Nobody is perfect, and certainly not camera makers. So who blew it this past year, and who deserves our kudos?
You’ll find my own totally biased opinions in The Best and Worst of 2012.
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Tag: 2012
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Our 14 Best Portrait Photography Tutorials of 2012
This week as part of our ‘Best of 2012 Series‘ we’re looking back on the year that was and sharing the most popular posts in different categories. Today we’re looking over the hot portrait tutorials of the year – many of which were among the most popular posts among all categories on the blog this year.Enjoy!
- Portrait Tip: Don’t Fill the Frame
- 6 Portrait Lighting Patterns Every Photographer Should Know
- 5 Tips for Flattering Maternity Photography
- Poser: Achieve Perfect Portrait Expression
- 10 Reasons to Shoot Portraits During the Golden Hour [Illustrated]
- Cut the Cheese: 5 Tips for Photographing Kids
- Lighting Ratios to Make or Break your Portrait
- How to Create Backlight or Hairlight outdoors with Natural Light
- Using Facial View and Camera Angle to take Flattering Portraits
- Using a White Wall as a Photo Background
- How to Take Creative Couples Portraits
- How to Achieve Blurred Backgrounds in Portraits
- One Light Portraits: Simple Elegance
- Studio Lighting: Building a Light Set-Up
Want more portrait tips? Check out our best portrait tips of 2011 here.
Post originally from: Digital Photography Tips.
Check out our more Photography Tips at Photography Tips for Beginners, Portrait Photography Tips and Wedding Photography Tips.
Our 14 Best Portrait Photography Tutorials of 2012
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12 More of Our Best Photography Tutorials from 2012
From our post: a 15 minute exercise to help you improve your photos in 2012 (ideal for heading into 2013 too)
Today we continue our ‘best of 2012′ series with a look back on a mixed bag of tutorials and articles that were among our most popular in the year gone by.
- A 15 Minute Exercise To Help You Improve Your Photography in 2012
- Fun with Macro Photography
- 5 Tips To Transform Your Photography With Long Exposures
- Silhouette Photography Technique
- 6 Ways to Add Drama and Mystery to Your Images
- How to Use the Human Form to Give a Sense of Scale to Your Images [With Examples]
- 9 Architectural Photography Tips
- Want to Be a Professional Wedding Photographer? Here Are 10 Things You Should Know
- 15 Tips about Turning Pro
- Are You Practicing these 5 Natural Lighting Tips?
- 5 Tips for Controlling Natural Light
- How to Photograph a Funeral : 4 Tips I Hope you Never have to Use
Want a few more tutorials like this? Here are 11 of our best from 2011!
Post originally from: Digital Photography Tips.
Check out our more Photography Tips at Photography Tips for Beginners, Portrait Photography Tips and Wedding Photography Tips.
12 More of Our Best Photography Tutorials from 2012
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27 December, 2012 ? Cusco Peru Geotagged
Miles Hecker’s last Geotagged Photo Location for the year is Cusco, Peru.
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15 Inspiring Image Collections from 2012
This week as part of our ‘Best of dPS 2012 series‘ I thought it might be fun to look back on some of our most popular ‘image collections’ of the year gone by.
We post image collections 1-2 times a month to act as a source of inspiration and ideas for our readers. Each is on a different theme or technique of photography and where we can we include a little instruction on how to tackle shooting the types of photos covered.
Here’s the top 15 image collections of 2012 (click the image to see the full collection).
1. 24 Beautiful Dawn Images
2. 33 Inspirational Images that Feature Patterns and Repetition
3. 27 Resplendent ‘Reflections’ Images to Inspire You
4. 25 Evocative Images of Abandonment and Urban Decay
5. 27 Beautiful Black and White Portraits
6. 27 Black and White Landscape Images
7. Moon Games
8. 31 Amazing Abstract Images
9. 25 Dreamy Images Shot Wide Open
10. 27 Signs Images
11. 29 Stunning Staircase Images
12. 29 Shots of Dogs Sticking Their Heads out of Car Windows [Humor]
13. 47 City Skylines to Inspire You
14. 27 Great Panning Images [and How to Take Them]
15. 19 More Creative Mirror Self Portraits
Want more image collections? Check out our best Image Collections of 2011 here.
Post originally from: Digital Photography Tips.
Check out our more Photography Tips at Photography Tips for Beginners, Portrait Photography Tips and Wedding Photography Tips.
15 Inspiring Image Collections from 2012
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27 December, 2012 – Our Holiday Sale Ends Next Week
All good things must come to an end, including our year-end sale. Want to purchase any of our tutorials or Video Journals? Want to save 25%?
If you wait till next week you just might wait too long.
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2012 Year-End Post-a-Palooza
It's always a good idea to look back before heading forward. So as is tradition, we end 2012 with a rundown of your favorites and my favorites from the year.
As is not tradition (and because of a special circumstance) this likely will not the last post of the year. Pics, posts and an explanation, below. Read more »
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What Everybody Ought to Know About Landscape Photography [Best of dPS 2012]
Some of the most popular posts on dPS this year have been those covering the topic of Landscape photography.
From the post ‘Composing Dynamic Landscape Images’ by Todd Sisson
So as part of our ‘best of 2012′ series I thought I’d look back on the hottest landscape tutorials for the year gone by.
Here they are – in no particular order.
- Composing Dynamic Landscape Images
- 5 Tips for Shooting Landscapes with Greater Impact
- Seascape Photography Tips
- 10 Tips for Landscape Photographers
- 8 Tips for Long Exposure Photography
- Aspect Ratios in Landscape Photography
- Tips for Great HDR Sunsets
- 15 Tips for Low Light Landscape Photography
- How to Photograph Reflections in Water
- 4 Tips for Shooting Drop Dead Gorgeous Waterfalls
Post originally from: Digital Photography Tips.
Check out our more Photography Tips at Photography Tips for Beginners, Portrait Photography Tips and Wedding Photography Tips.
What Everybody Ought to Know About Landscape Photography [Best of dPS 2012]
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24 December, 2012 – The Synthesis of Chinese Landscape Painting and Photography
Traditional Chinese Landscape Painting has endured for almost 1500 years, longer than any genre in Western culture. What perceptual qualities (that we can see for ourselves) lie behind this? How can we adopt these to the medium of digital photography? Looking at the visual structure of paintings began for us as a way to analyze what makes a an image “work,” and it has grown into a fascination with a very different way of seeing – that of the classical Chinese Landscape painters.
George DeWolfe and Lydia Goetze explore this subject in their new essay The Synthesis of Chinese Landscape Painting and Photography.
