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How Far Can You Venture From the Truth?

10. February 2010

Is there really such a thing as truth in photography? And if there is, is it then OK to deliberately leave the truth behind in pursuit of a more creative interpretation of a given subject?

Weekly Photo Critique No. 5 – “Flamingos’ Human Thoughts”

3. February 2010

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“I wanted to focus on the flamingos’ “human” expressions and body language. I’m wondering if it was a mistake to crop at the knee joints, which I know is generally a no-no, but I liked the angled composition of the 2 animals together, and including the entire body of the dominant subject in my opinion negated the “humanistic” effect.” -Karen Tate

Zoo Photography Tips

25. January 2010

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The zoo is a fantastic place to spend a day with a camera and practice your wildlife photography skills. The zoo is also a great place to practice before a photo safari if you’re not used to shooting wildlife (or haven’t done it for a long time) and you’re planning a photo safari. This way you can get into the habit of shooting wildlife and be prepared from day one of your photo safari trip rather than wasting the first few days brushing up on your wildlife photography skills.

Unique Digital Photography Tutorials

12. January 2010

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Step behind the scenes with ProPhotoInsight’s unique digital photography tutorials.
Video tutorials are getting increasing popular across the internet within all sort of topics including of course photography. Simon Plant from ProPhotoInsight’s has acknowledged this increasing demand and has produced a series of photography video tutorials and Adobe Photoshop training videos.

Weekly Photo Critique No. 4 – “At Piha”

6. January 2010

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This week’s image was submitted by Jonathan Allcock. It’s a picture from New Zealand, but I’m not entirely sure if this is where Jonathan resides, or if the picture was taken during a visit there by Jon.
It looks like the photo was taken with a Canon PowerShot S3 set to an f/4 aperture and a shutter speed of [...]

Weekly Photo Critique No. 3 – Untitled

8. December 2009

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This week’s image was submitted by Bip Mistry who is an advanced photographer from Brighton, England. In his submission Bip mentions that the image is from a documentary project relating to his mother.

Weekly Photo Critique No. 2 – “We Recycle!”

27. November 2009

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This image titled “We Recycle!” was submitted by Parker Mayberry, citizen of the world. I’m not sure if Parker is a beginning photographer, intermediate or advanced photographer. I’m not sure if this image has any particular meaning to Parker, or indeed what camera settings were used to capture this image. Does it matter? Not really. Having the background information is often helpful, sure, but at the end of the day it is really all about the image. So let’s jump right in.

Get a FREE Photo Critique

21. November 2009

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This week was the premiere of the new weekly photo critique of images submitted by readers.
If you’re interested take a look at the first photo critique of Carolyn Fletcher’s image entitled “Fishing in Paradise.
If you would like to see one of your own images critiqued here at Photography 24/7 please read the details on [...]

Weekly Photo Critique No. 1 – “Fishing in Paradise”

19. November 2009

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Welcome to the premiere of the weekly photo critique at Photography 24/7.
Carolyn Fletcher from Eufaula, Oklahoma in the US was quick off the mark submitting this truly beautiful image which she has entitled “Fishing in Paradise”. You can click the thumbnail image above and view Carolyn’s original image in a larger version. Thank you very much [...]

Split Toning a JPEG File in Photoshop CS4 in Three Easy Steps

16. November 2009

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Digital toning has become increasingly popular in recent years, but the tecnique is of course more than 120 years old.
Some of the classic darkroom toning techniques include processes like sepia, selenium, gold, copper and iron-blue toning and are achieved with the use of chemicals.
There is no denying that digital toning has made the process [...]