TakeGreatPictures.com’s Top Spring Photo Ops May 11 – 12, 2008 Gardens for Connoisseurs – Atlanta, GA The annual Gardens for Connoisseurs Tour on Mother’s Day weekend is sure to impress connoisseurs and novices alike, as some of Atlanta’s most beautiful private gardens are open to the public. The To

To do well in a contest, your photo needs something that makes it stand out from the other thousands of entries. Unless the contest calls for it, don’t do a lot of digital alterations to your image but do have an image that will be different. Instead of the basic quarterback thro

1) Barrel distortion: If your photos have bowed lines, your lens has poor distortion control. So reframe your shot to eliminate the bends. Compose ultrawide pictures with straight lines situated away from the edges of the frame, and move people toward the center to avoid unflatte

Bring out that beautiful blue sky by setting up your shot right before the sun goes down. By Peter Kolonia | Published Apr 20, 2011 8:04 PM EDT David Bowman SHARE Summer is right around the co

What happens when you cross an energetic toddler with a complicated lighting setup? You may get very cross yourself—unless you prelight, playing with and working out the lighting well before your model arrives. Chris Strong, a Chicago pro, spent a full day prelighting this portrait of his daughter,

It’s June and Steven Frischling, author of Flying With Fish Blog is offering something to make your summer vacation plans a little less costly: a $100 gift card for Southwest Airlines. To win, send an email (200 words or less to traveltips@flyingwithfish.com explaining your ideal photography trip: “

You can make anything if you have enough time on your hands and some ingenuity. Even a talking photo frame. So gather some floss, nail polish, a drill, and 16 or so other items and MacGyver yourself a nifty new frame. Here’s How. By Popphoto Staff | Published Jun 5, 2008 8:21 PM ED

Midday is the worst time to photograph, especially if your shooting people, but sometimes, it’s unavoidable. Luckily, it’s easy to use your fill flash to dramatically improve the lighting conditions you’ve been forced to work with. Fill flash also helps when you have extensively back-lit subjects,

Dont get burned by your burners. By David Nield | Published Aug 8, 2019 6:01 PM EDT SHARE There are all sorts of reasons why you might be running two accounts on your favorite apps. Maybe one

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Last time around, we showed how backlighting can define the shape of a portrait subject —or any opaque object—by etching a bright white highlight, called a rimlight, around its outer edges. But it has other uses, too, as Christoph Seiler, 37, a research scientist from Philadelphia, discovered when h

• Make sure your subject is relaxed. You don’t want pictures of a person with clenched fists, so do your best to keep your subject, and their hands, relaxed. By Popphoto Staff | Published Jul 16, 2008 8:29 PM EDT SHARE

Adobe Lightroom allows you to save the steps you make while editing an image so you can apply them to multiple images. If you don’t want to create your own, you can still try some out by downloading a set. Check out the list compiled by Scott at Weekly Photo Tips. To import a set of presets into Ado

Imagine walking through a lush tropical forest. You hear a rustle overhead, and a half-eaten fruit plops onto the trail. You lock eyes with a howler monkey, before he gives a soft grunt and moves higher into the trees. These magical, fleeting connections with a wild animal can be the highlight of a

1. Pick a strong subject. Since the fog and mist dilute colors and hide shapes, it’s important to have a very strong subject that can withstand this. Also, the further your subject is from the camera, the less impact it will have because of the mist, so place the important subjec

The best images from our trek | Published Mar 25, 2011 8:00 AM EDT David Alberto Reyes SHARE Barbara Banks Barbara Banks Barbara Banks Barbara Banks David Alberto Reyes David Alberto Reyes Davi

NASA/Hasselblads Astronauts Photography Manual is filled with all sorts of pictorial gems. NASA/Hasselblad SHARE Like most small children, when asked what I wanted to be when I grew up, my response was always, “an astronaut.” It was until I was p

Forget sunny landscapes. For adventurous photographers, there’s an alternate world to explore below ground. And with thousands of caves and caverns across the U.S, you’ve likely got several nearby, from the saltpeter caves of Alabama and Kentucky to the marble caves of California and Oregon. Tenness

Light may be the stuff of which photography is made, but that doesnt always mean more light is better, especially when photographing nature By Ian Plant | Published Jan 4, 2012 2:53 AM EST Split Rock, Rialto Beach, Olympic National Park, WA Ian P

1) Adjust the size of your aperture. The f-stop plays a huge part in depth of field. When the aperture is wide open (smaller f-stop numbers), it causes the main focal point to be in focus while the rest of the photo is somewhat blurred. This blur is often called “bokeh.” Smaller