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Facebook – Question and Answer
Why do photographers feel they have to Photoshop or edit the pictures until they’re unrecognizable? This is a question that I used to ask myself, until I started to really understand photography and...
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How To: Create an HDR Bracket Using One Image in Lightroom
This shot was taken using a NIKON D5000 at ISO 400, f/4, for 1/3200sec The image above is an HDR that was created using Photomatix Pro with a 7 exposure bracket. However, that bracket was created in...
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Create a Time Lapse Video Using Lightroom
Have you ever wanted to create a time lapse video and thought to yourself that you don’t have the time or energy to put forth the effort to create such a daunting project? I did, and then I found a...
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Featured Guest Photo Series
I’m looking to start a new feature here. I would like to share your images with the rest of my visitors. All you have to do is head over to the Banakas Photography Flickr Group and upload a few images....
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Scene Modes
Program Mode Dial on a Nikon D5000 For a few months now, I have been shooting primary in manual mode and prior to that, I was using Aperture Priority mode. But there are many different modes that...
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Priority Modes
Priority Modes On most modern DSLR you will find a dial with a bunch of pictures and letters that represent several different things. That is the Mode dial, and contains the priority modes. Looking at...
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4 Simple Ways to Reduce Camera Shake
This is my tripod. There are many like it, but this one is mine. As a landscape photographer, you may find yourself in low light situations. Sunrises, sunsets. You are looking for that dramatic sky and...
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My Bookshelf
Everyone has a different style of learning, but one common bond is that we all tend to head back to the book at the end of the day. Below is a list of books that I currently refer to from time to time...
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Switching Back to AUTO Mode!
That’s It, I’m Switching Back to AUTO! I give up! I don’t care about manual, or even priority modes. Auto is where it’s at! I’m only kidding, but I was in a situation the other day where auto mode...
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5 Most Popular Point & Shoot Digital Cameras
Looking For A New Camera During a recent canoeing trip, my wife’s camera took a swim, so we are in the process of finding a new point and shoot for her. That has led me to looking at Amazon for prices...
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Objects Appear Closer Then They Really Are – Lens Compression
An After Study of Lens Compression This may sound a little strange, but when I’m out shooting with my family, I’m a shoot first, think about it later kind of photographer. What I mean by that is, I...
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This is the first in a series of how to videos walking through some basic features of Lightroom. I know there are a gazillion how to videos on YouTube, but I figured I would add to them. The first...
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4 Awesome Reasons Why I Use Lightroom
Reasons Why I Use Lightroom When I really started to get into photography, I was using a Windows based machine and the only option, that I knew of at the time, for organizing and editing photos was...
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How To Photograph Fireworks
Shot using: ISO 200 f/9 for 5.6 seconds The Fourth of July is just around the corner and now is a good time to write-up some tips for shooting your local fireworks display. What Should I Bring With Me?...
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How To: Spot Removal Tool in Lightroom 5
How to: Remove Spots in Lightroom 5 Last night while editing this image, I found a new feature buried in the setting for Spot Removal that will help you remove Photoshop from your current spot removal...
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Shutter Speed
Purchase a Limited Edition Print This shot was taken using a NIKON D5000 at ISO 100, f/8, for 5.30sec Shutter Speed Shutter speed is the camera setting that controls amount of time that the shutter of...
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2014 Calendar For Sale
I have just released my first calendar. Available now for purchase is a beautiful 12 month 2014 calendar. The calendar consists of images that I have taken from around the East Tennessee area over the...
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Quick Tip: Highlight and Shadow Clipping
What is Clipping In Lightroom the histogram will show a spike to the left if under-exposed and to the right when over-exposed. When the concentration is bunched up against the edge of the histogram, we...
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Another way to post to your Facebook Photography Page
Everyone has their own special workflow they use to get images to all the different places that images go. There are programs out there that can help you upload your images to all the different places....
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5 Ways to Improve Your Photography
Everyone is looking for ways to improve your photography. But not everyone is ready for the advanced stuff. Here’s a list of a few articles I’ve written, that may help to improve your photography. 5...
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