Filters have two different meanings depending on how long you have had photography as a hobby.  Most of us today think as filters as an option with Photoshop.  This is not the case.  Before the invention of computers and things like Photoshop we had small glass discs to create the filtered affect.  There are many options with filters you can blur a picture, sharpen the picture, and even block out the...

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Stock photography, groups of photographs that people take, grouped and licensed for selling purposes.  Instead of taking new pictures every time they need pictures, many people use the stock photography method.  People that work for magazines, as graphic artists, and advertising agencies sometimes use public pictures instead of hiring photographers for individual projects. Alternate names for stock photography is...

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Photography requires a few skills to make your prints look professional.  One part of making a print professional is lighting.  Lighting in photography takes a little planning and understanding of a few techniques.  You best subject or object might not turn out that way if the proper light does not help to laminate the area. Below are a few tips on using light for photography. First you must decide if you will...

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When you move from photography to videography as your means of capturing moments either personally or as part of your profession, you enter into a much bigger world with greater challenges as well.  For one thing, you now have to deal with issues of movement.  The problems of lighting and surface noise are just as big of an issue except now you have subjects that may be on the go and you have to go with them. But...

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One of the most candid styles of photography is street photography.  It consists of candid pictures taken of people in public situations.  Street photography was done everywhere on the street and now has moved to the mall, at clubs, streets, parks, and practically anywhere.  A street photographer never asks anyone to pose, and he or she does not want anyone to act as if he or she knows what might happen next....

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Landscape photography is widely popular.  I am sure if you look around your home you will see at least two landscape prints that spoke to you.  Photography is an art that has a message.  As a photographer you have to find the message you want to portray.  If you specialize in landscape photography you might think your task is easy to complete.  As with any photography you have to pay attention to the...

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