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Children Christmas Photography

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In a previous article, we spoke a bit about how you could capture some amazing shots of Christmas decorations both inside and out. This festive season I would like to share a few more tips with you just to make sure this Christmas brings you nothing but pure joy. You could probably consider this an early gift or a gift that keeps on giving. Today we will be talking about how you can capture some adorable shots during Christmas of the little babies or kids. When I was a child I could remember always looking forward to this season, not only because my birthday was the day before Christmas but it was the season of gifts and amazing food from the family.  As a child, Christmas was nothing short of amazing with new toys and sometimes even money from family members. However, as we become adults, Christmas becomes an expense and we become more excited about the food than the gifts or sometimes even both. This does not mean that we can’t make it amazing for the little humans arou...

9 Tips For Holiday Season Photography

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Holidays are great times for getting pictures of family and friends. Everyone is together, and normally having a good time; it is people at their best. It’s also important from a historical perspective. You might be tempted to skip taking the camera, but think about how many times you’ve looked back on old photos of family and friends. For better or worse, those pictures mark the progression of your life. I’ve never looked back on any family event or place I’ve visited and wished I’d spent less time taking pictures—it’s almost always the opposite. So take the camera. Here are a few tips for getting the most out of your holiday pictures, whether you have an inexpensive point-and-shoot or the finest DSLR on the market. 1. CONTROL CAMERA SHAKE When you can, brace yourself against a wall, a chair, or something sturdy to give yourself a little extra stability, particularly when shooting indoors. This is a bigger problem with small cameras using an LCD screen at arm’s length t...

WhatsApp stickers update: How to convert any photo into sticker

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Did you know there’s a workaround to convert any photo into a WhatsApp sticker? Have you tried creating custom WhatsApp stickers yet?(HT Photo) WhatsApp’s new stickers feature has become quite popular. Launched last week, WhatsApp comes with a bunch of pre-loaded stickers. It also allows users to send customised stickersthrough third-party applications. But did you know there’s a workaround to convert any photo into WhatsApp sticker? According to a Gadgetsnow report, you can use third-party applications like Sticker Maker for WhatsApp to convert any photo in your phone to stickers. It is already among the top trending apps on Google Play store. Here’s how to convert any photo into WhatsApp sticker 1. Download any background eraser app on your Android phone.  Download  Sticker maker for WhatsApp app developed by Viko. 2. After installing these two applications, open the background eraser app. 3. Use the on-screen eraser button to remove ba...

How To Capture Great Winter Portraits: Beginners Edition

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In a previous article, we spoke a bit about how you can prepare yourself to carry out winter photography and pretty much not end up like a popsicle of have your camera destroyed by the elements. However, in this article, we will be discussing a step further as we dive into how you can create some amazing portraits in the winter that will make your viewers think its summer because of how hot the image is. That was probably a bad joke but without dragging this intro out any longer, let us begin. 1. Lens The first thing you need to consider before going outside to shoot is which lens to use. This is usually an easy process for me cause my go-to lens when it comes to portraits is the Canon 50mm f/1.4. It’s a beast when it comes to low light photography as well as capturing some pretty amazing portraits shots. My favorite thing about capturing portraits outdoors in the winter is that awesome evenly blurred background you get with all the snow in the back of your frame. If I, ...

5 Tips for Better Macro Images

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Photographing a bee in flight, an image of a gecko with its tongue poking out or all the intricate details of a tiny rainforest fungi can be very rewarding, but at the same time challenging. In this article, I will show you five photographic tips and techniques that will help you achieve quality macro images in the field. Wildflower with Praying Mantis – A macro lens allowed me to capture the bristles on the edge of the wildflower with total precision. I manually focused on the Praying Mantis and wildflower, as they were both on the same ‘plane’. 1.Suggested Equipment For SLR and Mirrorless cameras, there are various methods you can use to get close to your macro subjects. There are close-up filters available that screw onto the front of your lens. You can ‘piggy-back’ these on top of each other but please be aware that you can lose considerable image quality by doing this. If you are starting out in macro photography and funds are an issue, these filters are worth...