Posts Tagged ‘lifephoto’
Snapping Good Pictures: Use Rule of Thirds
Rule of Thirds guides you toward capturing the best photo
It’s not my rule, but I’ve heard it a hundred times since I first picked up a camera. If you haven’t heard about using this rule to capture the “true essence” of the photo, you can find out more from digital photography pro, Darren Rowse. I was looking through his blog, Digital Photography School, and ran across this post which I’d like to share with you. Just might help you snap better pictures!
Perhaps the most well know principle of photographic composition is the ‘Rule of Thirds‘.
The “Rule of Thirds” one of the first things that budding digital photographers learn about in classes on photography and rightly so as it is the basis for well balanced and interesting shots.
I will say right up front however that rules are meant to be broken and ignoring this one doesn’t mean your images are necessarily unbalanced or uninteresting. However a wise person once told me that if you intend to break a rule you should always learn it first to make sure your breaking of it is all the more effective!
What is the Rule of Thirds?
The basic principle behind the rule of thirds is to imagine breaking an image down into thirds (both horizontally and vertically) so that you have 9 parts. As follows.
Preserve Precious Family Reunion Memories in a Photo Book You Can Share
Planning a family reunion in 2010? 
Get your digital camera ready and have other family members do the same. After the reunion, upload all your photos to create a lasting memory book on lifephoto.com.
- Print it – hardcover or softcover; many book sizes to choose. A 20-page softcover book is just $6.95.
- E-mail it — share the book via e-mail by sending a link to an online “turning page” book previewer. No cost to do this!
- Share it with your family on Facebook, Twitter or other online social networks by including the previewer link. No cost to do this!
- Everyone receiving the link can choose to order their own copy if they wish.
Open the Zbleski Family Reunion book and see how it was put together: continue reading
Get your digital camera ready for holiday photos
These tips are just too good to pass up. Darren Rowse has offered up these great suggestions to help you get ready for holiday picture-taking. I’m passing them along to you and recommend reading all 16 of his tips! Then you’ll be ready to make some fun photo gifts or maybe even a 2009 Christmas photo memory book with all the great pictures you took!
Here’s a photo book made by a friend of mine after last year’s holiday season! You can do the same — easily! Then e-mail the same kind of photo sharing previewer to your family and friends — or put it out on Facebook or Twitter! So easy when you upload your photos to lifephoto.com.
16 Digital Photography Tips for Christmas
by Darren Rowse (from Digitalphotographyschool.com)
Christmas-PhotographyPhoto by mom drew nick
It’s just a few days until Christmas so I thought a quick tutorial on the topic of Christmas Photography might be appropriate. Hopefully this will give you some good Christmas photo ideas.
Here are 16 Christmas Photography tips and ideas to try that come to mind for digital camera owners wanting to capture the big day: continue reading
Take 3 Minutes to Make a Mini Photo Notebook
These are great stocking stuffers for anyone. All you need is a digital photo to upload.
That’s it — place your order now and you can have these cute little notebooks for Christmas!
A set of four mini notebooks (2.5″ x 3.5″) is just $7. Give a personalized set to everyone on your Santa list. Prefer a larger photo notebook? Lifephoto offers two additional sizes. continue reading
Some sound advice from Photography Bay about taking care of your camera.
I learned quite a bit from this post — especially #3. I do this all the time and now I learn it’s really bad for the camera battery! See what you can learn.
Written by Chris Gampat on December 1st, 2009 |
7 Things To Never Do With Your Camera
Readers, friends and family alike always ask questions about what they’re doing wrong with their camera that is making it not perform to their satisfaction. Some of these things are almost common-sensical with regards to electronics but others may not seem that easy to figure out. Here’s a couple of things to keep in mind so that the new camera you get for the holidays will last you a bit longer. continue reading
Try Closeup Digital Photos of Your Puppy
If you can get your pup to stay still for more 
than a moment, try to capture a closeup shot like this one. I used a Kodak EasyShare Z980 in Sport (or Action) mode. I moved in close to the pup’s nose with my camera in a vertical position. (Had to clean the lens a couple of times from puppy nose juice before I got the shot I wanted!)
Snap a few shots — not everyone will work out perfectly — so give yourself some choices.
I “Photoshopped” in the Santa hat — which I downloaded from Microsoft’s ClipArt site. (Had to resize it a bit to work on this photo — but wanted it to look small and goofy on the pup. continue reading
Photo Notebooks Are Cool Stocking Stuffers
If you’re surprising someone with a puppy this Christmas, 
why not drop a subtle hint in their Christmas stocking? Upload a photo of the pup to lifephoto.com and in less than 5 minutes you can have that pup’s pix on the cover of a photo notebook.
It’s really easy and the notebooks will be a big hit. Lifephoto’s mini notebooks are $7.00 for a set of four (2.5″ x 3.5″). Just $5.00 for a 5.5″ x 8.5″ single notebook. And $7.50 for an 8.5″ x 11″ photo notebook. Read on to find out just how easy it is to make your own photo notebook stocking stuffer: continue reading
Share Your Photo Books on Facebook and Twitter
It’s so easy to make photo books on Lifephoto.com. Inexpensive, too. (2-page softcover photo books are $6.95.) 
But now you can simply put a link to your photo books on Facebook and Twitter so your friends can view your book in a “turning page” digital photo album preview format. (pictured at right)
Great Sharing Tool for Party Photo Books
Below is an example of someone who created an easy photo book from a Meatloaf Party that a group of friends hosted. When FB friends link on “Meatloaf Trowdown Book,” they are taken to the previewer. Those who link to it can view every page and, if they want, order a copy of the book themselves. No obligation, though. You can see the actual Facebook post below: continue reading
