Be Patient And Prepared For Photo Opportunities
Keep a camera near the door and use a lot of patience to get shots of your feathered friends. This little fella posed for me for about ten minutes. He even turned for a profile shot when I asked him to. Certainly made my day.
When taking pictures of flowers, try doing something unusual like taking a close up inside a flower bush. I love closeup pictures and it's almost like you can touch the flowers.
Leave Your Camera Case at Home
When going out to take photos, don't take the camera case with you. This is like putting up a "Steal me" sign. I use one of the soft padded containers people use as lunch boxes.
Good Backgrounds Make Good Photos
When you take a photo, don't just make sure the person is smiling and looks good. Make sure you have a nice background. A simple background works best, be it a plain white wall or a dark green couch, or even your full length curtains.
Use A Scanner To Make A Photo Collage
If you don't have the money for expensive Photoshop software but have a scanner and want to make funny photos with yourself and others in it, simply go through your photos and pick out poses of yourself and others that you like and then get backgrounds from magazines, catalogs or newspapers and crop your photo.
Dealing With An Excess Of Inherited Photographs
What if you inherit hundreds of photographs you can't keep? Let's say you set aside the family photographs and make a pile of the pretty pictures you like best. A Freecycler will undoubtedly be happy to take the remainder.
Turn A Photo Into A Window Outside
This photo was taken in my in law's back yard. My Father in law would set there when he wanted to smoke. My mother in law wouldn't allow him to smoke inside. So these lawn chairs were a part of him.
Don't let photo ops go by unnoticed. One of my son's friends came by to show us his new car. He had just got back from Iraq the day before. While standing there looking at his car I noticed this cross hanging from the rearview mirror.
Taking professional style photographs at home with your digital camera... and some old sheets.
Printing Photos From Old Oversize Negatives
My grandmother died several years ago. I recently found old negatives that are from the early 50's. I was wondering if their is anyway of getting pictures made off of these at a reasonable price.
Reuse a Paint Canvas as a Memo Board
Got an old paint canvas lying around? Perhaps from a botched painting attempt? Don't toss 'em! One great way to recycle these is this: Cover complete canvas with somewhat heavy material.
I was wondering if their is anyone that can tell me how to cover a photo album. The kind that is padded with quilting and fabric and can be trimmed with lace.
As the sun went down, I spotted the person on a golden backdrop...
I love to experiment with my camera and take close-up photos of flowers I grow in my garden. I then frame these pictures to display around my house.
Always keep your camera with you on walking or bicycling trips. The point and click automatic digital cameras over five megapixels, create near professional quality photographs.
Window Frames for Displaying Pictures
You can go to a salvage yard and get some old window frames and use them. we are taking one and using the top section on one side of our cuckoo clock and the bottom on the other side, putting family pictures in each individual frame section.
Does anyone know what I can use to coat a photo to laminate it onto something without destroying the photo?
Taking Outdoor Portrait Photos
Taking Outdoor Portrait Photos. A great background and lighting makes a big difference in how your portrait photo turns out. I love taking photos outdoors because there are so many scenes to choose from and the lighting changes depending on the time of day.
Take Your Own Professional Portrait Photos!
If you have a camera, you can save lots of money by taking your own portraits. Here's one of my son when he turned 6 months. We didn't have the money to get professional photos taken, so I did my own session! This particular photo looked better black and white (a quick fix with Photoshop).
What is a lomographic supersampler camera?
What is a lomographic supersampler camera? Do you take just so many pictures as a sample or what? I just read about it and can't figure it out.
Tips For Photographing Your Garden In Winter
You may not have many (if any) flowers blooming in your garden right now, but the winter season still offers some great opportunities for photographing your garden. Here are a few tips for how to work with winter light, how to create interesting pictures, and how to keep yourself and your camera gear warm and dry.
This poster I did for my son for his birthday. He was on the HS football team that year and used the digital images from the teams website. I did this one in InDesign but you can use any page layout program. I then bought a real nice but inexpensive frame at Michaels.
Breaking the rules of photography can capture some glorious surprise results. Like shooting into the sun when photographing your garden beauties.
Try Different Angles When Photographing Flowers
Try a different angle when photographing flowers. Look up towards the sky. Makes ordinary sunflowers look just heavenly.
