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How to Take Great Night Photos

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I absolutely love taking night photos. I love going out to little night excursions with friends to find interesting places to take photos after dark, it is the whole reason I have taken my tripod on trips with me. I have taken night photos in Rome, Paris, Venice, little villages nobody has heard of, and even just of cars to get their headlight trails. It something I consider so much fun! So here is some instructions to improve your night photos. If you have any questions feel free to message me!

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One Step to Improve Your Phone Photos

Ever since the invention of the cell phone with a camera, the amount of photos taken every day have jumped higher and higher. It has made almost everybody an amateur photographer, almost even a hobbyist.

Unlike other articles on improving your mobile phone photos, I am not going to talk to about composition or quality.  One thing I have been noticing is this "fog" over many mobile photos posted on social media.

Most of us are handling our phone all the time. We are texting, emailing, and posting, we are putting the phone in and out of our pocket and […]



From a Poppy’s View

     As artists and photographers we are constantly changing how we see things. I find that when I am photographing I try to shoot objects from different angles. Sometimes using angles from even the object's point of view can have a nice composition to it. So if you are a new photographer I would encourage you to look around, walk around, and bend down to get as many different angles as you can so that you can create intriguing and interesting compositions for your art.

From a Poppy's View

 

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What you are paying for from a photographer

I would like to share what it really is you are paying for (or should be paying for) when you hire a professional photographer.

First: when you hire a photographer for family pictures, a wedding, etc. you are basically hiring commissioned artwork from them. You should always choose a photographer based on style (each has their own) because you are paying for that particular style from the artist/photographer you chose. Photography is an art form mostly for the particular reason that everyone sees something different through each lens.

Second: professional photographers should have training, experience, and passion. Whether that training […]