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Getting Great Fall Foliage Photographs

Contributor — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 07:30:49 +0000

Fall is a wonderful time to get out your camera and capture the splendor of the world as it puts on its party clothes for one last dance before winter. Leaves change from rich green into jeweled tones of red, orange, and yellow. Sometimes photographers can struggle trying to bring those rich colors to life [...]

Forum Flashback Series – 4 Sept 2010

Contributor — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 15:35:21 +0000

Photo © MossyPine with permission to About.com, Inc. Each Saturday, an image will be posted here that was originally posted somewhere in our forum roughly one year prior. Be sure to check back each Saturday for our blasts from the past!

You Asked For It – You Got It

Contributor — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 04:26:12 +0000

A couple of weeks ago I asked what YOU would most like to learn about photography. The results were really pretty evenly split among the topics. So in addition to continuing to add new lessons on these topics I wanted to start you out with the basics on these topics. … Read Full Post

Photography Assignment #73 – Sunset/Sunrise

Contributor — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:15:01 +0000

For our first September assignment our theme is sunset/sunrise. Go out and take your best sunset or sunrise photos! Will you focus on the glorious colors of sunset and sunrise? Or will you capture silhouettes against the glow? How you capture the sunset/sunrise is up to you. … Read Full Post

Birthday Ideas

Contributor — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 09:31:27 +0000

Now that school has started for most kids, parents are left in a panic as the first group of birthdays begin to roll around. Our About Hobbies Guides have been thinking about birthdays too. From gift guides to cards to decorative cakes, we’ve got some great ideas for you to try the next birthday party [...]

Preventing Dark Photos

Contributor — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 06:45:06 +0000

Photography is the art of recording light. And while there will always be instances when you either don’t have enough light to take a photograph, or you must add more light with a flash, the most common cause of dark photos is simply that you didn’t record the right amount of light. Why you didn’t [...]

| Royal London Asset Management

RRG — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 18:46:43 +0000

In 2009, Royal London Asset Management set out to redevelop their current site to something that reflected their emerging motto, “see things differently”. RLAM’s marketing agency, Concep, based in London, wanted to create something for RLAM that also embodied original photography that captured details in a new light. Concep’s Art Director searched the net for [...]

Forum Flashback Series – 28 August 2010

Contributor — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 08:15:37 +0000

Photo © Stephanie Calhoun with permission to About.com, Inc. Each Saturday, an image will be posted here that was originally posted somewhere in our forum roughly one year prior. Be sure to check back each Saturday for our blasts from the past!

You Pick the Winner

Contributor — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 22:16:33 +0000

Energizer batteries has narrowed down the entries in its “Ultimate Photo Contest” and is looking for votes to decide the final winners. Take a moment to hop over to … Read Full Post

Royal London Asset Management

RRG — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 15:37:28 +0000

Follow Me On The New Digg

Contributor — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 09:13:00 +0000

You may be aware that Digg is making a major change to its site. At the moment, standard sign ups are on hold. I am happy to be able to offer early sign up codes to my readers. The first 1,000 readers can click HERE to get in on the new Digg (and follow me) [...]

Ansel Adams Estate vs Ansel Adams Negatives?

Contributor — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 22:16:25 +0000

After Rick Norsigian created a stir late last month by announcing he had previously purchased lost Ansel Adams negatives at a yard sale 10 years earlier, there has been much speculation on just about everything about the announcement. As reported earlier, Norsigian says he bought two boxes of glass plate negatives 10 years ago for [...]

Sepia Toning

Contributor — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 08:20:42 +0000

© Liz Masoner 2004 licensed to About.com, Inc. Have you ever noticed those wonderful brown tinted prints in the window of your local photographer? Those are called Sepia prints and there are several ways to create them. Whether you shoot with digital or film, you can create wonderful sepia images.

Three things you can do to help sell your photography

admin — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 17:20:57 +0000

Dream job, right? You go out, take a few photos and come home and put them out there to sell, then sit back and let the money roll in. Seems simple right? Wrong! These days with the onslaught of affordable digital cameras and the amount of available stock photography on the web, the competition is [...]

Forum Flashback Series – 21 August 2010

Contributor — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 11:41:43 +0000

Photo © rahbysahn with permission to About.com, Inc. Each Saturday, an image will be posted here that was originally posted somewhere in our forum roughly one year prior. Be sure to check back each Saturday for our blasts from the past!