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Jim Harmer wrote a new post, How to Color Calibrate Your Monitor for Photo Editing, on the site Improve Photography 4 days, 11 hours ago
Computer monitors do their best to reproduce colors and brightnesses correctly, but each one is slightly different. In fact, a screen even reproduces photos differently when it starts up compared to the way […] -
Jim Harmer commented on the post, Three Photography Mistakes [Podcast], on the site Improve Photography 3 weeks, 2 days ago
Comments are stopped on any post older than a day. The reason is that we are currently battling a NASTY spam problem on the site and this is a temporary fix until we can switch over to a new spam blocking […]
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Jim Harmer commented on the post, Practical Portrait Tips [Duel], on the site Improve Photography 3 weeks, 6 days ago
Alexandra – If you truly believe what you’re saying, you won’t wear any makeup. Whether makeup is applied digitally or with actual makeup, it does the exact same thing.
Also, recognize that this is a MODEL […]
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Jim Harmer wrote a new post, Practical Portrait Photography Tips [Weekly Duel], on the site Improve Photography 3 weeks, 6 days ago
For the weekly duel this week, Dustin and Jim each had only 30 minutes to photograph the same model, who they had never before shot with or seen. To make the duel even more challenging, they were shooting at high […] -
Jim Harmer wrote a new post, 6 Tips to Improve Your Panning Photography, on the site Improve Photography 1 month ago
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Jim Harmer commented on the post, Composite Photography Tips [Weekly Duel], on the site Improve Photography 1 month, 1 week ago
@Kevin Chan – Good point. I’ve been thinking about using the picture of the dancers and putting it on a night street scene where there are lights coming from street lights, buildings, etc. I think it would be […]
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Jim Harmer commented on the post, Composite Photography Tips [Weekly Duel], on the site Improve Photography 1 month, 1 week ago
@Austin Swenson – Thanks for your feedback. Actually, we shot the portrait shot upstairs in the studio locked on a tripod, and then brought that tripod downstairs at the EXACT same height, same zoom on the […]
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Jim Harmer wrote a new post, Photography, on the site Improve Photography 1 month, 2 weeks ago
How you can get more creative in your photography even when you feel like you’re in a rut is one thing we discuss this week. Also, Jim discusses his photography trip down to southern Utah where he learned a […]
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Jim Harmer commented on the post, Panorama Photography Tips [Weekly Duel], on the site Improve Photography 1 month, 2 weeks ago
@Alexandra – It’s lens flare. Debated on removing them or not, but I’m still on the fence.
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Jim Harmer commented on the post, Panorama Photography Tips [Weekly Duel], on the site Improve Photography 1 month, 2 weeks ago
@Sarah L. – We’re actually recording videos of each of the photos we do for the weekly duel. We’re planning to release these videos on our Youtube channel in the coming weeks.
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Jim Harmer wrote a new post, Panorama Photography Tips [Weekly Duel], on the site Improve Photography 1 month, 2 weeks ago
This week’s theme is Panorama.Panorama photography is a great technique for making the viewer of the photo feel enveloped in the landscape. Since panoramas capture a wider area, it more closely matches a […]
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Jim Harmer commented on the post, Landscape Photography Duel, on the site Improve Photography 1 month, 3 weeks ago
@Melissa – Well, hopefully I’ll get your vote next week. BUT, I did find a little bit of humor in this sentence, “I prefer the warm look of dead weeds.”
Thanks for voting in the duel. It makes it more fun to […]
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Jim Harmer commented on the post, Episode 18: Wireless Tethered Shooting, White Balance, Filters, Photoshop, and more!, on the site Improve Photography 1 month, 4 weeks ago
@Serge – Not that I know of… unless you’re willing to add hardware to your workflow.
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Jim Harmer wrote a new post, How to Wirelessly Connect Your DSLR to Your iPad, on the site Improve Photography 1 month, 4 weeks ago
Many times, I go out on a shoot and feel like I captured the scene how I wanted it to look but then I get home and look at the photos large on the computer only to realize that the photos didn’t turn out. I […] -
Jim Harmer wrote a new post, Win a Calumet Complete Lighting Kit!, on the site Improve Photography 2 months ago
We’ve teamed up with SLR Lounge and Calumet Hollywood to give you all a chance to win a Calumet Genesis 200 Lighting Kit! The good news is that it’s really easy to enter. All you have to do is like all three […]
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Jim Harmer commented on the post, Close-up Photography [Weekly Duel], on the site Improve Photography 2 months ago
@Lyndsey- Yeah… I surprised myself. I really can’t stand flower photos because they are SOOOO common, but I gave in to temptation this time
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Jim Harmer commented on the post, Close-up Photography [Weekly Duel], on the site Improve Photography 2 months ago
@Ginni – Thank you for sharing that. Good tip. In this situation, it didn’t work for me because I didn’t have a light bright enough to overpower the sun. I could have used a flash to overpower the sun, but that […]
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Jim Harmer commented on the post, Close-up Photography [Weekly Duel], on the site Improve Photography 2 months ago
@Laura Mahoney – Nuts! Well… have no fear. Next week I’ll win your vote
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Jim Harmer commented on the post, Close-up Photography [Weekly Duel], on the site Improve Photography 2 months ago
@Rich – You’re totally wrong about your vote
, but yes, we’re planning to open this up to fans soon. We just want to do a week or two first so people can see how we do it.
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Jim Harmer wrote a new post, Close-up Photography [Weekly Duel], on the site Improve Photography 2 months ago
Today is the very first camera duel, a weekly feature we’re adding to ImprovePhotography.com. This week’s theme is close-up photography.We chose close-up photography for the first Improve Photography Duel […]
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