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SHOULD YOU AVOID FLOWERS WHEN IT COMES TO SPRING 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.
Winter Photo Contest winners revealed!

Thank you to the hundreds of photographers - amateur and professional alike - who participated in our first photo contest!  We reviewed so many breathtaking images that it was indeed difficult to choose the winners.  However, the time has come and we are thrilled to let everyone know who took the top spots...

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

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Read our newest 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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NEW!  Inspirational Contributors' Gallery Photo Selections from February


The adorable picture of a cat to the left, photographed by Jay Andrews, is just one of the featured images that were submitted during the end of last year.  We have just updated our Contributors' Gallery with some spectacular new images and are now working on sifting-through all of the January and February 2013 submissions.  See the newest and best photos selected from recent contributors' submissions.

Visit our Contibutor's Photo Gallery to be wowed!
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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!



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Part of the "Great Cities EXPOSED"
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stunning artistic pictures of San Francisco.
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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.
 

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Another FEATURE...If you love photography, you have to Check This Out!

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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Photography is fun, creative and interesting!  Whether it's your hobby, a passion or a way to make money, taking pictures can be a blast!  Best of all, it's also a great way to express yourself...
especially when you know the secrets to great photography!

What can you do with better photography skills?

● Compose artistic photographs ●

● Make money selling your digital images on stock photo sites ●

● Take beautiful and memorable family portraits ●

● Impress friends and followers by with stunning images on your Flickr or Facebook account ●

● Use that upcoming overseas vacation to make an awesome  'foto' slideshow ●

● Have a better understanding of SLR photography and camera techniques ●

● Become a professional photographer ●

● Make Money by Selling Your Hobby Photos Online ●

● Volunteer to take the team pictures for your child's sports ●

● Teach others about photography and increase your circle of friends ●

● Enter and win photography contests ●

● Push your new DSLR camera to the limit, using manual exposure control ●

● Photograph long-exposure night-time images of lightning and fireworks ●

● Capture inspiring sunset images ●

You see, learning to take better pictures has so many advantages and it is within your grasp.
Using FreePhotoCourse.com, you can begin composing truly stunning,
attractive and compelling images in no time at all!

We update our articles, lessons and free photos and more regularly, so check back often!
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There's a super-fast way to take better pictures using our easy-to-use photography tips.
Take our comprehensive free online photography course.
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Purchase with confidence from our  Discount Digital Camera and Photo Gear Store.
"My camera takes terrible pictures.
I obviously need a new one."

Sound famliar?  Oh, how often photo retailers hear that one, and of course,they are only too willing to oblige! But, before you rush out and get yourself a new camera, understand that, while a better or more expensive camera can improve the quality of your images, how you use the camera will have the most profound influence on your results. The reality is that most digital camera owners know very little about how to use their equipment effectively and know even less about the artistic aspects of 'composition'.

Yes, a newer or better camera may well improve your enjoyment of photography and the images you produce, but never discount the importance of HOW you use your equipment. 
A Friendly Competition...Who Will Win?


Imagine two people, each holding a camera. One is a professional photographer with a strong sense of the aesthetic and the other is your average "picture taker". One of the cameras is a $5 disposable film camera and the other is a fantastic Nikon D-300 Digital SLR (DSLR) that cost $1,800. Here's the twist you weren't expecting; the photo artist gets the throw-away camera and the everyday guy gets the Nikon. Who will produce images that are most compelling, attractive and worthy of printing?

(Here's a hint. Put your money on the photo artist.) Yes, the disposable camera is inferior, no doubt about it. It contains a type of film that is very sensitive to light, meaning that the resulting images will be more grainy or speckled. It also has a tiny, cheapo plastic lens that means images won't be as clear and less light gets into the camera. El cheapo camera also lacks manual controls, meaning that the pro doesn't have the flexibility to manipulate things like exposure and shutter speed.

Yet, despite all of these shortcomings, it's highly likely that the pro will turn-out an image that is more imaginative and artistically appealing. It's no wonder. The pro knows how to take that inexpensive piece of plastic and do things with light, shadows, proximity, perspective, framing and subject matter that would likely never had occurred to the novice.


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