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Levi’s Stop Motion Eye Candy

July 27, 2010

If you have not seen it yet, you must check out this new amazing viral video done for Levi’s jeans. But what’s truly cool about the video is that this was done not with fancy computer graphics or trickery, but by using good old fashioned photography. Amazing work, traveling across the country in an RV [...]

Creating a Time Lapse Movie

By Hal Schmitt

July 21, 2010

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A great tool to have in your kit for creative or documentary purposes is time lapse. Time lapse photography is essentially capturing multiple images over a relatively long period of time and then playing them back over a relatively short period. Whether shooting a sunset, a boat trip, a soccer game, or a dessicating [...]

Noise Reduction in Lightroom 3

By Jeremy Pollack

July 20, 2010

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By now many of you using Lightroom have either upgraded or at least tried the demo. There are many new and wonderful features, but the one that has given me perhaps the most bang for my buck is the vastly improved noise reduction. Previously, we could certainly take an image into Photoshop or even a [...]

See the Light – Capture the Light

By Rick Sammon

July 19, 2010

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Here is a very quick tip: See the light.
Look for the direction of light (above: back light), the contrast range in a scene (above: medium), and the color of light (above: warm).
In the opening shot for this post, back light, which created beautiful rim light, makes the shot more than snapshot. The back light also [...]

Focal Length is not just a Zoom Change!

By Rob Sheppard

July 14, 2010

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Not all that long ago in photography, everyone shot with single focal length lenses and not zooms. Zooms have not been around all that long in photography, plus at first, they really were awful in quality. Today, none of that is true anymore. Zooms have outstanding quality and they have become ubiquitous in photography. Every [...]

STOP! And take that shot!

By Jeremy Pollack

July 13, 2010

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One of the best tips to improve your photography is to pick up your camera every day. I used to think this was so difficult. Who has time for this? Between going to work, errands, and living your non-photographic life, carving out a few minutes for photography can be difficult. Instead, live a photographic life! [...]

Upcoming Photo Festivals

By Rob Sheppard

July 7, 2010

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There are a couple of upcoming photo festivals this summer and fall that you might find of interest. I will be a speaker at both, plus other members of the DPE gang (Rick and Juan) will be at the fall event.
This summer, there is the Sedona Photo Fest from July 18-25 in Sedona, Arizona. Here’s [...]

In Case You Were Wondering . . .

By Rick Sammon

July 4, 2010

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Hey Gang,
In case you were wondering how the videos from PhotoFest Japan 2010 got posted so quickly, here is the reason: Don Juan Pons (front) posted them from the road!
Bull Schmitt is shown in the background checking on the number of participants who will be attending the California Photo Festival. We all hope to see [...]

From PhotoFest Japan – Creating an HDR Image

By Juan Pons

June 30, 2010

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Rick, Hal & Juan are here in Japan for PhotoFest Japan which starts today, and is definitely going to be a LOT of fun. While we are here, we thought we would record a bunch of video photo tips for you, so keep a close eye on DPE this week.
In this segment, Rick and Hal [...]

From PhotoFest Japan – Creating a Sense of Depth

By Juan Pons

June 29, 2010

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Rick, Hal & Juan are here in Japan for PhotoFest Japan which starts this Wednesday, and is definitely going to be a LOT of fun. While we are here, we thought we would record a bunch of video photo tips for you, so keep a close eye on DPE this week.
In this first video, Rick [...]