Posts Tagged ‘photo tips’

{ Do You Know … } what is protected by The Copyright Act?

Saturday, January 16th, 2010

Important Notice about Copyright Protection

The Copyright Act protects photographers by giving the author of the photograph the exclusive rights to reproduce your photographs. This includes the right to control the making of copies. It is illegal to copy or reproduce these photographs elsewhere without our permission, and violators of this Federal Law will be subject to its civil and criminal penalties. We will try to accommodate all reasonable requests. Please feel free to discuss your needs with us so that we may have the opportunity to serve you better.

What this means:

  • Copying, scanning, saving on your computer, photographing the image, copying to myspace, facebook, etc., is violation of copyright laws.
  • If you would like an image for posting on your blog, web page, etc., you may request a web-sized image for this purpose.

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{ Tips TUESDAY } Cloning

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

Sometimes, you just have to switch heads :) :

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{ Tips TUESDAY } Composition

Tuesday, June 16th, 2009

Let me know your thoughts on this composition by leaving me a comment. Does it tell a story or not? Other images from this series are in the post below this one.

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{ THURSDAY Topics } Space

Thursday, May 14th, 2009

Skylab, the United States’ first space station, was launched into orbit on May 14, 1973. Wow, that was 26 years ago. Next month, Shuttle Endeavour (ISS2J/A) is scheduled to launch on June 13 for it’s 29th U.S. mission to the International Space Station. Look how far we’ve come since Skylab was launched. It won’t be long now. Shuttle trips to spend your vacation on the moon will be here before you know it!

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{ QUOTE for the Day } Diamonds …

Wednesday, May 13th, 2009

Today’s quote is paraphrased from a post written by Barbi B:

“All the ‘diamonds’ from your session have been fully mined and the ‘diamonds in the rough’ – blinks, blurs, and generally unflattering images – have been removed. I’ve found more gems than usual in your session and you’re going to love the images you receive.”

I hope you found lots of flawless diamonds and other gems while prospecting today!

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{ Tips TUESDAY } Limb Chops

Tuesday, May 12th, 2009

Have you looked at a photo and ‘felt’ that something wasn’t right with it? It may be that someone’s arm or leg is chopped off at the joint making them seem amputated. Zoom in or out so that the arm or leg is cropped above or below the joint, or you can include the whole limb in the photo

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{ WORD for the Day } Camera

Monday, May 11th, 2009

cam⋅er⋅a

[kam-er-uh, kam-ruh] –noun

  • a boxlike device for holding a film or plate sensitive to light, having an aperture controlled by a shutter that, when opened, admits light enabling an object to be focused, usually by means of a lens, on the film or plate, thereby producing a photographic image

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{ THURSDAY Topics } Music

Thursday, May 7th, 2009

Today in 1824, Beethoven’s 9th Symphony premiered in Vienna. So, what kind of music do you like—classical, jazz, rock and roll, hip hop, rap, instrumental, vocal?

Leave me a comment with your favorite(s), and a lyric or two would be nice too. Have a wonder filled week.

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{ QUOTE for the Day } Do you Know …

Wednesday, May 6th, 2009

that in Africa the gazelle wakes up knowing it has to out run the fastest lion to survive? The lion wakes up knowing it will have to out run the slowest gazelle to survive. No matter if you’re the lion or the gazelle, one thing is certain, you better wake up running!

Did you get up running today?

  • Running
    • -noun
    • an act or instance of racing
    • the act of a person, animal, or thing that runs
  • Gazelle
    • –noun, plural -zelles, especially collectively-zelle.
    • any small antelope of the genus Gazella and allied genera, of Africa and Asia, noted for graceful movements and lustrous eyes
  • Lion
    • –noun
    • a large, usually tawny-yellow cat, Panthera leo,native to Africa and southern Asia, having a tufted tail and, in the male, a large mane
    • any of various related large wildcats, as the cougar

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{ Tips TUESDAY } Find a focal point of interest

Tuesday, May 5th, 2009

Find a focal point of interest:

  • If you insist on centering the subject in the frame, leave some space around him/her so that you are drawn back to the subject not out of the image

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