Digital Photography Tips Archive

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    Backpacking with a DSLR

    I’m currently in the Swiss Alps unwinding after traveling for 2 months. Life is tough when you take a mini vacation on your vacation right?! I’ve had some time to write so I thought I’d write a little post about the feasibility of bringing a...

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    Digital Cameras: Latitude & Dynamic Range

    Understanding “latitude” is such an important part of digital camera conversations. As both a filmmaker and photographer I hear the topic of dynamic range and latitude come up more amongst filmmakers than I do amongst photographers. I think part of the reason is that many...

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    Retouching Skin in Photoshop. Making bad skin look good

    Here is a quick Photoshop tutorial on how to make bad skin look great. Retouching skin is not a simple task. You can easily overdo it and make the skin look unnaturally airbrushed and almost cartoonish. That being said, with some care and a few...

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    How to frame a photograph

    If you’re relatively new to photography you have undoubtedly had difficulties properly framing a photograph. This is not something that only happens to amateur photographers, it is a problem that all photographers face no matter of their experience levels. However, some elements of photographic framing...

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