaker on all facets of Internet life, WordPress, and social media. He is the author of Create Your Own Blog: 6 Easy Blogging Projects to Start Blogging Like a Pro and Using WordPress.
