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When you know the secrets of photography...

your creative potential is boundless!





What do You Want to Know About Photography & Cameras?

20 PROFESSIONAL PHOTO & CAMERA TIPS
Professional secrets to amazing photography!

4-STEP PHOTOGRAPHY & DSLR COURSE
Easy-to-understand photography lessons to help you master your DSLR camera.

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Galleries and interviews with top international photographers

PHOTO COMPOSITION TUTORIALS
From camera to artistic pictures - How the pro's do it!

GREAT CITIES EXPOSED!
Take a virtual tour of great cities around the world with beautifully artistic reader-submitted pictures

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TWEAK YOUR SUBJECT'S APPEARANCE IN ONE STEP...
PORTRAIT RETOUCHING SOFTWARE - Getting that Professional "Model" Look


Check out how professional portrait photographers get their subjects to look amazing using easy software programs.
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From This...
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...to This!

RETHINKING FILM.  A Photographer's Journey Back in Time:

Blog Article About Shooting with 35mm Film:
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One of our photographers recently took a trip down memory lane and photographed with film for the first time in many years.  The results were surprising and interesting.

Read our latest Blog Post to see what he learned, not only about the difference between film and digital, but also about himself.




GREAT ARTICLE:
*Why Not Use the Fastest Shutter Speed All of the Time to Get the Clearest Pictures?

A visitor to our site recently asked us this question.  If you don't know why this would be a good or a bad idea, you need to read our response!  Read our FreePhotoCourse.com Blog to get the answer.


*Why can't she get Short Depth of Field??

She wants to get a "bokeh" look in the background, but asks our Aperture Lounge photo forum readers to help her achieve this.  What's she doing wrong?  Can you give her the right advice?


Another Photo Composition Tutorial:
8 Easy-to-Use Tips for Better PORTRAITS

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Read our photo composition articles
about portraiture and learn eight camera and posing techniques that anyone can use right away to produce awesome portraits of friends, family and paying clients.

These portrait secrets are used by professional photographers everywhere and now you get to find-out for yourself just how the photo pro's make magic.  Many of these techniques are easier to use than you might imagine.


For instance, have you ever considered having your subject's body face away from the camera while turning his head back toward you as shown in the picture to the left?

Learn all about this and many other fantastic portrait tips!



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SHOULD YOU AVOID FLOWERS WHEN IT COMES TO SPRING AND SUMMER PHOTOGRAPHY?

Read our newest Blog post to hear about Nathan Anderson's epiphany when it comes using your camera and changing the way you think to capture the essence of the spring season.
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Check-Out our Archived Photo Contests

Thank you to the hundreds of photographers - amateur and professional alike - who participate in our periodic photo contests.  We often receive so many breathtaking images that it's a challenge to a make a short-list of potential winners.  To see if we have any current (open to submissions) contents or to enjoy looking at the winners and runners-up from previous contests and challenges, visit the FreePhotoCourse.com Photo Contest portal.

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PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPOSITION TUTORIALS
Easy-to-Understand Article the Finally Explains the Rule-of-Thirds!
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Stephen Kristof
explains what the Rule-of-Thirds is all about in another one of our Photographic Composition Tutorials.


We're very excited about this new feature that completes the photo student's ability to take breathtaking pictures.  We'll be adding a new composition article each week during the coming months, so keep checking back!

Part of the 'GREAT CITIES EXPOSED' Series:

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San Francisco EXPOSED
Part of the "Great Cities EXPOSED" online photography exhibit series featuring stunning artistic pictures of San Francisco, contributed by our own readers and students.  This is San Francisco at its best - Big, bold, historic, captivating and interesting.  See how different photographers use different cameras to capture the magic of the City by the Bay!


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Great Article: Keep Getting Blurry Pictures?
How to Take Clearer Pictures?

We have a great article for you with some easy to use tips and techniques that anybody can use right away to improve picture clarity.  It's not hard to produce consistently clean and crisp photos, but you need to follow a few simple rules...and perhaps some you never thought about.


How to Get the Clearest Pictures from Any Camera.

Special Effects Photography - How to Photograph Fireworks
Stephen Kristof Gives Step-by-Step Techniques for Taking Stunning Fireworks Pictures

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Have a backyard fireworks display you want to capture in pictures?  Going to a neighborhood or big city fireworks show?

Follow the advice in this excellent article and you'll be taking amazing fireworks pictures in no time!  Stephen guides you through various techniques that will result in crystal clarity, vibrant deep colors and exciting composition.

Get professional results with your fireworks photography.

Click on the picture to the left or HERE for the article.
 

"Transform your picture-taking into serious photography...
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Another FEATURE...If you love photography, you have to Check This Out
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Photographer Profiles - Our Most Recent Feature is on Matthieu Alexandre - International Documentary Photographer whose portfolio is both dramatic and moving.

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Our newest Photographer Profile features Matthieu Alexandre.  He is an international photojournalist/ documen-tary photographer who not only has highly polished talent, but also, a striking passion in his work.  What drives Matthieu is a love for humanity. 

Working on photo assignments in over two-dozen countries, including hot-spots such as Iraq, Afghanistan, Cambodia and the Congo, this is a seasoned photo-journalist.  As you'll see in our newest feature, this impressive photographer creates astounding pictures of people that tell the stories that need to be told...and he does it with expertise and compassion.  Read our exclusive interview with Matthieu and see his work here.





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