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Unplanned Photos [Contest Announcement]
This week Dustin and I are encouraging the entire Improve Photography Community to keep your cameras with you at all times. Lately we’ve been feeling like we only go out and shoot photos when we have a full-on model shoot or major landscape photography trip planned, and we miss everyday unplanned opportunities to shoot. This [...]
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Portrait Tips on the Street [Duel]
This week Dustin and I (Jim) were in the studio writing photo tips for you guys. It had been a slow day and we were catching a bit of studio fever (it’s just like cabin fever–but in a studio). I went outside to find something to shoot. It was the middle of the day and [...]
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The Ultimate Photography FAQ [Podcast]
This is a mashup episode of the Improve Photography Podcast, the Digital Photo Experience, and The Digital Story Podcasts. In this episode, the joint group talk about some of the most common questions photographers ask and give answers for these questions. If you are reading this post via email or RSS, be sure to click [...]
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Tools or Toys? Micro-Four Thirds Cameras vs. DSLRs [Podcast]
This is a mashup episode of the Improve Photography Podcast, the Digital Photo Experience, and The Digital Story Podcasts. In this episode, the joint group discusses micro four-thirds and other compact cameras and whether or not they are a viable alternative for photographers. If you are reading this post via email or RSS, be sure [...]
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Panning Photography Tips [Duel]
This week’s theme is panning. Dustin and Jim each had only 1 hour to head out and come back with a panning shot. The reason that this duel is focusing on panning is because it is one of the projects that the students in Jim and Dustin’s Online Beginning Photography Class do. Panning means using [...]
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Three Photography Mistakes [Podcast]
In Episode 21 of the Improve Photography Podcast, Jim Harmer, Dustin Olsen, Juan Pons (from http://dpexperience.com/), and Derrick Story (from http://www.thedigitalstory.com/) talk about mistakes to avoid and answer listener questions about lenses and time-lapse photography. If you are reading this post via email or RSS, be sure to click the blue title of this post so that [...]
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Practical Portrait Tips [Duel]
For the weekly duel this week, Dustin and Jim each had only 30 minutes to photograph the same model, who they had never before shot with or seen. New to the weekly Improve Photography Duel? Check out this page, where we explain how it works. Settling the Score The overall score from past weeks of [...]
