Ken Rockwell talks with Marc Silber about photography tips that often are not covered in photography school. Ken explains how strong photo composition is essential for creating an award-winning photo that grabs people’s attention. In this video, he touches on the different aspects of photography composition, such as lighting, color, composition, and depth creation. While the subject of a photograph is significant, every photo needs a basic structure upon which extra details and touches are added.
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Use a Dab of Vaseline to Take Vintage-Style Photos
The low-quality lenses and loose tolerances of vintage consumer cameras often gave photos a slightly distorted and dream-like quality. Capture that vintage-feel with little more than a dab of Vaseline.
Early inexpensive consumer-grade cameras were manufactured with cheap materials and very loose tolerances which led to distortion on the edges of the photo and other effects. Photojojo, a DIY photography blog, shares a simple hack to help you easily recreate the effect:
http://content.photojojo.com/tips/four-easy-vintage-tips/
How to Get the Best Color Out of Your Photos
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If you’re looking to soften up your camera flash on the cheap—perhaps because you were startled to see how unflattering direct flash is—this clever softbox turns a sheet of office paper into a lightweight flash diffuser.
Continue reading Turn a Sheet of Paper into a Simple Flash Softbox
Like the look of tilt-shift photography but don’t have a camera you can attach a DIY lens to? Try out previously reviewed TiltShift and TiltShitMaker to try your hand at faking tilt-shift photos. Have a favorite photography-related DIY project to share? Let’s hear about it in the comments.
DIY Tilt-Shift Photography Guide Makes DIY Lens Selection Simple: “”
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Craft a DIY Camera Bean Bag for On-The-Go Stability [DIY]: “
Tripods are great but they’re bulky and, unless you have a more expensive model with a reversible mount, it’s impossible to get a shot from the ground. A camera bean bag is a small, portable, and stable platform for your camera. More »
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