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Welcome to the 87th issue of PhotoFlash
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In this issue of PhotoFlash, be sure to check out the Featured Article ("A Zoom is More Than a Zoom") and the Featured Blog ("The Value of Filling the Frame").
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In This Issue: Tuesday, June 08, 2010
- Featured Photo: Sunset at Miner's Beach
- Featured Article: A Zoom is More Than a Zoom - Change Positions Too!
- New Photo Discussion 1: jz example
- New Photo Discussion 2: Let Us Prey
- New Photo Discussion 3: B-B-B-Bad to the Bone
- New Photo Discussion 4: Reflections
- The Next Step: Where to Go From Here
Featured Photo: Sunset at Miner's Beach
 Sunset at Miner's Beach Miner's Beach, Munising, MI (Pictured Rocks area in the Upper Peninsula) Orig Info: f/22, ISO 100, 2sec, WB cloudy, tripod (Nature & Landscapes) © Carol Flisak carolflisakphoto.com Nikon D200 Digital... |
Featured Article: A Zoom is More Than a Zoom - Change Positions Too!
As you change your camera position, you also change your perspective. This is very important, as online instructor Rob Sheppard points out. Get great insights and tips in Rob's BetterPhoto article.
Read more...
Creative Confidence: Photograph with Power
 Take the next step on your path to Mindset Mastery ... sign up now for Jim Miotke's 3-Day intensive Creative Confidence: Photograph With Power weekend workshop.Jim will show you how to win big on your biggest goals! |
New Certification Program at BetterPhoto
 Awesome news! The BetterPhoto certification program has now launched. Get rewarded for your photography efforts with credit and credentials from the worldwide leader in online photography education! Learn more... |
Featured Blog - The Value of Filling the Frame
| BP instructor Deborah Sandidge takes on a great topic in her new photo blog - zooming in tight on a scene to emphasize the graphic-design elements. She also discusses Depth of Field. Learn more... |
New Photo Discussions
| New Photo Discussion 1: jz example - Kitty R. Rodehorst-Hanna See Kitty's Basic BetterPholio™ Response 1:Thank you, Kitty. I put this in my top 40 of all-time favorites. I photographed it on a recent photo tour I led to Ireland. Jim Note from the Editor: Here are more details on this amazing image - from Jim Z's photo blog: "This stunning row of trees forms an eerie tunnel-like structure over a country road north of Belfast. It's locally called Dark Hedges, and I used a 200mm telephoto lens to compress the myriad branches lit by a setting sun. I used f/32 because it was important to show the entire image, from front to back, tack sharp. | |
New Photo Discussion 2: Let Us Prey
- Michelle Alton See Michelle's Basic BetterPholio™ Response 1:Now THAT is awesome!!!!!!!!! - Gina Cormier See Gina's Basic BetterPholio™ Response 2:Thanks Michelle and Gina for your nice comments. I submitted this last year and it didn't fare well but I thought I'd give it another try. This photo is an example of "conceptual photography", in which an idea or concept is first envisioned in the mind's eye. Technically, this was a relatively easy photo to create. It was a simple matter of stopping down the aperture on my macro lens and metering for the brighter background, then using a hand-held strobe to illuminate the subject. Logistically though, the greatest challenge was finding a suitable location and "model" (...and then trying to coerse an energetic and confused mantis into sitting still long enough to get the shot). Bob | |
New Photo Discussion 3: B-B-B-Bad to the Bone
- Rony Sagy See Rony's Basic BetterPholio™ Response 1:Cool portrait... - Karen Engelbreth See Karen's Basic BetterPholio™ Response 2:Great self portrait, Hayden. - Samantha (Sam) Britt See Samantha (Sam)'s Basic BetterPholio™ Response 3:Thank you, Rony, Karen and Sam. I was playing with a new lighting kit trying to get a photo I liked and this was the result. Thank you for your kind words. I am glad you like the photo - thanks again. : ) - Hayden Cannon See Hayden's Basic BetterPholio™ Response 4:Very cool self portrait, Hayden! Lovely color tones! - Anita N. Hogue See Anita's Basic BetterPholio™ Visit photoartbyanita.com - Anita's Deluxe BetterPholio™ Read this discussion online Respond to this discussion | |
New Photo Discussion 4: Reflections
- Carolyn Fletcher See Carolyn's Basic BetterPholio™ Visit PickYourShots.com - Carolyn's Deluxe BetterPholio™ Response 1:Thanks, Carolyn! Donna certainly knows how to find and shoot reflections. She pointed this one out to me, and then started throwing stones in the water to make it more interesting. Debby - Deborah C. Lewinson See Deborah's Basic BetterPholio™ Visit newjerseyphotos.net - Deborah's Deluxe BetterPholio™ Response 2:Awesome, Debby!~ This turned out excellent. I don't know what f/stop you used on this one, but whatever it was you did a great job. I like the vertical format too. - Donna R. Moratelli See Donna's Basic BetterPholio™ Visit DonnaraePhotography.com - Donna's Deluxe BetterPholio™ Read this discussion online Respond to this discussion | |
The Next Step: Where to Go From Here
- Browse more photo discussions at BetterPhoto.com
- Start your own discussion on any photo in the Galleries
- Read archived issues of PhotoFlash
Jim Miotke
BetterPhoto.com, Inc.
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