Easter Photography Tips

Easter, like other holidays that families celebrate together, offers great photo opportunities. Certain holidays and celebrations seem to encourage picture taking, but Easter is not high on that list for some reason.
And yet, if you have children, this is certainly a major event for them, and offers many great photo opportunities. These may include colorful still lifes of Easter symbols and lilies, or photos of the kids coloring eggs, hunting for chocolate bunnies outdoors, dressed in their new Easter outfits, and so on. Keep your camera handy, with fresh batteries and ISO 400 film or an extra memory card, to record the many possibilities.
Plan ahead if you want to take some really excellent family photos. Hopefully, the weather and spring flowers will cooperate so you can do some outdoor shooting too. With the right photo techniques, you should get some great pictures that you'll be proud to share with family and friends.

Since my own children are past the egg-hunting age, I consulted with Rob Kleine, a freelance stock photographer. His daughters are just the right age, and they often model for Dad when he wants seasonal images. Last year, Kleine made lots of Easter images, and he'll be ready again at the end of this month too. You can find many of Kleine's images on his Web site at http://www.gentleye.com.

This and some very helpful hints by By Peter K. Burian at http://technology.sympatico.msn.ca/Photography/Seasonal%20Photography/Articles/EasterPhotographyTips

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Taking better holiday pictures

The holidays are the best time to own a camera. With all the exciting parties, festive colors, and family fun, it's no wonder so many pictures are taken during special celebrations.
But why do so many holiday pictures look the same? Sometimes it's hard to tell if the photo of the family eating turkey was from this Thanksgiving or the last one — without looking at hair or clothing styles.
It doesn't have to be this way. The holidays are a perfect excuse to practice creative photography. With a house full of activity and a unique cast of characters, it's a great time to try to take a holiday photograph you'll cherish for years.

Take lots of picturesOne of the joys of digital photography is that you can take plenty of pictures, and delete the ones you don't like. It's always better to take too many pictures than to take too few, and this is especially true during the holidays. When opening presents, welcoming distant family members, or laughing at old home movies, people tend to relax and become more natural. Candid shots of people enjoying themselves are almost always more enjoyable than those awkward posed pictures.
When it comes to taking pictures, there might be no better time than the holidays. Don't be afraid to try lots of new approaches. And remember that a nice picture makes a great gift, so the more you take this year, the better your presents may be next year.

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JTT Columns . . .

John Terence Turner's column on shooting professional stock photography appears on the Stock Asylum home page (Click here) every month. Links to all of Turner's columns are reproduced on this page.

Today I focus on "A Riddle . . ."

Figuring out which images will sell the best as stock photos is one of the hardest parts of being a stock photographer. In this column, John Terence Turner takes a look at two similar images, one that sold well and on that did not.

For this column, click here.

(John Terence Turner has been shooting stock photography for 20 years. His work can be seen at Getty Images, Alamy and, of course, The Stock Asylum, where his column appears twice a month. He lives and works in Seattle, WA.)

Turner's web site can be found at: http://www.johnterenceturner.com/.
For more of his images: click here.
For all of Turner's columns: click here.

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HP technology aims to capture true 'Shrek' green

