Flower Photography: The Essential Guide Discounted This Week

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• Flower Photography: The Essential Guide Discounted This Week
• Amazing Selective Color Timelapse Photography in Dubai
• Sports Photography Session to be Used for Composite Imaging

Flower Photography: The Essential Guide Discounted This Week Posted: 02 May 2013 04:20 PM PDT As spring is here and flowers are blooming many have sent us requests for more flower photography help. The 2nd edition of this flower photography guide has been completely revamped with new sections, more example photos, and updated content. We reached out to the publisher who agreed to give our readers 25% off until next Friday, simply use the discount code picturecorrect at checkout. It can be found here: Wildflower Photography Guide Flower Photography Guide Wildflowers display some of the most brilliant colors found in nature. And, for good reason–they're fiercely competing with each other to attract their pollinating friends: the insects and a few species of birds. However, their brilliant colors often make them difficult to photograph. “Have you ever come home with a full memory card only to find out that all those beautiful flower photos you took have blown out highlights, washed out colors, and harsh shadows? Well, this book will teach you how to avoid these problems and come home with great wildflower photos.” -Author Steven Berardi Some of the Many Topics Covered (65 Pages): What equipment you need for photographing wildflowers How to set up your shot to create pleasing compositions How to choose the right aperture to ensure your flowers are in focus and tack sharp How to find the perfect exposure by using tools like the RGB histogram How to maximize sharpness by carefully positioning your camera (New for this Edition) How different lighting conditions affect the look of flowers (New for this Edition) How to create powerful compositions by using color theory (New for this Edition) How to get more depth of field by using focus stacking (New for this Edition) How to post-process your photos with Adobe Photoshop to reduce noise, increase contrast and saturation, make small adjustments to exposure, and make your images super sharp (tutorials apply to both Photoshop CS 4+ and Photoshop Elements 8+) Learn by example with 12 example photos (five of them are new to this edition). Each example includes the camera settings that were used, as well as a complete story of how the image was made and post-processed in Photoshop. Pages from the Flower Photography Guide The author, Steve Berardi, is a naturalist and photographer. You can usually find him hiking in the beautiful mountains and deserts of Southern California. His photographs have been used by Nature Photographer Magazine, the National Wildlife Federation, and the Sierra Club. How to Get a Discounted Copy This Week: Our readers can receive 25% off until Friday, May 10 by using the discount code PICTURECORRECT at checkout. The guide comes in PDF format that can be read on computers, phones and most tablet computers (works great as a mobile reference out in the field). It can be found here: Wildflower Photography Guide Go to full article: Flower Photography: The Essential Guide Discounted This Week What are your thoughts on this article? Join the discussion on Facebook or Google+ Article from: PictureCorrect Photography Tips

Amazing Selective Color Timelapse Photography in Dubai Posted: 02 May 2013 01:09 PM PDT Presenting a city of sci-fi surrealism splashed with shades of neon orange, yellow, green, and blue, Richard Bentley‘s “Not Any Colour” is not your typical timelapse project. Featuring the already-impressive city of Dubai, the following nighttime timelapse sequence has been intricately edited with an unusual color selection technique that has resulted in a compelling contrast of darkness and bright pops of color. See the effect for yourself below (for those of you reading this by email, the timelapse can be seen here): Bentley used a Canon 5D Mark II with a Manfrotto tripod to capture his images, editing with LRTimelapse, After Effects, and Lightroom. According to Bentley, the color selection process was completed in Lightroom with paintstaking attention to detail: The shots were all graded in Adobe Lightroom, not just ‘selective colour’, but I had to paint out colour around the edges of buildings and remove the colours in the areas which were left…. View some of the outstanding still shots that made it into the video below: For Further Training on Time-lapse Photography: There is a popular COMPLETE guide (146 pages) to shooting, processing and rendering time-lapses using a dslr camera. It can be found here: Time-lapse Photography Guide Go to full article: Amazing Selective Color Timelapse Photography in Dubai What are your thoughts on this article? Join the discussion on Facebook or Google+ Article from: PictureCorrect Photography Tips

Sports Photography Session to be Used for Composite Imaging Posted: 02 May 2013 11:20 AM PDT Photographing athletes is exciting, but can also be a challenge. To help create powerful, crisp images of the South Carolina Gamecocks football team, photographer James Quantz Jr. decided to the best plan of action would be to work with composite imaging. Using an assortment of studio lighting on location at the arena, Quantz ran the athletes through a variety of poses. Take a look at the video below for some behind the scene footage (for those of you reading this by email, the video can be seen here): Qauntz photographed the athletes individually during one on one shooting sessions. He then merged the individual portraits together using composite photography techniques to create the image you see below, as well as an assortment of images that will be used in various Gamecock promotional goods. “The goal is not only to get what we came to get visually, but then to have a fun experience for the people involved. Let’s get the job done, but let’s make sure we are having a good time doing it.” Go to full article: Sports Photography Session to be Used for Composite Imaging What are your thoughts on this article? Join the discussion on Facebook or Google+ Article from: PictureCorrect Photography Tips

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