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Tag Archives: Photography

Photo Techique: Define Your Camera User Settings

Most cameras have the ability to define your own user settings. It is like pre programing your favorite radio stations in your car. Very simple and can save you a ton of time when shooting. Each camera is different so you will have to look to see if yours has it. Here is what you…

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PHOTO TIP: Using Clean Light

It is no wonder most professional photographers love using daylight. It is the “cleanest” light around. Natural daylight is also infiltrating. What does that mean? Because the light source is so large (the sun) it bounces off of everything. If sunlight is clean, what is dirty? Anything man made other than professional strobes. Even on…

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MARKETING: Who’s Your Market?

When marketing any business it is a good idea to have a good idea of who your ideal customer is. With today’s economy many entrepreneurs mistakenly think they need to widen their net, offer more services, and vary their specialty. This is quite possibly the worst thing you can do. People are not interested in…

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QUICK TIP: Diffusing Flash Photography

The quickest, easiest way to diffuse your flash light, other than to get tricky with bouncing it off walls (which is preferable in many situations) is to put a swanky little omni bounce cap on and set your flash to 45 degrees. The very last part of that sentence is what is important: “set your…

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MARKETING PHOTO TIP: SEO

SEO (Search Engine Optimization) is on the mind of every person with a webpage, even if they do not completely understand it.  Here is some advice from the blog of SEOmos. To see his full post on SEO and blog writing go HERE. The following was Posted by randfish Write Title Tags with Two Audiences…

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OPEN FORUM: Be a Pro Photog

“Hi Jen, I am one of your twitter and blog followers and have a question that may be suited for your open forum fridays. I currently have a full-time job in Marketing but am desperate to make the switch to be a professional photographer.  I am unhappy and unsatisfied in my current job and have…

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Lighting

What do you see? Look around you… what do you SEE? Okay, now close your eyes. Close them really tight. Squeeeeeze those eyelids shut. Now what do you see? Okay, now open your eyes. What do you see? You see light. Light reflected off of objects. Without light we would see nothing at all. Without…

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