Category: Photography
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What photography can teach you about marketing focus
Take a look at this photo of the coffee stand here at the office: It’s bland. It’s boring. It tries to cram everything relevant into one picture so that customers don’t miss anything. It’s taken by someone who knows little to nothing about photographic composition, so it’s shot square on with no sense of depth,…
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How to avoid missing the best days of your life, part 2
Got a camera? Nearly everyone does these days, from tiny cameras built into mobile devices to prosumer mammoth DSLRs that professional journalists would have traded their children for a generation ago. Like most things in human nature, we very often make woefully little use of the potential of what we have with us. Our cameras…
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A Week With A View: July 4th
In today’s A Week With A View, an abstract of sorts, ribbons of flags for the Fourth of July. Flags by Hryck. It’s interesting that so many of the July 4th holiday photos on Flickr have a ton of political commentary rabidly espousing a viewpoint with them. Independence Day at its core celebrates freedom from…
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A Week With A View: Fire
Today’s A Week With a View showcases fire. This is a longtime favorite of mine. Bonfire by Dominic. This one is just… impressive. Did you enjoy this blog post? If so, please subscribe right now! Get this and other great articles from the source at www.ChristopherSPenn.com
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A Week With A View: Canada
It’s Canada Day (or Dominion Day) so I thought I’d pick something Canadian for today’s A Week With A View. The trouble is, there’s too much to pick from. Here’s a selection. Clouds in Quebec by Michel Fillon: Victoria Glacier in Alberta by Laszlo: Vancouver Island by Zedzap: And new media friend Angela Misri, shot…
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A Week With A View: Temple
For today’s A Week With A View, I went searching for temples. Spirituality and the power of the spirit has been on my mind lately. By Koshyk. This is a photo of Harmandir Sahib, the Golden Temple, a Sikh site. I love the light in this picture. I look forward to seeing your Week With…
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A Week With A View: Hiking
A Week With A View: June 29, 2009 Did a search for hiking. Saw this: by Adam Baker. What I really like about this photo is the very strong path my eyes follow through the photo from the hiker all the way up the mountains. In that respect it’s very similar to a lot of…
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Using RSS, APIs, and web services to plan a photowalk
I just got a new prime lens for my Nikon D90 and want to take it out for a spin. I also want to do a very casual social meetup with fellow local shutterbugs to do it. This raised an important question for me – when in Boston is the best time to go for…
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4 Steps to a DIY Lightbox
I was messing around with my D90 today and was thinking about lightboxes. If you’re not familiar with a lightbox, it’s a controlled photo environment, like a pint-sized studio, that lets you take close up shots of items for sites like eBay or Craigslist. Most of the systems out there for amateurs rage from 25…