Improve Photography

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This is a mashup episode of the Improve Photography Podcast, the Digital Photo Experience, and The Digital Story Podcasts.  In this episode, the joint group discusses micro four-thirds and other compact cameras and whether or not they are a viable alternative for photographers. If you are reading this post via email or RSS, be sure [...]

This week’s theme is panning.  Dustin and Jim each had only 1 hour to head out and come back with a panning shot. The reason that this duel is focusing on panning is because it is one of the projects that the students in Jim and Dustin’s Online Beginning Photography Class do. Panning means using [...]

This week’s theme is night photography. New to the weekly Improve Photography Duel?  Check out this page, where we explain how it works.  A new camera duel will be released each Monday, and we’re asking YOU to vote on the photos below. Night Photography Duel Jim Here:  I’m gonna confess: I’m not too excited with [...]

This week’s theme is compositing, a Photoshop technique where you take multiple pictures and combine them together to make a single composition. We decided to do a composite duel this week our NEW Photoshop 1, Photoshop 2, and Photoshop Elements online classes are starting on Wednesday!  We’ve been working night and day on those classes for [...]

This week’s theme is Landscape. Shooting landscapes for this duel was NOT an easy feat.  Unlike some other types of photography, landscape is very dependent on the weather.  In Idaho, everything is still dead and brown despite the calendar promising Spring.  This can make landscapes difficult to shoot–especially because we were both shooting in places [...]

The “Block.” It is what keeps us from tapping into the creative side of our brains and producing great photography. Whenever you find yourself struggling to find inspiration in your photography, here is a list of 10 ways to rediscover the world around you and get you shooting again: Okay let’s be real, buying new gear [...]

Our “Edit My RAW File” contest winner Donnis Sealey was kind enough to do a write-up on what was done to the RAW file to produce the winning image. Thanks, Donnis!!!   Step 1: Adjust image in Lightroom (Adobe ACR works similarly) Exposure/brightness – In LR4 these are combined but LR3 and earlier they are not. If [...]

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In Episode 13 of the Improve Photography Podcast, Jim and Dustin answer listener questions about camera settings, full frame shooting, rear curtain sync, and more. If you are reading this post via email or RSS, be sure to click the blue title of this post so that you can come to the website where the free [...]

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In Episode 12 of the Improve Photography Podcast, Jim and Dustin interview the owners of Pro DPI, how to do photography in extremely cold (or hot) temperatures, if a UV filter affects image quality, and much more! If you are reading this post via email or RSS, be sure to click the blue title of [...]

Finally – a web solution to working with your clients after the shoot is over! More than ever, as photographers, we could use a place online where just our clients can see the gallery of photos taken from the shoot–a place where our clients can download contracts and model release forms as well.   A [...]