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Makin It Work ~ In Tight Spaces

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Today, wayoutnumbered is visiting Texas Chicks with another excellent post in her Makin It Work series.  Thank you, wayoutnumbered! So if you’ve read the first two posts in my Makin It Work series, you may have sensed a theme here?  As much as I would love  for all my photo sessions to be filled with glorious [...]

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Finding the Light – Final Review and Early Bird Registration Discount

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The spring/summer session of Finding the Light is just finishing.  I had the privilege of attending the workshop. Did I participate fully?  No.  I could have, but just didn’t have the time.  Do I wish I had participated fully?  Absolutely. I’ve written about this workshop a couple of times over the past 60 days.  You can read [...]

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Tips for Getting the Most out of Window Light

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Don’t you love shooting in homes that have perfect windows?  The main window that I used in each of the following photos is on the right side of the photos.  But the room essentially had 1.5 walls of windows, so there was an enviable amount of light. I had fun experimenting with the different looks [...]

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The Light Workshop – Review Update

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I am so loving the Light Workshop, which I started reviewing a couple of weeks ago.  It contains a wealth of information about shooting in difficult lighting conditions. I’ve been focusing the past few days on lessons 1 and 2. These are photos that Detra took and used in her tutorials. Lesson 1 is about [...]

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Makin’ It Work ~ Using 1 Studio Light

April 27, 2011

Since I will be at the Royal Wedding for a few days, I have scheduled some posts to run in my absence.  If you have questions for me while I’m gone, I will answer them when I return the first week of May. Choose the answer that best describes why you don’t shoot with studio [...]

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Find the 2nd Catchlight, then Shoot

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Catchlights, as we all know by now, are one of the most important elements in any portrait.  And lighting your subject from the side is a common portrait technique in natural light photography, but one that can be a bit tricky. The problem, when shooting with side lighting, is that one side of your subject’s [...]

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6 Techniques for Capturing Sunbeams and Flare in Your Photos (And How to Save 30% on Your Own Personal Sun if these tips don’t work!)

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Photographs with sunbeams or flare are funny – some photographers consider them a mistake, others consider them art.  I fall into the latter camp!  I love the effect, and often enhance the sunbeams or flare that I capture, or fake them if I don’t. (To fake them, I use Kaleidoscope overlays.  Tuesday, November 30, is [...]

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The Light Workshop – Final Review

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Detra’s Light Workshop went on for most of the spring, and it’s time for my final reflections on it.  You can read my first posts about it here and here. I have received several emails and seen detailed discussion at Clickin’ Moms about this workshop.  Here is my two cents worth. Disclosure before we go [...]

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Reflectors. An Easy Boost to Natural Light Photography

July 9, 2009

We always hear that it’s better to take photographs in the shade than in direct sunlight.   Maybe it’s my camera, but my photos taken in the shade always look pretty much like the first image below.  Skin tones look gray andwell, shady.  The photos tend to be noisy and they just aren’t that great.  And [...]

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