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The first one is from Pixel Pusher and is called Spring. A very colorful shot of two ladybugs getting “randy.”
Secondly, Mat Frazier’s Handoff. Lastly, “Planting Seeds” by Laura Joquist. Showing planting, which is always done in the Spring.

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First, always try and shoot images that are candid. Natural shots of people being themselves and don’t realize their being photographed.

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Chris wants to talk about getting your colors right today. When you shoot images where color is important – like flowers – or if you don’t get the skin tone right, you need to balance out the white balance to get it right. It’s all about color temperature.
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Chris Marquardt joins us to talk about old school, analog photography. When did you shoot your last roll of film? The great impact of digital photography is that you take a lot more images and you have greater control of managing the image (called the digital darkroom). And because you’re taking more images and you [...]

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kasperhor’s Shadow Heart – using a ring and a book, and showing shadow to reveal a heart.
Bear Heart, uses an affect to create heart shaped lights floating thanks to a trick of the aperture and a tiny heart shaped hole.
Our next assignment – “Spring” and “no flowers”. Take some shots and upload to flickr. Tag [...]

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How to get through all the pictures you have, save the images you want. Chris marks bad images he wants to toss. Images that are out of focus, pointing to the floor, etc. Just blaze through them. It’s like photo triage looking for the obvious junk. Second pass, give your images ratings based on a [...]

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Have you ever been asked to shoot a party, wedding, or some other event? Chris recommends going to the event area ahead of time to get the lay of the land, know where the light is falling at the time of the event, pre-do your light balance. Talk to the people to ask what they [...]

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Macro is where you make small things really big. Closeup photography. Leo LOVES Macro photography. Point and shoot cameras have macro modes, but DSLRs really need a specialized Macro lens to get the best results. Chris likes the 100mm Macro lens so he can maintain a distance and still get closeup results.

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Macro is where you make small things really big. Closeup photography. Leo LOVES Macro photography. Point and shoot cameras have macro modes, but DSLRs really need a specialized Macro lens to get the best results. Chris likes the 100mm Macro lens so he can maintain a distance and still get closeup results.

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Our first photographer, MSCCOMP created this fun one. Note how you get all the directions of light showing at once. It’s gives a lot of texture, but you also see the cause and effect of the light coming from the window.
Next comes this one from PGERHARDT62. Leo says it has some extreme depth of field. [...]

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