CPC Blog
10 Tips For Successful Silhouettes!
May 12, 2021 | Category: Photo Tips & Techniques
When faced with photographing our subject in front of a bright background, we often end up with the background perfectly exposed but our subject a silhouette.
If this has happened to you and you purposely planned to capture a silhouette, then good for you, you probably don’t need to read the rest of this article. If however, you captured a silhouette by accident and want to know how it happened so you can do it again, or perhaps NOT do it again, then read on.
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A Photographer’s Vision - Tips for Pre-Visualizing
April 21, 2021 | Category: Ideas & Inspiration
Each photographer has a vision of what they want their photo to look like either before they start shooting or once they see their images in post processing.
Pre-visualization is seeing the finished photo in your mind’s eye before you begin photographing. It is a helpful technique giving you a goal to achieve and working through the challenges you might face while shooting.
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My Favorite Places for Signs of Spring
March 31, 2021
Here are some of my favorite local places to really see the birth of spring. I hope you will get out with your camera and celebrate the new beginning of spring.
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Tips for Stronger Compositions
March 9, 2021 | Category: Ideas & Inspiration
The composition of a photograph is the single most important element a photographer uses to convey an artistic statement. What’s included, excluded and the arrangement of elements within the frame is all part of composition.
Composition makes order out of the chaos of a three-dimensional world and distills it to the two-dimensional picture that becomes a photograph.
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In Recognition of Black History Month
February 17, 2021
In recognition of Black History Month we want to share these three websites which shine on African American Photographers both past and present. Through their lens they speak volumes and their visual stories continue to be relevant now… especially now.
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Our Favorite Photo Accessories
December 17, 2020 | Category: Gear & Tech
With the Holiday shopping season in full swing, we thought we’d share a list of the favorite photography accessories of our instructors and staff. You might find a few to add to your Santa list or perhaps get some gift ideas for your shutterbug friends. Holiday shopping or not, we hope you'll find some handy accessories for yourself from our favorites listed here.
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