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  • Shallow Depth Of Field—Photography’s Most Powerful Technique October 22, 2020
  • Camera Sensor Size And Effective Lens Focal Lengths September 22, 2020
  • When You Want It All–3 Steps To Maximize Depth Of Field September 15, 2020
  • RAW Files vs JPEG–Photography’s Format Battle April 14, 2020
  • Stunning Architecture Photography In Black And White February 12, 2020
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  • A Color Photographer’s Conversion To B&W December 17, 2019
  • The Creative Image–Cell Phone Photographs and Cyanotype Prints October 8, 2019
  • Travel Photography with Chuck Place September 26, 2019
  • 3 Photographic Techniques For Creating Beautiful Direct Sunlight Portraits September 17, 2019
  • Fill The Frame For Greater Visual Impact August 29, 2019
  • Mastering Lens Flare For Beautiful Images With Impact July 23, 2019
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Backlit California poppies in bloom

The 2 Big Hurdles To Creating Amazing Backlit Photographs

teachesphoto April 10, 2018

Backlighting helps control contrast in a scene, creates beautiful rim lighting effects, enhances color of translucent subjects and helps models relax in front of the camera by eliminating the need to squint into the sun.

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Backlit portrait of parade participants

The 4 Advantages Of Photographic Backlighting

teachesphoto April 4, 2018

Control contrast, increase color saturation and create a rim light with photographic backlighting.

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Aerial Photo of Chinese food

Capture Stunning Aerial Photos Of Your Lunch

teachesphoto March 14, 2018

Create beautiful high-angle photographs of dishes of food following these easy steps.

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architecture photograph of cathedral in Oaxaca, Mexico

3 Steps To Creating Monumental Architecture Photography

teachesphoto March 6, 2018

I always try to make these buildings seem monumental in my photographs.

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Cambria coast

Give Yourself A Photography Assignment

teachesphoto February 27, 2018

Early in my career I often found myself wandering around various towns, frustrated, looking for something to photograph. I came to realize that there are always lots of subjects to shoot in any location. All I really needed was a …

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portrait of apple farmer

The Shy Photographer’s Guide To Putting Subjects At Ease

teachesphoto February 13, 2018

After years of photographing people on location for various magazines, I have found there are essentially 5 steps to the process of putting a model at ease in front of a camera.

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Nurse log among Coast Redwood trees, Redwood National Park, California

Create A Sense Of Depth In Your Photographs Using Leading Lines

teachesphoto January 22, 2018

One of the age-old dilemmas of photography has always been the desire of photographers to create a three dimensional feel in their images using a two dimensional medium. A number of compositional techniques have evolved to create this sense of …

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stormy sunset over the Santa Barbara Channel

Just Wait For It: The Rewards Of Photography At Dusk

teachesphoto January 5, 2018

California’s rainy season is coming up soon. At least we hope it is. During the rains, building exteriors look dull and the sky is either gray or white. I usually head indoors in weather like this, photographing historic sites, museums …

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Photograph Rainbows And Find A Pot Of Gold

teachesphoto November 28, 2017

I love it when a plan works out. I had been photographing petroglyphs in Saguaro National Park all day and towards evening, rain clouds began to build over the Tucson Mountains. Although hazy much of the day, it looked like …

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The 2 Conditions That Create Beautiful Photographic Reflections

teachesphoto November 13, 2017

Learn to create dynamic photographic reflections.

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