Category: Learn Photography
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Camera right or camera left?
Fantastic photography relies on composition more than you may realize. Here’s a quick and easy tip on creating beautiful portraits by simply shifting your subject to camera left or camera right. Use the rule of thirds to achieve this easy technique. You can move your subject to right line on the hash or move them…
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Pelican Cases = Successful Photographer
My Pelican 1510 loaded and ready for work. I’ve been using Pelican Products since 2011 and the products have been part of my success as a professional photographer. I bought my first Pelican Case on Sunday, May 22, 2011 from B & H Photo and Video. I proudly purchased the Pelican 1654 Waterproof 1650 Case with padding…
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The importance of Pre-production for a high profile portrait!
A week ago at work (South Texas College) I was assigned to photograph the college president. The school president’s schedule is always very tight. I got lucky that she was already going to be taking photos with The Monitor Newspaper in the morning so I was able to piggy-back on that. She was scheduled to…
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Dimitra Hernandez – Flashpoint eVOLV 200 Daylight Test – McAllen, Texas
A few months back I tested the eVOLV 200 in straight 12:00pm daylight with and without a diffuser to see if it can be used during high-noon and these are the results from that product test photo shoot. Special thanks to my coworker and friend Dimitra for modeling for this product test. I have also…
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Photography Lesson with Edna – McAllen, Texas
Photography Lesson: Composition A while back I met up with my good friend Edna, who is an amazing photographer, to do a photography lesson on composition. To be honest I don’t know why she does lessons with me because her work is amazing already but I’ll take any moment to teach anyone who’s passionate about…
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Photography Lesson at Balanced Brew Coffee – McAllen, Texas
Last week on Thursday a friend, Audrie Barrera, and I had a private photography lesson at Balanced Brew Coffee in McAllen, Texas. Audrie is a videographer and owns Audrie Barrera Films, where she focuses on commercial videography and special events. She has also been dabbing into photography by request of her clients so we had…
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Photography Lessons with Sara Yanez – McAllen Convention Center
Understanding exposure is important when learning photography. A few weekends ago Sara and I went to the McAllen Convention Center so that she could practice photography. So that the lessons could be as accurate as possible we had the same camera setup; Canon 60D with the Canon EF28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM Lens. We also used a…
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Local Talent Spotlight – Graphic Designer | Photographer – Maripili Menchaca
Local Graphic Designer, Social Media Strategist, Photographer and creative Calligrapher, Maripili Menchaca was my go to person for this special project. When my client asked if I could provide photos from our Quinceañera session to create ninety plus unique party favors on 3-inch round wood pieces for their actual event to give away to their…
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10 Modern Must Have Engagement Poses
Originally found on Petapixel I thought it would be nice to share this because it’s something my clients and I think about a lot when planning their engagement session.
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Make To-Do-Lists and Do!
As a small business owner you have to organize your thoughts and task or else you will fail! WRITE DOWN EVERYTHING! Thoughts and tasks only manifest when they are visual. When you can see it then you can do it. I use my iPhone 4S Notes App to make my to-do-list. Before I was cool…
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Are you digitally unorganized?
I am going to give you a few pointers on how to organize your Raw and JPEG photos in your external had drives. Now remember this is my method of organizing my clients’ images in my hard drives. It may not work for you, but if you plan on taking your photo business to the…
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How to web optimize your images for social media.
Optimizing your image for the web is very important when you are creating an online portfolio on a Facebook page. Here are the steps on how to optimize an image for the web using Adobe Photoshop. Open your image using your Adobe Photoshop application. Resize the image by going to IMAGE > IMAGE SIZE from…