I never want to stop picking up new techniques in photography. If you’re constantly learning, you’re constantly improving. Now that 2021 is coming to a close, I’d like to share some things I learned this year and how they’ve helped my photography grow.
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One of our favorite and longest running traditions in Click Community is our forum photo contest! In last month’s contest our community shared images that embodied the theme “in the city” and we can’t wait for you to see this collection of our favorites.
Congratulations to Hana Kim for her winning image (above)! Hana won a self paced course of her choice from Click Photo School!
You can win, too! Enter this month’s forum photo contest with your take on the theme “FAMILY CONNECTION” for a chance to be featured here on the Click Community Blog and win a self paced course of your choice!
But first, please enjoy this collection of some of our very favorite and inspiring images from this past month:
Do you want a chance for your work to be featured on the Click Community blog and to be eligible to win a seat in a Click Photo School self guided course?
And if you’re not yet a member of Click Community, we’d LOVE to have you come join us! As a member, you get access to photography tutorials, video demos, Q&A threads, image critiques, photo challenges and contests like this one, and so much more! Become a member today!
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The Cornwall area of the UK is stunning indeed, and has resplendent colors. But on the days I was there recently, it was generally shrouded in the legendary clouds time and history have associated with the British Isles.
My short time there shooting pictures provided me, in the post stages of things, a chance to brush up further on my Capture One skills, and see in monochrome.
I’m no authority on post-processing, but I’m thoroughly enjoying the learning curve and possibilities of Capture One. I’m able to push and pull color channels within the B&W realm, emphasizing and de-emphasizing certain tonal layers. I’m using the Magic Brush to adjust wide swaths of sky and sea. And of course using the straighten (or not) tool to adjust horizons.
It was so invigorating, being at sea, briefly, with the clouds and breezes. And the labor of fishing for a living. Tip of the hat to John Trewitt, and his son, Jaimie. Knowledgeable, hard working, and obviously in love with sea, and the beautiful cliffs of Cornwall that plunge downwards to meet it. Many thanks to them for taking aboard a thorough landlubber.
This week, heading the opposite direction, and going into NYC for a Christmas Lights Workshop with Liza Politi and Ari Espay. This week looking for vibrance and color. And this week, big doings for Capture One, as they cite on their home page. Stay tuned.
More tk….
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Trees and forests are deceptively difficult subjects to photograph. It seems that something is often lost in the process – maybe their scale, maybe their tranquility. Photos of a forest scene can easily turn into nonsensical jumbles even if the subject looks wonderful in person. How do you avoid that?
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Some of the most common advice in photography, especially for landscape and architectural work, is to use a tripod. But the story doesn’t end there. Even if you have a top-of-the-line tripod and head, bad tripod technique can result in some seriously blurry shots.
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