Capturing Personality in Portraiture

One of the main things that sets a great portrait apart from the rest is that they are able to capture something of the personality of the subject.

Anyone who has tried their hand at portrait work knows how hard this can be - what with juggling your camera's settings, adjusting lighting and getting the background just right - sometimes the subject themselves gets ignored.

In this post Christina Dickson shares three tips on how to inject personality into your portraits.

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Rapid Composition - How to Compose a Photo Quickly

In this very practical 'how to' tutorial Neil Creek gives us an insight into what goes on in his mind as he composes a scene.

There are plenty of 'rules' of composition that you can study up on but in this post Neil shows you how to apply them quickly.

The tutorial has helpful diagrams that really bring his teaching alive (for those of us who think in pictures.

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Using Cropping to Improve Photographs

It is amazing how some creative cropping in post production can bring an image to life.

 In this post Peter Carey sheds some light on 3 different cropping techniques that are worth knowing and practicing.

Learn more about Cropping Here

Twilight Photography Tips

One of the most common types of photography is that done at Sunset.

In this tutorial Matthew G. Monroe shares some tips for taking shots in the Twilight hours.  

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Also - a related post from the archives of DPS - 12 Tips for Photographing Stunning Sunsets post. 

Those of you looking to update your Photo Editing software at the moment might be interested to hear of two new products available for ordering this week from Adobe and Apple.

Aperture 2.0

Available for Windows and Mac users Aperture 2.0 overhauls Apple's popular Aperture product with 100 new features including advanced image processing, streamlined interface, faster performance and more integration with other applications.

I've been a big user of previous versions of Aperture for some time now and was excited to see this release - I'll be getting the upgrade this week.

Buy it on Special at Amazon 

Aperture 2.0 Full Version - $189 ($10 off)

Aperture 2.0 Upgrade - $89 ($10 off)
 

Adobe Photoshop Elements 6 for MAC

The other new software available for pre-ordering  at present is Adobe's new Elements product for Mac users.

While Elements 6 has been available for Windows users for some time those of us on Macs have had to wait for this new version.

 It will be released on 1 April but you can pre-order it at Amazon for $82.99 ($7.00 off).  

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