Tips & Tricks – Improve Your Personal Snapshots

 

Tips on taking better “snapshots.” A comparison of before and after photos to show how simple it can be to dramatically improve any photo.

 

We are available to speak to any group on a variety of photography topics including, “The Art and Science of Restoring Old and Damaged Photos” and “Tips and Tricks for Improving Your Personal and Vacation Snapshots.”

 

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UFOs add impact to your photos

  UFOs or “Unexpected Flying Objects” in your photos will grab the viewers attention every time. It is not easy (or safe!) to have a ball thrown or hit at you for a dramatic photo. The photos at left show the original photo and then a golf ball digitally added to the scene. The ball […]

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Secrets revealed for amazing travel photos

Tortilla chips, bean bags, and beer bottles – oh, my! In a recent New York Times interview, travel photographer Robert Caplin shared some of his secrets on how to shoot like a pro on a shoestring budget. Read the article at: http://frugaltraveler.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/21/qa-tips-from-travel-photographer-robert-caplin/ Photos at left: Golden Gate Bridge – San Francisco, Bellagio Hotel – Las

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Glamourpuss – Bridal tips for a picture-perfect face

There is nothing more beautiful than a bride on her wedding day. One of the key areas of a bride’s appearance is how well her makeup is applied. Here are 10 tips to guarantee a picture-perfect face: https://spectralight.com/weddings/glamourpuss.pdf Do you have any additional tips you’d like to share? Click the “Comments” button and post them there.

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How to take great baby photos

Don’t you just LOVE great pix of cute babies? Here’s a good article to get you started taking your own great photos: http://tinyurl.com/spectralight-babies Do you have any tips for taking great baby photos? Please leave your comment below.

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Camera of the future revealed

The Canon Wonder could be the hottest new camera in 2030. I’ll go out on a limb and predict there will be something like it from one of the manufacturers well before 2030. Canon displayed the amazing concept camera at Shanghai Expo 2010. (Click the photos at left to see them larger.) They call it the camera

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Smartphones may make digital cameras a thing of the past

It seems that every day, there’s another smartphone being introduced that makes your pocket sized digital camera a little less important. The latest smartphones have higher resolution than many digital cameras on the market. Why not lighten your purse or back pack and leave the camera at home? Case in point: Motorola’s latest Android smartphone,

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Amazing photos are everywhere – you just have to look for them

Great photos don’t just happen. A skilled photographer is always on the lookout for an image that really stands out. Wherever he goes, he observes how light and shadow changes the appearance and “feel” of every scene. This photograph was taken along California Highway 1. A college friend and fellow photographer, Max Muir, and I were driving

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Make your photos shine with easy, gorgeous color enhancement

  Sometimes the beautiful color you see with your eyes doesn’t appear that way in your photographs. Why settle for dull, boring photos when you can make your photos shine with gorgeous color enhancement? Most people take photos with their camera set on “automatic.” While that setting does an “okay” job capturing a picture, it

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How to get your camera back if you lose it

  Back in 1984, I left a bag loaded with thousands of dollars of camera equipment along side a country road in Austria. I had just photographed some amazing views of the Austrian Alps before moving on to photograph some castles in Germany. About an hour later (and 50 miles of treacherous, mountainous roads) I realized

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Get over it!

  Have you ever tried to get a photo of something but your view was blocked by an object or group of people? The photo on the left shows a fence blocking the view of final preparations of a float for the Rose Bowl Parade. For the photo on the right, I raised the camera

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