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30 year old married male with three boys with the ages 3, 5, and almost 9. Went to community college for a couple of years and studied photography, and graphic design. I maintained a 4.0 average and in the last year was placed on the deans list. In high school

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Arts & Humanities > Photography How to become a freelance photographer: 2 of 8

Becoming a Freelance Photographer Essentially a freelance photographer is a self employed person doing a job for another company. Magazines, newspapers, etc., use freelance photographers in order to cut cost. With freelance your work has to be top notch, because you don't work for anyone; you are trying to get them to purcha...
Arts & Humanities > Photography How to get paid for your photographs: 4 of 10

Selling Your Photographs There are a few approaches you can take to begin selling your photographs. You have the photography stock market, you can make specialty art prints and sell over the Internet, and you have self promotion. No matter the route you take there is a lot of work involved to make it work. Depending on which...
Arts & Humanities > Photography Taking better vacation photos: 2 of 5

Getting Better Vacation Photographs The best way to start improving your vacation snapshots is do your research. Look in travel magazines and find photographs that are pleasing to your eye, this is not for copying just to give you an idea of what you like so you can add your own twist to it. Clip out photographs you enjoy an...
Arts & Humanities > Photography Tips for taking vacation photographs: 3 of 7

Vacation Photographs When we go on vacation it creates memories we would like to cherish for years to come. The problem is generally we go on vacation, pull out the camera, and just shoot away a bunch of below average snap shots. If we want to improve on this common problem we need to do our research in advance. Generally we...
Arts & Humanities > Photography Lens flare and how to avoid it: 1 of 1

Lens flare is created when a reflection of the light is shined directly into the lens, creating ufo looking objects in your photograph. I have seen many great pictures ruined by not paying attention to the lighting situation and lens flare showing in the photograph. In order to stop lens flare, you will need to pay attention...
Arts & Humanities > Photography A beginner's guide to taking better photographs: 5 of 9

The Beginner's Guide to Taking Better Photographs, When you are ready to take the step forward and improve your photography there are many steps we can take. The first step to improving to study various photographers that you admire there work. Look through there photographs and jot down the things you like about them and wh...
Arts & Humanities > Photography Digital photo editing tips: 2 of 3

Depending on the digital editing software you are going to use, the tools may vary, but most programs should have the same options with different names. I am familiar with photoshop, so the steps I will be referencing will be from this program. Remember that you can not fix a improperly taken photograph with a computer; you ...
Arts & Humanities > Photography Explaining the camera RAW image format: 2 of 3

Camera Raw Camera raw is a way of saving your image with out the camera deciding how you want it to look. Do you want complete control over your photographs? If you answered yes to the previous question then you need to shoot raw. When shooting in jpeg format the camera processes the image and edits the photograph slightly a...
Arts & Humanities > Photography Tips for taking great sunset photos: 4 of 4

Tips For Taking Great Sunset Photos When the sun starts to go down it is a great opportunity to get those beautiful silhouetted photographs over the water with a beautiful reflection in the water. In order to get this great work of art you will need to scope out an area in advance. There is nothing wrong with the area around...
Home & Garden > Gardening (Other) Tips for planting flowers in the spring: 2 of 2

Spring Planting Depending on the region you live in the earliest that you should plant outdoors is Memorial Day Weekend. If planted before this weekend you risk the chance of frost still happening. If you use a cold frame outdoors then you have the opportunity of starting a couple of weeks earlier. If planting for spring col...