The Digital Photo Experience

The Edge of Light: TappTips Part 1

[Editors Note: This week we have Eddie Tapp on a weeklong series titled “The Edge of Light” which is a series of articles on seeing light. We’ll have one article day starting today Sunday, and continuing all the way thru Saturday!] The 20 degree rule Sunsets will naturally have a warmer color temperature while a […]

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The Edge of Light: Study light quality

[Editors Note: This week we have Eddie Tapp on a weeklong series titled “The Edge of Light” which is a series of articles on seeing light. We’ll have one article day starting today Sunday, and continuing all the way thru Saturday!] If we could see light in the physical sense (such as we see a […]

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The Edge of Light: What about the shadow…?

As a professional photographer, I sometimes look for the shadow before anything else especially when shooting a product or portrait. I’ve had clients ask me if I could get rid of the shadow. My first though is why didn’t I use a flash on camera, actually my first thought is “are you kidding…? Shadow creates […]

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The Edge of Light: Be the chip

Seeing light and transforming this visual awareness into how the digital chip will see light is something we learn from experience. Consider the ingredients that will determine this from your camera’s settings (My Menu or Picture Style etc.) where you establish the contrast, sharpness, saturation, color tone, filter effect and even color space for a […]

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Finding your Creative / DPE LIVE Podcast Episode #4 May 11, 2010

“Finding your Creative” DPE LIVE event, featuring Eddie Tapp (http://www.eddietapp.com), Rob Sheppard (http://www.robsheppardphoto.com) and Judy Host (http://www.judyhost.com/), they answered questions on learning to see creatively submitted by YOU, plus, as always provided lots of useful information on being creative with your photography! The next DPE LIVE event is scheduled for June 13th at 8:00pm EST […]

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The Edge of Light: I can see the light…!

[Editors Note: This week we have Eddie Tapp on a weeklong series titled “The Edge of Light” which is a series of articles on seeing light. We’ll have one article day starting today Sunday, and continuing all the way thru Saturday!] We’ve all heard the phrase “See The Light” which takes on the meaning of […]

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The Art of Photography

To me, the art of photography comes from a cingular expression of my own personal vibe or a personal take on a particular moment in my life. A photograph can also represent a stop action out of my own random daily path or an specifically created artistic viewpoint . The thought of creating one still […]

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DPE LIVE / Finding your Creative / May 11 @ 8PM EST

The next DPE LIVE event will be held tomorrow May 11th at 8PM EST (5PM PST) and the topic will be “Finding your Creative”. This DPE LIVE show will be hosted by Eddie Tapp (http://www.eddietapp.com), Rob Sheppard (http://www.robsheppardphoto.com) and Judy Host (http://www.judyhost.com/). Eddie, Rob and Judy will be discussing how to find your inner creative, […]

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