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ArticleAdorama TV Techniques and How-Tos - by Adorama Learning Center Editors, 17 hours ago
"I believe this image can be saved by carefully cropping the lower-third—and telling everyone you meant to capture the water’s beautiful crenelations as waves collapse and intersect all along." -Brandon Partridge
TAGS: canon, photography, sunset, photo, sunlight, photography tips, photo technique, photography tip, sun, photo tips, PhotoZAP, photo critique, Canon EOS 7D, critique
ArticlePhotoZAP Techniques and How-Tos - by Adorama Learning Center Editors, April 20, 2012
"This is a job for... HDR!" -Russell Hart
TAGS: nikon, photography, digital, digital camera, creative, photographer, crop, creativity, decisions, PhotoZAP, photo critique, Nikon D3s, Creative Light, critique
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ArticlePhotoZAP Techniques and How-Tos - by Adorama Learning Center Editors, September 7, 2011
"The dancer's gesture is dramatic and nicely timed, but unfortunately, the figure is hard to 'read.'"—Russell Hart
TAGS: composition, PhotoZAP, critique
ArticlePhotoZAP Techniques and How-Tos - by Adorama Learning Center Editors, January 25, 2010
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"Overall, there's just too much darkness in this frame."—Jack Howard
TAGS: photography, landscapes, photography tips, photo technique, photography tip, sepia, photo critique, critique
ArticlePhotoZAP Techniques and How-Tos - by Adorama Learning Center Editors, January 11, 2010
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“There are so many terrible photographs of house cats on the web, that it is so refreshing to see a creative, crisp, shot of a fuzzy feline subject!”—Jack Howard
TAGS: photography, bokeh, photography tips, photography tip, critique
ArticlePhotoZAP Techniques and How-Tos - by Adorama Learning Center Editors, January 7, 2010
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“While the amazing clutter in the woman’s apartment is an essential part of this picture, I think the photographer could have organized it better.”—Mason Resnick
TAGS: canon, portrait, wide angle, environmental, critique
ArticlePhotoZAP Techniques and How-Tos - by Adorama Learning Center Editors, December 23, 2009
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"The sun—and the flare it produced—add too much drama to what should be a quiet, meditative (if chilly) scene."—Mason Resnick
TAGS: photography, sunrise, photography tips, photography tip, critique
ArticlePhotoZAP Techniques and How-Tos - by Adorama Learning Center Editors, November 30, 2009
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“The photographer was so focused on nailing the white balance that he forgot about framing the shot tightly and cleanly.”—Jack Howard
TAGS: photography tips, Digital photography, PhotoZAP, critique
ArticlePhotoZAP Techniques and How-Tos - by Adorama Learning Center Editors, November 16, 2009
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“This photo is strange and unsettling, and at the same time it is peaceful and familiar.”—Jack Howard
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ArticlePhotoZAP Techniques and How-Tos - by Adorama Learning Center Editors, November 13, 2009
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“This image...expresses, visually, the opposite of what I think a wedding photo should say: The bride is isolated, lost in an oversized space. Has she been abandoned at the altar?”—Mason Resnick
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