Monthly Archives: December 2014

Travel Photography in the Real World ~ Mark Eden

Posted on December 28, 2014 by Pat Haugen

Many articles discuss the best practices for travel photography, and many of them, while providing worthwhile advice, tend not to take into account the fact that conditions are not always perfect for making photographs. The sky is not always blue, … Continue reading →

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Photography Tips for Water Reflections, Abstracts, Splashes, Puddles, and More ~ John Maxymuik

Posted on December 26, 2014 by Pat Haugen

If you believe that waves, waterscapes, and waterfalls pretty well use up all the opportunities that water provides for picture-taking, think again. Here are seven more photography tips with water—remedies for the photo  doldrums! More Ideas here…

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Using Graduated Neutral Density filters for Landscape Photography ~ Barry J Brady

Posted on December 23, 2014 by Pat Haugen

One of the biggest challenges in photography is managing the light in your scene. It is for this reason that many landscape photographers love to be out shooting during the golden hours or blue hour when the light is beautiful … Continue reading →

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Christmas Light Photography Tips ~ Chuck Delaney

Posted on December 22, 2014 by Pat Haugen

At this time of year, many of the world’s cultures and religions celebrate holidays that involve lights. While the use of lights and candles is often explained in terms of the rites of the particular culture, most scholars agree that the … Continue reading →

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Light Painting Photography Tutorial ~ Robin Lipton

Posted on December 19, 2014 by Pat Haugen

Photography is a way to be creative. Whether it be by taking regular landscape photographs or making surreal and abstract images. Another fun technique you can try is light painting. The gist of light painting is, well you guessed it, … Continue reading →

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Phlearn Interviews Elizabeth Gadd

Posted on December 13, 2014 by Pat Haugen

Elizabeth Gadd, a 21 year old photographer with a calm demeanour, is based just outside of Vancouver, Canada. Having grown up in this beautiful area, she fell easily in love with the surrounding forests, hills, mountains and ocean – All … Continue reading →

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Magical Photography Through a Glass Ball (Video) ~ Jennifer Berube

Posted on December 13, 2014 by Pat Haugen

Lithuanian photographer Andrius Aleksandravičius has a distorted view of the world. But in a very good way. Aleksandravičius came up with the incredibly creative Glass Ball Project; he takes pictures of buildings through an actual glass ball, all flipped upside down and round—each … Continue reading →

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When NOT to use a Polarizing Filter ~ Gavin Hardcastle

Posted on December 11, 2014 by Pat Haugen

Yes I just blasphemed against the gods of landscape photography. Not using a polarizing filter for landscape photography could be considered sacrilegious among some circles and indeed, I myself have written ad nauseam of the importance of this simple yet powerful … Continue reading →

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The Pros and Cons of Watermarking Your Photos ~ Etienne Bossot

Posted on December 7, 2014 by Pat Haugen

While doing some research to write this post, I went looking for some of my photos on the web, and it was just…wow! Using the Google reverse image search engine, I could locate where some photos of mine were being … Continue reading →

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How to Take Better Photos of Christmas Lights ~ Danny Eitreim

Posted on December 5, 2014 by Pat Haugen

Here is an article describing how you can get better photos of Christmas lights. I’ve focused on the tree, but these concepts will work for most any lighting display. This time of year, everywhere you turn there are pretty lighting … Continue reading →

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