With the school Christmas concert season upon us, time to yet again recycle an oldie but a goodie blog post!! Here’s some tips on getting the great concert photos!
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Noel Chenier
How To Photograph The Super Moon
On April 7th-8th we will be treated to yet another “super moon”! April 7th is when it’s the closest to the Earth, but April 8th is when it is actually FULL.
Here are some tips on how to get great photographs of the super moon.
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How To Photograph Fabulous Fall Leaves
We are in peak autumn color, here is how to photograph those fabulous colors of the fall foliage!
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Take great photos of your kids having fun with autumn leaves!
Fall is a great time for photographs, and taking photographs of your kids playing in autumn leaves is just one of the possibilities. Here are some ideas for capturing some great moments.
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What the #$%^ Did the Photo Lab Do To My Picture?!?!?!
Ever take a photograph to get printed at the photo lab, and it comes back squished(image above) or cropped completely different from how you cropped it? I’m going to help you prevent that from ever happening again!
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Learn Photo365 App Now Available For Android
Since it’s launch, the Learn Photo365 Photography Assignment Generator app has been inspiring photographers across the globe with hundreds of thousands of potential photo ideas. And now it’s available for Android!
If you were looking to improve your photography, get inspired for your Photo365, or get out of a creative rut, this is the app for you!
Download the FREE version here to get a taste of what the full verions has to offer!
Or you can get the FULL VERSION $4.99 here
(Looking for iOS versions? Click here!)
Here’s the info on the app!
THOUSANDS OF POTENTIAL ASSIGNMENTS
Over one hundred individual assignments, everything from camera settings, rules of composition, creative shooting techniques, photographing people, landscape and nature, and more subjects. But there are thousands of possible ideas with random objects and places, combined with techniques, environments. The scavenger hunt assignment gives you lists of terms to find with your camera…with MILLIONS of possible combinations.
PHOTO365/52WEEK/30 DAY CHALLENGE LIST
The app will generate a full assignment list for your Photo 365/52 week/30 day challenge. With the daily reminder, there should be nothing stopping you from completing it!
SELFIE 365
Into selfies? There is now a Selfie365 challenge list generator to take your selfies to a new level! Thousands of fun, creative, and maybe even challenging ideas.
FAVOURITE ASSIGNMENT LIST
You can keep all your fav assignments just a tap away!
OVER 700 EXAMPLE IMAGES
Each assignment has a series of example images to demonstrate the technique or inspire you.
DAILY REMINDER
Taking part in a 365 day challenge? Get the app to send you a reminder each day to get your photo assignment to keep you on track.
NO NETWORK REQUIRED
The app is completely self-contained and does not require a wifi or network connection. No matter where you are, you can always get an assignment.
If you have any issues, feeback, or ideas, please do not hesitate to contact me!
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Canada Games Athletes-Sailors Alex Black and Kelvin Gilliland
The second portrait in the series is of Team New Brunswick sailors Alex Black(l) and Kelvin Gilliland, one of the few multi-person shoots. They can be a bit of a challenge as you are trying to get both people into the composition along with the equipment/background, etc that tells their …
Canada Games Athletes-Beach Volleyball Player Jill Blanchard
Today’s athlete portrait is of Canada Games women’s beach volleyball player Jill Blanchard. This was the final shoot done for the series, and it was a great way to end it. Before you get too exciting, you won’t see the normal photographs that get taken with women’s beach volleyball. If …
Year in Review….
Kennebecasis Valley firefighters George Cole, left, and Grant Graham, carry a cage with two dogs that were rescued along with their owner from a car that ended up partially submerged in the Renforth Bog along Highway 1 in Rothesay on Sunday morning. The vehicle hydroplaned, striking and going over the …
Canada Games Athletes-Softball player Sam DeBortoli
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Making Something Out Of Nothing: The Boardroom Shot
There is nothing more challenging that trying to make an interesting photograph in a boardroom…. On this particular day, I had to photograph William Stanley of Atlantic Hydrogen at the office as he was coming through town. Normally we would have gotten him with some of the company’s technology, but …
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Story Behind the Photo: Twins Tower Over Their Fellow Grads
Over the years, I must have photographed over thirty university, college, and high school graduation ceremonies. Mostly the ones for the University of New Brunswick and St Thomas in Fredericton. The challenge was always finding something interesting…because they are pretty much the same every year.
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Photo Bits May 10th 2016
Icebergs always make for great images…but look at how amazing they look when they have flipped upside down!
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-Salivating over all those delicious photos you see of food? Not so appetizing after you read some of the tricks used in food photography
-Vincenzo Mazzo shares the story of how he destroyed his car door but then shot an award-winning photo
-TED talks are always informative and cover a wide range of topics and issues…check out all the ones related to photography
WHAT THE DUCK
Check out more great strips here!
-APP YOU SHOULD DOWNLOAD
Mextures is a great app editing your images, with a wide assortment of textures, light leaks, and effects.
Examples images made using Mextures
-LATEST DIRECTORY LINK:
Life Magazine is long gone, but Time is nice enough to keep an online archive of the amazing photography from it.
You can submit interesting photography sites to the links directory here.
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Have you come across an awesome photography related article that you think other people would be interested in? Email it to me and I’ll post it in a future Photo Bits!
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Photo Bits May 4th 2016
In honor of May The 4th Be With You day…the Force is strong with this edition of Photo Bits…
Photographer Paweł Kadysz brings a little levity to the darkside with a series of images depicting Darth Vader as an everyday joe.
#MayThe4thBeWithYou
-Lots of people use Star Wars figures as their subject…check out
Zahir Batin, Stormtroopers365, Rather Childish, and Vesa Lehtimaki
-Here’s an easy (although very boring voiced) tutorial on making lightsabers
–50 behind the scenes images of the cast of Star Wars
-Series of portraits of Star Wars fans and their collections
-Site containing images from the original shoots of the Star Wars figures
WHAT THE DUCK
Check out more great strips here!
-INSTAGRAMMER YOUR SHOULD FOLLOW
Why The Long Play Face is a hilarious mash up of album covers redone using Star Wars characters.
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How To Photograph School or University Graduations
Graduation time is upon us, and if you have a child or relative crossing that stage for their high school or university graduation, you’ll want to get the best photographs possible.
Here are some tips for doing just that!
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