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Saturday, July 10, 2010

Photography Tricks I've Learned

Many of you out there on the interwebs have some great photo tutorials from time to time. Life at Chateau Whitman, Our Life in a Click, and This Fresh Fossil, to name a few, have in recent days imparted some excellent points that even I can follow to make my pictures better, and therefor my blog more fun to follow.

For instance, the macro setting has in recent months come into play when I have a tight shot that begs for detail. I've enjoyed a marked improvement in the quality of my results, like in the Fairy Charm Tutorial. 

I'm still having a little trouble with things being either too dark or wayyyyyyyyy too light. Does this happen to you? It's a matter of existing lighting really as whether or not to turn off the flash. Here's an example:

Hopefully, I'm learning.
Okay, no, I have no great tips other than hire my daughter or go check out the three afore mentioned sites. They know what they're doing.
Me? Not so much.