08 February 2010

Night photography provides lots of opportunity for creative fun, and this is particularly true in Paris. After all, it is called the 'City of Light' for a reason! All these lights give us a chance to play with various effects, one of which is the creation of star-bursts coming off points of light. This effect is very simple and can easily be achieved without using a filter or running to a photo editing tool...

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10 December 2009

Since Christmas is just around the corner, I thought a few tips on how to take great Christmas pictures would be helpful. Hopefully, this will give you some good Christmas photo ideas. I am also curious to hear how you approach the Season with your camera, so make sure you share your tips and ideas!

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05 November 2009

To include or not to include people in a photograph, that is the question! Cities are by definition places where people live and gather. For urban photography, the difficulty is that as soon as a person is included in a picture, it becomes the focal point of the image. So there are no two ways about it, either you include people in the shots and they are the focal point, or you do what it takes to eliminate them from the image.

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14 October 2009

When I review pictures that participants take while on the Photo Tours in Paris, one theme often comes back as a discussion is that less is more. What I mean by that is the need to simplify images to give them more impact.

When we find a subject that we want to photograph, often we focus so much on it that we fail to see distracting elements around it. By taking a few steps closer, choosing a different angle or changing the focal length, it is possible to fill the frame and get a better image...

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