Hewlett-Packard and DreamWorks Animation unveiled new technology on Thursday that will help professional photographers and designers print the exact colours they see on their monitor.
HP DreamColor, as the technology is called, will be integrated from creation through printing. It will also enable designers to print accurate colour proofs of what they can expect to see in a final product for large-scale commercial projects.
The product was born out of HP's ongoing collaboration with DreamWorks to develop colour calibration technology for, among other things, Shrek, according to HP. The animated film series (Shrek the Third is set for release May 18) is known for its especially vibrant colour palette. DreamWorks CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg is expected to join HP at its keynote address to the Photo Marketing Association on Thursday.
Initially, the new colour sync technology will be available in the HP Designjet Z2100 (8-ink) and Z3100 (12-ink) photo printers, which will both feature built-in spectrophotometers.
It will also be available in the form of an HP plug-in for Adobe Photoshop 7.0, CS and CS2 applications for printing directly from the photo-editing application to the HP Photosmart Pro B9180 pigment ink photo printer.
HP's Indigo 5000 and ws4500 presses will also be integrated with the software, which HP says will produce colour prints better than or equal to the colour quality of commercial offset printers. HP IndiChrome software will allow accurate viewing and production of Pantone colours, according to HP.
Colour management for digital imaging has been an issue for professionals and amateurs. Several products already available in the market range in price from the thousands, such as the high-end GretagMacbeth ProfileMaker Photostudio Pro Eye-One Bundle, to lower-end amateur helpers in the US$100 range such as the Pantone HueyPro.
The release of HP DreamColor technology into HP's digital-imaging products will initially be at the professional level. But according to an HP statement, it will eventually carry over into the consumer market, including monitors.

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High-tech photos give new meaning to 'talking pictures'

If a picture is worth a thousand words, how valuable would it be if someone added a sound track?
Italian start-up Zanetti Studio aims to find out. The Milan, Italy-based company is preparing a new photo printer, called Speekysmart, that imprints a magnetic strip to the side of a piece of paper or photograph. The recordable tape, which the company named Speakpaper, can capture a few seconds of conversation or music recorded at the moment the photo was taken.
Though the company has been developing Speakpaper for several years, the Speekysmart printer is not yet on the market. Founder Giancarlo Zanetti is shopping for a hardware manufacturer.
"We are now negotiating with two printer companies -- one of these is an Italian company, the other is a Japanese company," Zanetti told CNET News.com. The spellings may be inconsistent, but the Speekysmart printer, Speakpaper and the accompanying magnetic reader are all being marketed under an umbrella Speeky brand, he added.
Palo Alto, California-based Hewlett-Packard apparently is also aware of Zanetti's connection between sound and vision.
An image that was produced by Zanetti's marketing agency in preparation for a presentation to HP leaked onto the Web two weeks ago on a Web site for the Telecom Italia Lab, the R&D branch of the Telecom Italia Group.
Consistent with the look and feel of an HP advertisement, the multicoloured page design advertises for an "hq speekysmart 4001," with the name of the well-known company mimicked throughout the design via the use of an inverted "p" in the "hp" logo.
Zanetti's company showed a second version of the advertisement to CNET News.com. It has a similar layout, but with the Speeky logo replacing any that might have been mistaken for HP's.
Both mock-ups promote the experience of "your voice on the photo," and "the only printer to allow the combination of photos with verbal comments," and "more emotions in your memories."
"This image was produced by our marketing agency in preparation for a disclosure to Mr. Gerard Lamiero (HP's strategy and corporate development director of new business ventures), who was in touch with us from last September for a potential technology license," Zanetti said.
But HP spokesman David Berman said his company was not amused that the presentation so closely resembled an HP advertising campaign and said HP would ask Zanetti to remove the images from any public Web sites.
Incidentally, HP is also working to add sound to photos created on its printers. Howard Taub, vice president of imaging research at HP Labs, revealed the company's plans during a September press briefing, though it did not show a mock-up or physical sample.
"You can take your cell phone up to the photo and listen to the recording," Taub said. "It would let you know when and where the picture was taken and who the people are in the picture." "For example, your grandmother would appreciate a photo," Taub said. "But imagine how she would react if she could hear you say, 'Hi Grandma, I took some pictures of the kids. We love you.'"
Zanetti Studio first developed Speakpaper as a magnetic strip that can be rolled out alone like masking tape, Zanetti said. A mouselike handheld reader, also developed by the company, can record or replay the audio track. The user wipes the reader past the magnetic strip, as someone might swipe a credit card when making a purchase.
"We needed three years of research and trials on its mechanical and electronic parts" before developing the marketable version of the printer, Zanetti said.
Similar to HP's plan, Zanetti's vision is to modify the Speakpaper reader and Speekysmart printer technology for cell phones so people could read magnetic strips without carrying another device.
Currently, the Speakpaper reader can scan a magnetic strip as long as the side of an 8.5-inch by 11-inch paper, so it can read or record four to five seconds of audio, Zanetti's company said. A version that can extend the recording to 15 seconds is being tested. The goal is to get the magnetic strip to hold up to three minutes of recording time. The Speakpaper technology also adjusts to the speed that the reader is swiped and can stop itself or resume without altering the message, according to company documents.
In its marketing material, Zanetti Studio also advocates the reader as a tool for the blind and vision impaired.
Speeky magnetic tape, reader and printer technologies have seven international patents and two more pending, the company said.

