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Month: March 2018

Los Gatos Creek Trail

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Travels

As the days are getting longer and warmer, walking outside becomes enjoyable again, more so when visiting new places. Few weekends ago, a sunny Sunday, I went for a walk at the Los Gatos Creek Trail. The Los Gatos Creek Trail runs for 11 miles along the Los Gatos Creek. It covers both sides of […]

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Posted in Travels Tagged biking, birds, fishing, hike, hiking, hummingbirds, lake, los gatos creek trail, ponds, snowy egret, stream, trail, turkey vultures, walk, walking, water

Black and white photography

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Education
Black and white photography

Black and white photographs carry a sense of timeless, powerful fascination that transports the viewer into another dimension. Emotions seem stronger. Landscapes unfold greater depths. The simplest of objects becomes unexpectedly sexy. Let’s explore what makes black and white photography so different, and so powerful, and extract some guidelines that can help us in seeing […]

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Posted in Education Tagged b&w, black and white, contrast, dodge&burn, pattern, texture

Mastering your next professional head-shot

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Education, Portraits, Tutorials
Professional headshot master guide - salvoventura.com

If you are preparing for your next professional head-shot, whether for your website, business cards, social profiles for work or fun, or simply for your family album, you will find a ton of articles, and video tutorials pretty much everywhere on the Internet. It can get overwhelmingly confusing pretty fast. Let me distill here few […]

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Posted in Education, Portraits, Tutorials Tagged about me portrait, business portrait, photoshoot, Portrait, professional headshot, profile portrait, self portrait, tips and tricks

Taking better pictures: camera settings

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Taking better pictures: camera settings

Ever wondered what you can do for taking better pictures? Having already exploded in detail the photography parameters involved when taking a photograph, it’s time to have a look at how these are controlled on modern cameras. In particular, we will look at the various A, S, P and M modes. These modes are available […]

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Posted in Education, Tutorials Tagged aperture, aperture priority, auto mode, camera, camera modes, depth of field, exposure, image capture, iso, manual mode, program mode, scene mode, shutter speed, shutther priority, speed priority, take better pictures, taking better pictures

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