Category Archives: Photography Tips

Review of 135 f2

I realized it’s been a while since we’ve really talked photo gear on the blog.  So for all those who have been waiting for some shop talk, here ya go.  
Katie and I purchased the Canon 135 f2 in February.  We opted for it, so that we could have two longer lenses, since we already...

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Westmont Photo Workshop

This past Saturday Katie and I hung out with 8 or so students from Westmont’s photo club and talked to them about one of my most favorite subjects- how to take better pictures!   I was so impressed with their knowlege level, but more importantly their desire to learn and soak up information.  They asked so...

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WPPI with Livebooks

                           
Hey WPPI photographers!
I’m excited to let those of you who are going to be at WPPI in Las Vegas this year know that you can come by the Livebooks booth Monday at 3:45 and I’ll be speaking on Images with Impact: Staying Fresh, Creative, and...

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Using Lines Part 2

Alright, so here’s our second post on ways to use lines in your images 
to help add impact to your images.
Use lines to create depth.
Depth is such an important element in images, because we’re providing 
something that’s two dimensional with a 3 dimensional quality which is 
obviously how we view everyday life.  When we can...

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Using Lines Part. 1

Hey guys, I’d love to start a little series of posts as to how we use lines in our images.  If you attended either the F-Stop workshop out in Denver or our LA PartnerCon Presentation you’ll remember us talking about ways to add impact to your images outside of using Photoshop and post production.  Instead,...

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