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How to Find a Good Crafts Photographer

When you are putting together a jury submission you've got to be a little bit of a showman.

There are lots of photographers and they shoot lots of different subjects. When you are seeking a professional photographer for crafts photography, ask to see their portfolio and be the juror for that work. Make sure they'e done credible crafts photography.

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The Basics of Bird Photography

The following page(s) is a primer for those who are either new to bird photography or have limited experience with photography in general. Creating interesting bird images presents a formidable challenge even for seasoned professionals. The following text contains advice, lessons learned, and suggestions on technique gained from my 25 years experience in the field. If you are seriously interested in learning how to take better pictures of birds, I suggest you read further. It is divided into progressive categories, so you can start at the beginning or skip to the applicable subject of interest. Send questions or comments concerning either the content or bird photography to Bill Horn.
Getting started
The right equipment
Know your subject
What film is best
Lighting conditions
Exposure modes
Fill-flash
Get close!
Composing the image
Long lens technique
Your car as a "blind"
Low percentage of "keepers"
The perfect image
Getting started: The modern technology present in most camera systems today has automated functions such as aperture, shutter speed, focus and light metering. But automatic modes are seldom best for photographing birds, as we want to be able to control certain aspects depending on the given situation. So before beginning to seriously undertake bird photography, it would be wise to gain an understanding of the fundamentals. Two things affect exposure: shutter speed, meaning the amount of time the film is exposed, and aperture, which determines the lens opening size. The camera meter determines correct exposure. Aperture and shutter speed combine as the exposure setting. Fast shutter speeds are needed to freeze wing motion or other movement. An increase in shutter speed requires opening up the lens a proportionate amount. Several combinations of shutter speed and aperture can be used to take a single photograph. You have to decide which is best for each image. Depth of field (DOF) is the area of the image in focus. Large apertures reduce DOF, and serve to isolate the subject. Learning how exposure works to affect an image is imperative. Practicing by taking photos in varied conditions is the best way to learn. Believe it or not, more images are ruined by camera shake than any other cause. So a steady hand, brace, or better yet, tripod will eliminate unwanted blurring. We'll elaborate more on tripods later. Reading books on photography technique is another way to learn. A plethora of information is available through libraries, book stores, and the Internet. If reading books doesn't hold your interest, a local camera club might be the answer. They can help with hands-on training, and you can measure your individual progress against that of the group. Don't be afraid to ask questions. The more knowledge you can acquire prior to going afield, the better your chances will be of creating images you'll be proud of. The learning process never stops. I still read everything I can get my hands on about bird photography. And let's not forget about the other half of this equation: birds. Again, read about and study the birds where you live. It doesn't matter whether you occasionally want to photograph Cardinals at the feeder or pursue bird photography as a serious hobby. Once the fundamentals are learned, then you can experiment with the various automatic modes which work wonderfully well under ideal conditions. Armed with a basic understanding of the fundamentals of photography, you'll be better prepared when it comes time to lay out the bucks for equipment.

Read on here: http://www.birdsofoklahoma.net/BirdPhotoBasics.htm

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