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  •  Cartier-Bresson achieved international recognition for his coverage of Gandhi’s funeral in India in 1948 and the last (1949) stage of the Chinese Civil War. He covered the last six...

    Henri Cartier-Bresson – The Decisive Moment

     Cartier-Bresson achieved international recognition for his coverage of Gandhi’s funeral in India in 1948 and the last (1949) stage of the Chinese Civil War. He covered the last six...

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  • I found this on the internet somewhere! I cant remember which blog post it was from as I just copy and pasted it to a word document a few months...

    Photography Inspiration – 52 Great Inspirational subjects for photography

    I found this on the internet somewhere! I cant remember which blog post it was from as I just copy and pasted it to a word document a few months...

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  • So you fancy trying a little high dynamic range (HDR) photography? well you'll be happy to know that the basic technique isn't too hard to master, the hard part is choosing the scenes that work well with the HDR effect. I've been experimenting now with HDR photography for about 2 years and its become a dominant theme in most of my work. HDR seems to have a strong polar effect when it comes to its fans and enemies within the photographic world with most people falling into two categories, those that love it and those who hate it! I guess those who love it like the surreal effect and the added depth that comes from the dynamic range of light something which you simply cant achieve from a standard exposure! Those who hate it claim the technique looks over processed and the increased saturation makes the image look fake and almost computer generated.

    Quick guide to HDR Photography

    So you fancy trying a little high dynamic range (HDR) photography? well you'll be happy to know that the basic technique isn't too hard to master, the hard part is choosing the scenes that work well with the HDR effect. I've been experimenting now with HDR photography for about 2 years and its become a dominant theme in most of my work. HDR seems to have a strong polar effect when it comes to its fans and enemies within the photographic world with most people falling into two categories, those that love it and those who hate it! I guess those who love it like the surreal effect and the added depth that comes from the dynamic range of light something which you simply cant achieve from a standard exposure! Those who hate it claim the technique looks over processed and the increased saturation makes the image look fake and almost computer generated.

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  • The Digital Photography School have recently done an article about self portraits! Made for interesting reading and some decent tips for those of you who like to play around taking...

    Self Portrait Tutorial / Tips

    The Digital Photography School have recently done an article about self portraits! Made for interesting reading and some decent tips for those of you who like to play around taking...

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