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Episode 16 - Composing Your Photos

May 31, 2008 10:49 pm

In this episode, Samurai Photographer Doug Sahlin discusses compostion. Grumpy Ken discusses features you should look for when buying a tripod. Doug shows a quick technique for adding contrast to a photo.

  • Composing your photos
    • Landscape or Portrait mode
    • Placing the horizon line
    • Rule of Thirds
    • Asymmetrical composition
    • Using patterns in your composition
    • Framing your subject
    • Point of view
  • Tripods
    • Features to look for when buying a tripod
    • Tabletop tripods
    • Gorillapod
  • Adding contrast to images
    • Curves adjustment layer
    • Creating an action to add contrast
 
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Episode 15 - Creating Pixel Perfect Portraits

May 24, 2008 10:31 pm

In this episode, Grumpy Ken offers some sage advice for photographing portraits. Samurai Photographer Doug Sahlin introduces you to Smart Objects, and shows how to create a gallery wrap for a poster size print.

  • Portrait Photography
    • Choosing a background
    • Posing
    • Communicating with the subject
  • Introducing Smart Objects
    • Creating Smart Objects
    • Using Smart Filters
    • Editing Smart Objects
    • Creating templates with Smart Objects
  • Creating a Poster Gallery Wrap
 
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