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May
24
2012

You only get to go to prom once (or twice, if you’re cool like that). So make photos that’ll wow your date and will be awesome to look at years later!

photography Prom activity TGJ TGJxx photojojo

May
21
2012

A birthday card created in Photoshop (I'm assuming) that uses texturing in its creation. Should be an easy assignment for TGJ Comm Tech students. Links to original photo and texture are included. 

photoshop textures TGJ TGJxx photography layers assignment

Texture Set 2012 contains twelve large assorted and colorful textures, 
all weigh in size (2592 X 1944) pixels each. The textures within have a painterly touch to them, so they should blend very well.

photoshop textures TGJ TGJxx photography layers

May
18
2012

Balloon mapping is a cheap way to take aerial pictures for all sorts of purposes—even events like weddings, graduations, or parties—and it's dead simple to do it yourself. Here's how it works.

Balloon mapping balloon photography DIY lifehacker TGJ TGJxx project

May
17
2012

Getting a once-in-a-lifetime shot is every photographer’s dream, but having those shots tainted by blur can be gut-wrenching.
While you might not be able to choose when these prize shots come your way, you can make sure you’re ready for them with some choice equipment and a little technique.

photography TGJ TGJxx photojojo tips sharp

May
14
2012

This is the fifth in my series of “Photographers You Should Know About.” The first four appear below in no particular order – Bresson, Edward Weston, Lange and Strand.

Photographer profile Yousuf Karsh Karsh TGJ TGJxx photography

May
2
2012

Sorry – none of these tips involve buying a magic camera. But if you try them, based on my own experience, they will help you become much better at producing images that matter.

photography 101 TGJ TGJxx

May
1
2012

Can you really improv? Enter a tag, and see how well you can make sense of 20 random flickr photos, each one on screen for 20 seconds. See advanced options to chose different number of slides or timing.
pechaflickr = the sound of flickring

flickr pechakucha speaking photography TGJ TGJxx dougpete

Apr
18
2012

An easy way to find the center of a circle using any right-angled object. Here we use a 45-45-90 drafting triangle, but anything that has a 90° corner will do, such as the corner of a sheet of paper.
(used to drill hole in centre of camera body cap to create pinhole adapter)

math geometry design center centre circle pinhole DIY photography

Apr
16
2012

Instagram has already passed the Web verb test: to “Instagram” something is to take a picture with your smartphone, run it through one of the application’s photo filters (making it appear extra-vibrant, or overexposed), and then send it out to your friends and followers. On Instagram, a freshly plated weeknight dinner is transformed into a little work of food art, which in turn is rewarded by “likes” or comments of support: “Looks delicious!” “Wow, yum!” It’s as if your Brussels sprouts get stamped into a state of instant history.

Instagram app photography article

Apr
9
2012

Instagram makes it super easy to take awesome photos. Animoto makes it super easy to make awesome videos. Animoto and Instagram just made it super easy to make awesome videos from your awesome photos.

Instagram Animoto TGJ TGJxx photography videography

What is exposure in photography? How does shutter speed, aperture and ISO effect exposure? Find out in this video & go with me on a studio photo shoot where I test and explain how to control exposure.

photography exposure basics TGJ TGJxx video youtube

Apr
4
2012

Renaissance painters used Cartesian geometry to invent perspective. Nineteenth century photographers' adapted industrial chemistry into the photographic process. Contemporary filmmakers shoot on cutting edge cameras made possible by the latest in sensor miniaturization. Each generation of artists turns the knowledge of their time into new creative tools.

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Mar
17
2012

German photographer Michael Wesely has spent decades working on techniques for extremely long camera exposures — usually between two to three years. In the mid-1990s, he began using the technique to document urban development over time, capturing years of building projects in single frames.

photography exposure long shutter timelapse TGJ TGJxx daybook feature

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