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A Brief History of Neon Lighting

June 14, 2017

I recently had a fantastic opportunity to visit the American Sign Museum in Cincinnati — a fascinating experience, let me tell you. I spent a good amount of time taking p...

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Never Stop Experimenting

June 07, 2017

It is so easy to stick with the thing that we know works. In fact, that’s why photographers have all of these rules, like the Rule of Thirds or the rule to never crop a p...

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Teaching Children the Wonders of Photography (Free eBook)

June 05, 2017

Photography is a fascinating hobby that can be started at an early age. There are no limits, other than the ability to hold and aim a camera at a subject and press the bu...

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Change is Good

May 31, 2017

Change is a factor that permeates every part of our lives. Everything changes as the days, weeks, months and years go by. Many people, maybe even most people, are resista...

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How Stephen King's Methodology Applies to Photography

May 24, 2017

Stephen King’s On Writing is one of those required books that I had to read in cinematography class many years ago. While this book talks about the craft of writing, the...

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Determination is the Key to Photography

May 17, 2017

There are all kinds of things we can talk about when it comes to photography. Multitudes of techniques, basic to advanced camera controls, compositional rules, lighting,...

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Perfecting Portraiture #4: Posing and the Finer Points

May 10, 2017

Over the last several posts, we've covered quite a lot of ground. You now know how to portray the eyes to their best advantage, how to make skin look great and ways to ph...

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Perfecting Portraiture #3: Hair

May 03, 2017

In the previous two posts, you learned how to photograph the eyes and the skin to their best advantage. The final major element to portraiture, particularly headshots, is...

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Perfecting Portraiture #2: Skin

April 26, 2017

In the last post, I covered some of the tips and tricks that you can use to make the eyes pop in a portrait. While the eyes are an important element, they are by no means...

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Perfecting Portraiture #1: Eyes

April 19, 2017

If you are looking for a great way to breathe life into your artwork, portraiture might be the way to go. For those of you that previously enjoyed landscape photography o...

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