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Fine art of not?

February 06, 2023 • Leave a Comment

Fine art or Not? Artwork is subjective, rather you like it or not and is very subject to a debate as to whether it falls into the class of Fine Art. Sometimes is is relatively easy to classify an image and it really depends on the reason WHY it was made. Most people would agree that selfies are not generally considered fine art. Fine art is often...

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Wheels to Go

January 23, 2023 • Leave a Comment

Wheels to Go (Tripods and Dolly's) Tripods in general are hit and miss. Some photographers use them, some do not. They are almost a necessity for things such as long exposures, some composites, and cases where the photographer has to assist the talent in real time during an exposure. They can also be somewhat restricting during action shots and ca...

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Scanned Images- Some Help

January 16, 2023 • Leave a Comment

Scanned Images- Some Help Recently I made a post relating to scanners and scanned images. If you have images that are 20+ years old from your family or have been hired to tried to bring some very old images back to life, here are a few tips that may help. This post does not cover advanced restoration techniques for badly damaged images such as cra...

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Scanning old Photo memories

January 02, 2023 • Leave a Comment

Scanning Old Photo Memories If you have been a long time photo-bug, taking photo's from vacation and family events from 20 or 30 years ago, chances are that you have photo albums. Most people used film cameras 20 years ago, long before cell phone cameras and even digital cameras were common place and affordable. Of course today there are some who...

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The puzzle of Posts

December 26, 2022 • Leave a Comment

The Puzzle of Posts (on social media) Many photographers, models, and others within the industry struggle at times as what to post on social media. Questions such as is it good enough, appropriate, within brand, as well as many other questions flood through the artists brain. Why there are no clear answers, there are things that may influence whet...

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